CICINDELA. 



407 



II. Elytra less convex and more parallel- 

 sided, humeral markings much ab- 

 breviated, irregularly oblong-, ter- 

 minating at some distance from the 

 suture. 



1. Form broader and shorter ; sides of 

 pronotum more rounded, anterior 

 angles near the apical constriction 



not strongly produced princeps, Vig. ; p. 409. 



ii. Form narrower and more elongate ; 

 sides of pronotum less rounded, 

 anterior angles near the apical 

 constriction very strongly pro- 

 duced anguhcollis, W. Horn, p. 410. 



183. Cicindela aurofasciata, Dej. 



Cicindela aurofasciata, Dejean, Spec. Col. v, 1831, p. 224. 



Cicindela crucigera, Hope, Col. Man. ii, 1838, p. 162, pi. 1, fig. 2. 

 \ Var. Cicindela lepida, Gory, Mag. Zool. 1833, p. 96. 

 ) Var. Cicindela goryi, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1852, p. 3. 



A large orange or yellow and black species with the front parts 

 very coarsely sculptured, and the underside with scarcely any 

 pubescence ; head and pronotum black, or with an obscure greenish 



reflection ; labrum black, with 

 a yellow or testaceous spot or 

 patch sometimes occupying 

 most of the base ; head as 

 long as pronotum, coarsely 

 sculptured, obscurely striate 

 within the eyes, which are not 

 very prominent, antennae com- 

 paratively short and stout ; 

 pronotum transverse, strongly 

 impressed in front and behind, 

 widest in front, where it is 

 quite as broad as the head 

 with the eyes, very coarsely 

 and rugosely sculptured, 

 slightly narrowed to the base ; 

 scutellum rather large, sharply 

 angled behind ; elytra velvety 

 black, smooth, with scarcely 

 visible sculpture, with a broad 

 cross or X -shaped orange 

 Fig. 174.— Cicindela aurofasciata. marking stretching across the 



front part of the elytra, and 

 more or less variable, according as the orange - or black colour 

 predominates, and with a rather broad patch on each at the apex ; 

 legs dark ; underside black with scanty pubescence, thicker near 

 the coxsd and on the metasternum, very thin on the abdomen : 

 prosternum coarsely sculptured, episterna of metasternum bare 5 



