. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. tutnand in the sculpture of the elytra. 30. Neocollyris saphyrina, Chaud, Collyris saphyrina, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1850, p, 18 ; id., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1864, p. 498, pi. 7, fig. Collyris boysii, Chaudoir, op. cit. 1860, p. 288. Allied to N. fuscitarsis, from which it may be known by itsaverage larger size, the much stronger and more rugose punc-tuation of the elytra, the dark tibia?, and the more slenderpronotum which has a longer collum, and has hardly any traces of rugose stria?; the antenna?, are dark at th
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. tutnand in the sculpture of the elytra. 30. Neocollyris saphyrina, Chaud, Collyris saphyrina, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1850, p, 18 ; id., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1864, p. 498, pi. 7, fig. Collyris boysii, Chaudoir, op. cit. 1860, p. 288. Allied to N. fuscitarsis, from which it may be known by itsaverage larger size, the much stronger and more rugose punc-tuation of the elytra, the dark tibia?, and the more slenderpronotum which has a longer collum, and has hardly any traces of rugose stria?; the antenna?, are dark at the base, with thecentral joints dark and ringed distinctly with red, and the apicaljoints fuscous or reddish fuscous ; the sterna are very finelypunctured. The female differs from the male in having the antenna?somewhat shorter, the head less narrowed behind, the eyesless prominent, and the thorax a little broader; it was de-scribed at first by Chaudoir as another species; the differencesare not striking. Length 17-18 millim. Nepal; Sikkim: Pedong, Mungphu; Assam,. Fig. 113.—Neocollyris saphyrina. S 258 CICINDELIDiE. 31. Neocollyris insignis, Chaud. Collyris insignis, Chaudoir, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1864, p. 76; id., Ent. France, 1864, p. 496, pi. 7, fig. 4. Very closely allied to N. saphyrina, buton the average larger, with the head alittle less quadrate in the male (in thefemale the difference is not marked), thepronotum slightly narrower and more elon-gate, and distinctly less constricted at thebase, the basal angles being considerablymore in a line with the sides than inJST. saphyrina ; the sculpture of the elytrais stronger, and the central plicae are largerand more marked ; in some specimens thereare distinct traces of rugose striae on theupper surface of the pronotum, but inothers the upper surface is quite smoothas in the specimens of N. saphyrina whichI have seen; this is apparently a variablecharacter in this group, for Chaudoir, indescribing N. saphyrina, says :
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