. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. its apex, not far from the suture .... cardoni, Fleut., p. 372. 150. Cicindela angulata, F. Cicindela angulata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. 1798, p. 62; Dejean, Spec. Col. i, 1825, p. 89; Schniidt-Goebel, Col. Faun. Birm. 184b*, p. 4, pi. 1, fig. latipennis, Parry, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1845, p. Cicindela plumigera, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1892, p. 86. Longer and broader than C. sumatrensis, which it much Fig. angulata. F., is more marked ill some speci-with portion of antenna of mal
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. its apex, not far from the suture .... cardoni, Fleut., p. 372. 150. Cicindela angulata, F. Cicindela angulata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. 1798, p. 62; Dejean, Spec. Col. i, 1825, p. 89; Schniidt-Goebel, Col. Faun. Birm. 184b*, p. 4, pi. 1, fig. latipennis, Parry, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1845, p. Cicindela plumigera, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1892, p. 86. Longer and broader than C. sumatrensis, which it much Fig. angulata. F., is more marked ill some speci-with portion of antenna of male. mens than m others. Sind : Karachi ; Sikktm : Mungphu, Pankabari, DarjilingDistrict ; Bengal : Calcutta, Maldah, Damukdia, Tetara, Dacca,Ohota JNagpur, Asansol; Burma. : Pegu ; Hainan ; Annam. Common on sandy river-banks ( Westermann). This is anotherspecies that flies to light on the Ganges steamers (Annandale). Var. plumigera, Y\\ Horn. Bather smaller and duller than the type-form, with shorter andmore slender tarsi; forehead more finely striated between the. resembles in colour and generalmarkings and also in the pub-escence of the underside ; thelatter, however, is closer, coarser,and thicker, and the hairs infront of the white labrum arealso thicker and more conspi-cuous ; the markings of theelytra are similar, but on alarger scale, and the granu-lation of the upper surface isstronger; the metallic reflec-tion, also, is brighter. Thechief distinction, however, liesin the fact that the male has,on the underside of the fourthjoint of the antenme, a verydistinct solid fascia or plume ofthickly-set hairs which standout for some distance from theantenna?. The margins of theelytra in the female are some-times irregular and sinuate ; butthis is not always the case, and Length 12^-15 millim. CICINDELA. 371 eyes; pronatum distinctly more contracted before the base, whichmakes it appear shorter and broader; markings of the elytramuch the same, but sometimes not quite so much pron
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