CICINDELA. 



435 



Captain Shopland in company with C. ornata ; it also occurs in 

 Baluchistan. The colour of the light bands varies, being some- 

 times yellowish or dusky yellow, and sometimes almost clear 

 white. 



Var. renei, W. Horn. 



This variety chiefly differs in having the bronze stripes on the 

 disc much reduced, and sometimes interrupted, so that much more 

 of the pale ground-colour is visible ; the elytra are slightly more 

 ovate, with the shoulders a little less marked. 



Length 15-16 millim. 



Ceylon ; Madras: Trichiuopoli ; 8ind : Karachi. 



A variety described by Bates as C. millingeni is found at Bushire 

 in the Persian Gulf, which resembles the var. renei in the preva- 

 lence of the pale colouring. 



As in C. biramosa which in variation much resembles C. quadri- 

 lineata, transitional examples occur which fill up all the gaps 

 between the specimens in which the light and dark colour prevails : 

 but the races are local, and M. Maindron (7. c.) says that the 

 typical form is found only in Tenasserim and Burma. The Sind 

 specimens, however, appear to be typical, and I have a typical 

 example before me from Madras ; though it does not appear to be 

 quite settled what the typical form really is. 



Group 29. 



The small species (6-6J mm.) which constitutes this group 

 may be known by being the only Indian species that has the epi- 

 pleurse of the elytra furnished with long pubescence at the sides of 

 the metasternum ; the underside is thickly pubescent, except the 

 prosternum and gense, which are scantily pubescent ; the species 

 is also characterised by the great length of the legs, especially of 

 the posterior pair. 



210. Cicindela phalangioides, Schm.-Goeb. 



Cicindela phalangioides, Sclmiidt-Goebel, Faun. Col. Birm. 1846, 

 p. 18. 



A very small species, with very long legs ; head moderately 

 strongly excavate, very finely striate in front, with green, red, and 

 bluish reflections, the frontal sulci being sometimes bright blue ; 

 pronotum short, rounded at the sides, very finely sculptured, com- 

 paratively smooth, golden-red or green on the disc, the margins 

 blue or greenish blue ; elytra parallel-sided, obliquely truncate on 

 each side just before the apex, very closely and finely sculptured, 

 the upper surface having a dull and finely shagreened appearance, 

 obscurely metallic, with a small spot at the shoulders and the 

 whole edges from the shoulders white; underside, from the 



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