. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ad smallerand the forehead flatter between the eyes, and both the collumand the posterior part of the pronotum longer and narrower; thecollum is strongty constricted and cylindrical and more evidentlyplicate transversely, and the hinder part is more parallel andgibbose ; the basal portion of the elytra is narrower and moredeeply and granulately punctured, and the inflated part behindis much more deeply and regularly sulcate longitudinally, thesulci beginning nearer the base, and being continued nearly to theapex; the six or se
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ad smallerand the forehead flatter between the eyes, and both the collumand the posterior part of the pronotum longer and narrower; thecollum is strongty constricted and cylindrical and more evidentlyplicate transversely, and the hinder part is more parallel andgibbose ; the basal portion of the elytra is narrower and moredeeply and granulately punctured, and the inflated part behindis much more deeply and regularly sulcate longitudinally, thesulci beginning nearer the base, and being continued nearly to theapex; the six or seven median sulci are quite regular and parallel,and the lateral ones are about the same as the discoidal ones inD. honorei; the general colour of the insect is blacker than in thelast-named species. Length 11 millim. Madras : Nilgiri Hills, Anaimalai Hills, Travancore. Mr. H. L. Andrewes has taken this species in the Nilgiris(4500-6000 ft.) in April, May and June, by beating. He statesthat it closely resembles an ant, runs very rapidly, and has anoffensive DEROCRANIA. 285 (33. Derocrania brevicollis, W. Horn. Derocrania brevicollis, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent, Zeitsclir. 1905^p. 152 ; id., Gen. Insect. Cicind. pi. 8, fig. 3. This species differs from both the male and female of D. honoreito which it is allied, by having no distinct pronotal collum, thepronotum being much shorter, simply conical and not lagenoid ;the gibbose portion of the elytra begins nearer the base and thebroadest part is in the middle; the basal portion is more closelyand thickly sculptured than in D. honorei, and the rest of theupper surface is about as coarsely sculptured as the basal part;the punctures towards the lateral margins and the apex are a verylittle smaller, and are not or scarcely joined longitudinally inirregular fashion ; the punctures on the disc and near the sutureare somewhat oblong and very slightly confluent longitudinally,but do not form more or less long sulci as in the last-nameds
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