CICINDELID.^ OF CEYLON. 
43 
(18) Femora with ordinary (straight, moder¬ 
ately long and stout) bristles ... 20 
Femora with two kinds of bristles : 
straight ones and curved-hooked 
ones.* ... ... 19 
(19) (a) Labrum 9 with 3 well-developed 
teeth, 6 lateral tooth small, eyes 
widely prominent, prothorax dilated 
before the middle, elytra pretty wide 
(not very narrowed at the shoul¬ 
ders), 6 second last joint of the 
maxillary palps testaceous-metallic, 
surface of the body dirty green- 
brassy, 1st to 4th joint of the feelers 
metallic, all episterna mostly green¬ 
ish, nearly the whole surface of the 
episterna of the prothorax pube¬ 
scent, hind hips almost always black- 
metallic, legs metallic, hind femora 
interiorly till about the extreme end 
densely bordered by hooked bristles, 
9 without distinct trace of a mirror. 
Length of the body 10-11 mm. .... distinguenda, 
Dej., pi. f. 26 
( b ) Labrum 9 like (a), 6 lateral tooth 
almost disappeared, eyes a little less 
prominent, prothorax narrower and 
more or less parallel, elytra-—espe¬ 
cially anteriorly—narrowed, maxiL 
lary palps like (a), surface of the 
body grayish-greenish-brassy, 1st to 
4th joint of the feelers metallic, 
episterna coppery or greenish, those 
of the prothorax naked towards the 
pronotum, hind hips testaceous, 
legs metallic, hind femora pubescent 
like (&), ? with a slight (not very 
shining) mirror. Length 9J—10^ 
mm. ... ... undulata, Dej., pi. 
* Hooked hairs (bristles) are not always a constant feature for the same 
species! For instance, the small brownish specimens of Cicindela octoguttata. 
Oliv., show them, the larger dark ones of it have only scarce straight hairs. 
