. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. etween the eyes,not raised between the sulci which aredeep and parallel; antennae some-what thickened towards the apex,variable in colour; pronotum stout,strongly constricted near the base andapex, intermediate portion dilatedand then contracted into a very shortpronotal collum, disc smooth andshining, with remote scattered punc-tures, but not striolate; undersidepunctured and pilose; elytra closelyand strongly, but variably, punctured,the sculpture showing a tendency tobecome rugose in the middle; legsvariable in colour, but
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. etween the eyes,not raised between the sulci which aredeep and parallel; antennae some-what thickened towards the apex,variable in colour; pronotum stout,strongly constricted near the base andapex, intermediate portion dilatedand then contracted into a very shortpronotal collum, disc smooth andshining, with remote scattered punc-tures, but not striolate; undersidepunctured and pilose; elytra closelyand strongly, but variably, punctured,the sculpture showing a tendency tobecome rugose in the middle; legsvariable in colour, but with the tarsi,the tibiae, and the extreme apex of thefemora, and also the posterior coxa?,as a rule, dark; metasternum moreor less punctured, the punctuationbeing variable. Length 13-13| : Calcutta; Sikkim ; Assam : Naga Hills and PatkaiHills (Doherty); Burma : Maymyo, 3000 ft. (Bingham), Thara-waddy and Pegu (Corbett); Texasserim (Doherty); Java. I am somewhat doubtful of the Calcutta locality, which restson a single specimen in the Indian Fig. 108. 2\cocollyris bonelli var. ortygia. Var. batesi, W. Horn. Larger than the type, with the head broader and thicker : theforehead broadly excavate and furnished with a plain impressionbehind ; the pronotum short and moderately narrowed in front,and the elytra short and coarsely sculptured; the colour is eithergreen or violaceous. Length 14 millim. Assam : Khasi Hills ; Siam ; Cochin China. Dr. Horn introduced this insect as a new species alliedto N. saphyrina, but now considers it to be a variety ofJOT. bonelli. 250 CICINDELID^:. Yar. ortygia, Buq, This variety, which is much commoner than the type-form, isclosely allied to it, but chiefly differs in having the pronotum lessstout and less rounded at the sides, and in the sculpture of theelytra being shallower, but closer, and more plainly rugose inthe middle: intermediate forms, however, occur, and it isdoubtful whether it ought even to be separated as a variet
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