. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. scutellum ;on the disc of each there is another stripe of the same descrip-tion, reaching from the base, but not quite touching it, nearly tothe apex, and either joining or separate from the apex of thesutural band; as a rule they are joined and the outer band isnotched a little before the apex, but they are variable in size andregularity; extreme margins testaceous, concolorous with theground-colour; upper surface distinctly punctured, apical suturalangle with a sharp spine in both sexes ; legs green and coppery,trochanters m
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. scutellum ;on the disc of each there is another stripe of the same descrip-tion, reaching from the base, but not quite touching it, nearly tothe apex, and either joining or separate from the apex of thesutural band; as a rule they are joined and the outer band isnotched a little before the apex, but they are variable in size andregularity; extreme margins testaceous, concolorous with theground-colour; upper surface distinctly punctured, apical suturalangle with a sharp spine in both sexes ; legs green and coppery,trochanters metallic ; underside coppery, with the sides, includingall the episterna, thickly pubescent, sides of pronotum with largepunctures. Length 15-17 niillim. This species is a very characteristic Indian beetle and apparentlyoccurs from Ceylon to North India; M. Maindron says (Ciein-delides de Sind, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1899, p. 381) that he hasfound it from Tenasserim to the North, and that it is common onthe sands of Manorah near Karachi, where it has been taken by. CICINDELA. 435 Captain Shopland in company with C. ornata; it also occurs inBaluchistan. The colour of the light bands varies, being some-times yellowish or dusky yellow, and sometimes almost clearwhite. Var. renei, W. Horn. This variety chiefly differs in having the bronze stripes on thedisc much reduced, and sometimes interrupted, so that much moreof the pale ground-colour is visible; the elytra are slightly moreovate, with the shoulders a little less marked. Length 15-16 millim. Ceylon ; Madras: Trichiuopoli; 8ind : Karachi. A variety described by Bates as C. millingeni is found at Bushirein the Persian Gulf, which resembles the var. renei in the preva-lence of the pale colouring. As in C. biramosa which in variation much resembles C. quadri-lineata, transitional examples occur which fill up all the gapsbetween the specimens in which the light and dark colour prevails :but the races are local, and M. Maindron (7. c
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