. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. three greenish-cyaneoushook-like branches proceeding fromthe sides to the disc and more shiningthan the surrounding surface ; these,however, are not evident in the onlyspecimen I have seen ; labrum large,metallic cyaneous-black ; eyes veryprominent; head rather long behindthe eyes, finely shagreened and ratherdull; pronotum sculptured much asFig. 140.—Prothyma belloides. head, longer than broad, with the sides almost straight, the transverse furrowsmoderately developed and the central longitudinal furrow distinct,though not st
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. three greenish-cyaneoushook-like branches proceeding fromthe sides to the disc and more shiningthan the surrounding surface ; these,however, are not evident in the onlyspecimen I have seen ; labrum large,metallic cyaneous-black ; eyes veryprominent; head rather long behindthe eyes, finely shagreened and ratherdull; pronotum sculptured much asFig. 140.—Prothyma belloides. head, longer than broad, with the sides almost straight, the transverse furrowsmoderately developed and the central longitudinal furrow distinct,though not strongly marked. Elytra parallel-sided, convex, shining,strongly punctured in front, almost smooth behind ; sutural anglewithout any visible spine; underside glabrous, cyaneous; antennaeblackish ; palpi slender, testaceous (except the last joint of thelabial palpi and the last two joints of the maxillary palpi, whichare metallic black); legs and trochanters yellowish, apex of tibia?,knees and all the tarsi 5|-6 : Kanara (T. R. J). Bell).. 310 Dr. Horn remarks that this little species is one of the mostinteresting of those belonging to the genus Prothyma, as it is themost aberrant species of the germs, and presents points ofimportant phylogenetic significance. Genus HEPT0D0NTA. Heptodonta, Hope, Col. Man. ii, 1838, p. 22 ; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. i,p. 21. Type, Cieindela analis, Fabr. This genus is characterised by the long parallel-sided elytra andtheir conspicuously oblique apices, and also by the fact that theunderside is practically glabrous, except lor a distinct fringe ofwhite pubescence on the anterior edge of the posterior coxalcavities ; the labrum, as a rule, has seven distinct teeth ; thewings are never reduced ; in the male the intermediate, as wellas the anterior, tarsi are dilated. The genus contains about fifteen or eighteen species, whichappear to be chiefly confined to India, the Malay Peninsula, andIndo-China; one species o
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