. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. era, Chanel. Tricondyla macrodera, Ohaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, I860, p. 300. Deep black, rather shining; head large, with the eyes veryprominent, orbital striae as a rule not marked, but variable, exca-vation between the eyes deep and narrow, with strong sulci, andwithout impression at base ; antennae black, basal joints more orless ringed with red ; pronotum with the sides distinctly contractedbefore the anterior constriction, upper surface almost smooth orwith very fine transverse striation ; elytra constricted towardsbase,
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. era, Chanel. Tricondyla macrodera, Ohaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, I860, p. 300. Deep black, rather shining; head large, with the eyes veryprominent, orbital striae as a rule not marked, but variable, exca-vation between the eyes deep and narrow, with strong sulci, andwithout impression at base ; antennae black, basal joints more orless ringed with red ; pronotum with the sides distinctly contractedbefore the anterior constriction, upper surface almost smooth orwith very fine transverse striation ; elytra constricted towardsbase, widened and gibbose behind, basal portion strongly rugosetransversely, central part diffusely and roughly punctured, apicalthird almost smooth; femora, except apex, red, tibiae and tarsipitchy black ; underside smooth or almost smooth. Length 19-22 millim. Sikkim: Darjiling, Mungphu; Bhutan; Assam: SibsagaiyCachar; Tonkin. TllICONDYLA. 279 This species varies a good deal in the excavation and striationof the head, the length of the narrowed part of the pronotum,. Fig. 123.— Tricondyla macrodera. and the length, gibbosity, and sculpture of the elytra; the apicalportion of the latter is usually almost smooth and impimctaterbut in the specimens before me from North Cachar it is plainlysculptured to the apex. 57. Tricondyla cyanea, Dej., var. annulicornis, Tricondyla cyanea, Dejean, Spec. Col. i, 1825, p. annulicornis, Schmidt-Goebel, Faun. Col. Birm. 1846,p. 10. Tricondyla yibba, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1861, p. 353* Black or bluish, with the femora, except apex, red and the tibiaeand tarsi black with a blue reflection; head strongly excavate,with the orbital striae well marked ; antennae with the 3rd and4th joints ringed with red, palpi nigro-cyaneous; pronotum convexTrather abruptly narrowed before the anterior constriction, notwidened in the middle and almost cylindrical, smooth and glabrous,with a fine central line; elytra widened and strong
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