. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. oppery reflections, especially at the sides; scutellum metallic green ; elytra somewhatwidened behind, dull velvetyblack with two testaceous spotson the disc of each, one at middleand one behind, and with thesurface irregularly sprinkled withsmall green or obscurely aeneousocelloid spots, a character thatwill at once distinguish thespecies ; there is also a more orless obscure coppery patch at theshoulders, and the sides are alsovery narrowly and obscurelymetallic at the extreme margins ;labrum large, raised in the middle,meta
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. oppery reflections, especially at the sides; scutellum metallic green ; elytra somewhatwidened behind, dull velvetyblack with two testaceous spotson the disc of each, one at middleand one behind, and with thesurface irregularly sprinkled withsmall green or obscurely aeneousocelloid spots, a character thatwill at once distinguish thespecies ; there is also a more orless obscure coppery patch at theshoulders, and the sides are alsovery narrowly and obscurelymetallic at the extreme margins ;labrum large, raised in the middle,metallic ; in the sculpture of thehead the species is allied toC. rugosiceps, the space betweenthe moderately prominent eyesFig. 147.— Cicindela tetragrammica. being very strongly striated at the sides and wavily rugose inthe middle, the back part being finely sculptured; pronotumstrongly and rugosely sculptured transversely, slightly narrowedto base, with the depressions and central line distinct; elytrapunctured at the sides; legs dark, femora coppery ; underside. 332 CIOINDELTDjE greenish and coppery in front, violaceous behind, with the sidesof the abdomen, and all the episterna 12 millim. Madras : Malabar Coast, Trichinopoli, Nilgiri Hills and Anai-malai Hills, 3000-4000 ft., May and June (H. L. Andrewes),,Eamnad, Shembaganur (teste W. Horn). 107. Cicindela westermanni, Schaum. Dromica westermanni, Schaum, Berlin Ent. Zeit. 1861, p. westermanni, Chaudoir, Cat. Coll. 1865, p. 55. Head large, coppery, with the forehead between the eyes closelystriate ; labrum large, circular in front with a small tooth in thecentre, whitish testaceous, bronze at apex ; mandibles testaceous atbase, black in front, covered by the labrum ; palpi entirely whitishtestaceous; antennae slender, filiform, metallic at base, black atapex ; pronotum coppery, somewhat longer than broad, cylindrical,scarcely narrowed behind, with close irregular granulate rugosesculpture, not d
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