COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
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CICINDELA AURULENTA 
PLATE I. Fig. 1. 
Fabricius , Syst. Eleuth, p. 239, No. 38. — Dcjean , Spec. Ge- 
tter. vol. i. p. 46. 
The ordinary length of this insect is about seven 
lines and a half. The upper lip, which projects very 
little, is yellow, somewhat dusky at the base and 
sides. The mandibles are deep black, and marked 
with a yellowish spot at the base. The palpi and 
four lowest joints of the antennas are greenish 
bronze, occasionally changing into blue ; the re- 
maining joints of the latter are dull black. The 
head is striated between the eyes, that is, marked 
with slightly impressed longitudinal lines, and of a 
fine green colour variegated with blue. The thorax 
is narrow, greenish blue, with two large patches of 
golden green. The elytra are duller than the other 
parts of the body, the colour bluish green, glossed 
with golden yellow at the base and margins, and 
each marked with four spots of yellowish white, of 
which that next the shoulder is very minute, and the 
third somewhat crescent-shaped. The under side of 
the body and legs are variegated with blue and green, 
and of a very brilliant lustre. This species inhabits 
Java, and other Asiatic islands. It likewise occurs 
in China ; and the individual figured was found so 
far to the west as the British possessions in India. 
