CICINDELA. 



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dark, the light markings may be described as follows : a large 

 lunule at the shoulders, touching a triangular spot near 

 scutellum, curved and widened behind, a broad inverted V- 

 shaped patch at the middle, and a lunule at the apex, dilated at 



Fig. 190.— Cicindela stnatifrons. 



both ends ; there are also two small spots in front near the suture. 

 It will be noticed that the patterns of all these species bear a close 

 analogy to that of the undulata group ; legs and underside metallic 

 green, violaceous and coppery, trochanters pitchy red. 

 Length 10 millim. 



Bengal: Murshidabad, Berhampur (Atkinson)-, Bombay: 

 Kanara ( Bell). 



Mr. Bell says, "By the side of rivers, on sand, in June; very 

 shy and hard to catch ; retiring into the muddy grass at night, in 

 jungle country." 



Group 26. 



Head and pronotum entirely pubescent ; underside, except in 

 the centre, entirely tomentose ; elytra whitish testaceous, with 

 linear dark markings. This group contains one very pretty and 

 distiuct species. 



202. Cicindela albina, Wied. 



Cicindela albina, Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. i, 3, 1819, p. 169. 

 Cicindela albida, Dejean, Spec, Col. i, 1825, p. 125. 



Labrum testaceous, truncate or slightly rounded, mandibles and 

 palpi testaceous, with the apex only dark ; head and pronotum 

 coppery, finely sculptured, covered with thick white pubescence, 



