. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ltspecimens of which species it bears a close resemblance; the an-tennae are somewhat longer, the head a little less rounded, and theeyes somewhat more prominent, accordingto Chaudoir, but these differences are smalland sexual; the pronotum is, however,decidedly more slender than in the or-dinary specimens of N. crassicornis, thepronotal collum is longer, and the elytraare rather narrower, and more elongateand 16-17 : Nilgiri Hills ; BengalChina. Yar. andamana, Bates. Larger than the type, o
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ltspecimens of which species it bears a close resemblance; the an-tennae are somewhat longer, the head a little less rounded, and theeyes somewhat more prominent, accordingto Chaudoir, but these differences are smalland sexual; the pronotum is, however,decidedly more slender than in the or-dinary specimens of N. crassicornis, thepronotal collum is longer, and the elytraare rather narrower, and more elongateand 16-17 : Nilgiri Hills ; BengalChina. Yar. andamana, Bates. Larger than the type, of a deep blueor violaceous colour, with the pronotummore dilated before the pronotal collum,and the punctuation of the central portionof the elytra more rugose, with the inter-Fig. 116.—Neecollyris stices more raised. Bates compares thesubclavata var. andamana. species with C. crassicornis, and gives ascharacters distinguishing it from thatspecies, the less dilated and more conical intermediate portionof the pronotum, the more strongly strigose upper surface of. NEOCOLLYRIS. 263 the same, and the longer and more slender fifth joint of theantenna?. The specimens I have seen appear to be more closelyrelated to JV. crassicomis than to JV. subclavata, but the two last-mentioned insects ought probably to be referred to one species. Length 16-19 millim. Andaman Islands. 38. Neocollyris orichalcina, W. Horn. Colly vis orichalcina^7. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1896, p. 149. Bronze-black, with a more or less strong coppery reflection onthe elytra; head narrowly but deeply excavate, with the frontalsulci rather short, and the space betweenthem only slightly raised, labrum gentlyrounded, vertex large and smooth, sub-quadrate, rounded behind the eyes ;antennae thickened, dark at the base,reddish towards the apex ; pronotumalmost smooth, with indistinct traces oftransverse striae, rather strongly con-stricted before the base, then graduallywidened and conical, passing into a shortand i
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