. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. vate,the excavation being somewhat narrowedin front, as the eyes are closer togetherbefore the labrum than in the alliedspecies ; vertex behind the eyes long andsmooth ; antennae rufescent, pitchy to-wards apex, first joint cyaneous, secondjoint pitchy : pronotum long, not stronglyconstricted, at the base, with the portionbefore this moderately rounded and pass-ing gradually into the distinct pronotalcollum, which is slightly, but distinctly,& HI X dilated at the apex ; upper surface rugose transversely, underside smooth and v
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. vate,the excavation being somewhat narrowedin front, as the eyes are closer togetherbefore the labrum than in the alliedspecies ; vertex behind the eyes long andsmooth ; antennae rufescent, pitchy to-wards apex, first joint cyaneous, secondjoint pitchy : pronotum long, not stronglyconstricted, at the base, with the portionbefore this moderately rounded and pass-ing gradually into the distinct pronotalcollum, which is slightly, but distinctly,& HI X dilated at the apex ; upper surface rugose transversely, underside smooth and verysparingly pilose; elytra narrow, with theshoulders not marked, evenly and ratherstrongly punctured until just before theapex, where they are nearly smooth ; legsrufo-testaceous, with the tarsi and mostof the posterior tibise black-cyaneous ;episterna of metasternum smooth. Inthe male the eyes are a little more convexand the head is a little more narrowed behind, but the differencesare hardly 9|-10| : North Kanara, Bel Fig. 105. Neocollyris parvula. Var. amcena, Chaucl. This variety, which is found with the type, differs chiefly inbeing of a greenish or olivaceous colour with the tibise and tarsiblackish and slightly metallic. Apart from this, the differencesare so slight that it can hardly be regarded as even a variety :it occurs with the type and with intermediate forms, as pointedout by Dr. Horn (Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1894, p. 169). NEOCOLLYRIS. 245 14. Neocollyris maindroni, W. Horn. Neocollyris maindroni, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1905,p. 204. Closely allied to N. parvula} from which it differs in having thelast joint of the antennae longer, the central longitudinal portionof the forehead indistinctly dilated behind (the sulci not beingparallel as in C. parvula), the pronotum longer and much nar-rower, the pronotal collum longer and more cylindrical, and theelytra shorter and a little more finely sculptured. The specieshas
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