. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ancellata, but much narrowerand more cylindrical, and with the space between the eyesnarrower and strongly striated; the gense are pubescent as inG. catena, and the sides of the pronotum and mesosternum arebare as in C. cancellata ; the episterna of the metasternum are barein the centre : pronotum parallel-sided, rather longer than broad,dull, finely sculptured, with scanty seta? at the sides and on the disc;elytra narrow, subparallel-sided, with the dark colour prevailing (acharacter which gives the insect a different superfi
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ancellata, but much narrowerand more cylindrical, and with the space between the eyesnarrower and strongly striated; the gense are pubescent as inG. catena, and the sides of the pronotum and mesosternum arebare as in C. cancellata ; the episterna of the metasternum are barein the centre : pronotum parallel-sided, rather longer than broad,dull, finely sculptured, with scanty seta? at the sides and on the disc;elytra narrow, subparallel-sided, with the dark colour prevailing (acharacter which gives the insect a different superficial appearancefrom its allies) ; the markings, however, are of the same characteras in O. catena, only exaggerated, and they touch the suture at fourplaces, and the margins at two; or, taking the ground colour as CICINDELA. 427 dark, the light markings may be described as follows: a largelunule at the shoulders, touching a triangular spot nearscutellum, 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 will be noticed that the patterns of all these species bear a closeanalogy to that of the undulata group ; legs and underside metallicgreen, violaceous and coppery, trochanters pitchy 10 millim. Bengal: Murshidabad, Berhampur (Atkinson)-, Bombay:Kanara ( Bell). Mr. Bell says, By the side of rivers, on sand, in June; veryshy and hard to catch ; retiring into the muddy grass at night, injungle country. Group 26. Head and pronotum entirely pubescent; underside, except inthe centre, entirely tomentose; elytra whitish testaceous, withlinear dark markings. This group contains one very pretty anddistiuct species. 202. Cicindela albina, Wied. Cicindela albina, Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. i, 3, 1819, p. albida, Dejean, Spec, Col. i, 1825, p. 125. Labrum testaceous, truncate or slightly rounded, mandibles
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