. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. less scantywhite pubescence. Length 12 millim. Ceylon. •99. Cicindela dormeri, W. Horn. Cicindela dormeri, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1898, p. 198;id., Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pi. i, fig. 10. Allied to C. ganglbaueri, but much smaller and less elongate,with the eyes more prominent, the pronotum shorter, with theposterior angles not produced, narrower in the male than in thefemale, upper surface very finely and rather thickly transverselyrugose ; the elytra are shorter, more sinuate before apex, and notrounded conjointly in
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. less scantywhite pubescence. Length 12 millim. Ceylon. •99. Cicindela dormeri, W. Horn. Cicindela dormeri, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1898, p. 198;id., Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pi. i, fig. 10. Allied to C. ganglbaueri, but much smaller and less elongate,with the eyes more prominent, the pronotum shorter, with theposterior angles not produced, narrower in the male than in thefemale, upper surface very finely and rather thickly transverselyrugose ; the elytra are shorter, more sinuate before apex, and notrounded conjointly in the female as in the preceding species, and thesutural apical angle ends in a distinct spine ; the sides of the elytra,are very gently sinuate ; the colour of the front parts is coppery with CICINDELA. 325 the parts about the eyes cyaneous, and the base and apex of thepronotum green : the sides of the elytra, the apex rather broadly,,and the suture narrowly, are golden green, not very shining, thewhole disc being of an obscure velvety coppery brown; scutellum. Fig. 144.— Cicindela dormeri. cyaneous ; there are three rather conspicuous white spots on theelytra, the middle ones being slightly oblique ; in the female thereis a small bright spot close to the front one; the margins of theabdomen and the episterna of the metasternum are setose, but notso thickly as in C. ganglbaueri. Length 7|-8| millim. Ceylon : Kandy. 100. Cicindela waterhousei, W. Horn. Cicindela ivaterhousei, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1900,p. 206; id., Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pi. i, fig. 9. A little larger than C. dormeri; of a coppery-bronze colour,with the front parts more or less variegated with golden green,blue, and red; labrum short, brownish testaceous, almost trun-cate : antennae reddish, with the basal joints bright metallic ; palpimostly testaceous, mandibles whitish with dark apex ; headdistinctly striate between the eyes ; pronotum parallel-sided in themale, a little rounded in the female, w
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