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CIC1XDELID.E. 



200. Cicindela catena, F. 



Cicindela catena, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 1775, p. 226 ; Olivier, Ent. 



ii, 1790, p. 20, pi. i, fig-. 12; Dejean, Spec. Col. i, p. 117. 

 Cicindela capensis, Herbst, Fuesslv, Arch. Ins. 1754, p. 149, pi. 27, 



fig. 14. 



Very like C. cancellata, from which it maybe at once known by 

 the densely pilose gense, these being bare 

 and shining in the last-named species ; the 

 episterna of the prosternum are not bare 

 at the sides ; the eyes are less prominent, 

 and the pronotum is slightly shorter, with 

 the sides more rounded, and the punctation 

 evidently stronger ; the pubescence, more- 

 over, is much more marker! ; there is a 

 small but distinct tuft of setae at the 

 posterior inner angle of the eyes, as in the 

 two preceding species, and the first 

 joint of the antenna) is setose ; the elytra 

 are a little shorter, broader and less parallel- 

 sided, and the front set of markings are 

 therefore evidently shorter ; in character 

 they resemble those of G. cancellata ; the 

 episterna of the metasternum are in part 

 bare, with the upper portion and the margin 

 the legs are metallic green and coppery, and 

 the underside is violaceous, except the episterna which are of a 

 brilliant fiery copper colour. 

 Length 10-12 millim. 



Ceylon : Colombo. Matale, Kandy ; Madras : Travancore, 

 Chatrapur, Mysore : Bengal : Calcutta, Chota Nagpur ; Sikkim : 

 Darjiling ; Burma : Teinzo. 



Widely distributed, and apparently not uncommon. 



Fig. 189.— Ci 

 catena. 



mdeh 



thickly pubescent 



201. Cicindela striatifrons, Chaud. 



Cicindela striatifrons, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1852, p. 12. 



Closely allied to G. catena and C. cancellata, but much narrower 

 and more cylindrical, and with the space between the eyes 

 narrower and strongly striated ; the gense are pubescent as in 

 G. catena, and the sides of the pronotum and mesosternum are 

 bare as in C. cancellata ; the episterna of the metasternum are bare 

 in the centre : pronotum parallel-sided, rather longer than broad, 

 dull, finely sculptured, with scanty seta? at the sides and on the disc ; 

 elytra narrow, subparallel-sided, with the dark colour prevailing (a 

 character which gives the insect a different superficial appearance 

 from its allies) ; the markings, however, are of the same character 

 as in O. catena, only exaggerated, and they touch the suture at four 

 places, and the margins at two ; or, taking the ground colour as 



