. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. 73. Obscurely bronze, with a coppery or greenish reflection, some-times with the ground-colour almostblack; labrum short, white, man-dibles very large, very little covered,white, with the apex metallic;clypeus and front of head withoutpubescence ; head depressed slightlyon each side near eyes and raised alittle in the middle, very finelysculptured, without any pubescenceon the upper side ; pronotum almostlonger than broad, very finely sculp-tured, slightly rounded at the sides,with distinct pubescence on eachside near margins;
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. 73. Obscurely bronze, with a coppery or greenish reflection, some-times with the ground-colour almostblack; labrum short, white, man-dibles very large, very little covered,white, with the apex metallic;clypeus and front of head withoutpubescence ; head depressed slightlyon each side near eyes and raised alittle in the middle, very finelysculptured, without any pubescenceon the upper side ; pronotum almostlonger than broad, very finely sculp-tured, slightly rounded at the sides,with distinct pubescence on eachside near margins; elytra muchbroader than pronotum, widenedbehind in the female, finely granu-lose and shagreenecl throughout,ground-colour dark brown or olive-green, with elaborate white ortestaceous markings; the whitecolour extends from the shouldersFig. 102.—Cicindela sumatrensis- to the apex, with an interruption before the apical lunulate patch,there is a transverse extension towards suture at about the firstthird, a large inverted V-shaped or reversed S-shaped (when 2b 2. 372 CICINDELIDtE. the angle is more rounded) patch at middle extending backwards,and the apical patch is extended to meet this in a patch or linedilated at its upper extremity; legs metallic; underside metallic,with all the sides (including the gense) very thickly clothed withlong white tomentose 10|-]4 millim. Ceylon {Horn); Madras : Trivandrum, Travancore (Annan-dale), Mahe (Maindron); Bombay : Khandesh (Bell); Sind :Karachi (Bell); Bengal : Calcutta, Eanchi, Damukdia (), Maldah, Chota jNagpur; Nepal: Kumdhik, Maho,Nepal Terai (Hodgart); Burma : Bhamo, Teinzo (Fed), K, ChinHills, Tharawaddy (Corbett), Tavoy, Pegu; Malay Peninsula:Perak, etc.; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Philippine Islands : Hainan •China ; Formosa ; Japan. Var. imperfecta, W. Horn. This variety differs from the typical form in being on theaverage smaller, and in having the white markings of the elytramuch reduced and split up more
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