. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. indela spinolae, Gestro. Cicindela spinolce, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 1889, p. 85. Head and pronotum sometimes rather obscurely, but, as a rule,rather brilliantly metallic, more so than in the allied species, a character which often servessuperficially to distinguish it;labrum short, dull testaceousor partly metallic, occasionallyentirely metallic, mandibleswhite with dark tips; headrather strongly striate be-tween the eyes, with twolongitudinal blue and greenstripes, the hinder part of thepronotum finely rugose ; pro-no
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. indela spinolae, Gestro. Cicindela spinolce, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 1889, p. 85. Head and pronotum sometimes rather obscurely, but, as a rule,rather brilliantly metallic, more so than in the allied species, a character which often servessuperficially to distinguish it;labrum short, dull testaceousor partly metallic, occasionallyentirely metallic, mandibleswhite with dark tips; headrather strongly striate be-tween the eyes, with twolongitudinal blue and greenstripes, the hinder part of thepronotum finely rugose ; pro-notum subquadrate, with thesides very slightly rounded,and the constrictions wellmarked; at the sides thereare a few white hairs, whichare, apparently, easily rubbedoff and are therefore oftenentirely absent; elytra dullcoppery, or with a greenishreflection, brighter at thesides, with a strong impressionFig. 153.— Cicindela spinolce. within the shoulders, and with a white spot at the shoulders,£ another on the disc before the middle, another at the middle of the. CICINDELA. 347 lateral margin, either joining a discoidal spot near the suture andforming an oblique band narrowed in the middle, or else separatefrom it, and another variable spot (round, oblique or partly crescent-shaped) before the apex; the punctuation is shallow but usuallydistinct, except on the centre of the disc, and the punctures areoften greenish ; the elytra are rather strongly depressed before theapex and are slightly dilated behind the middle, the sutural anglebeing furnished with a very short spine ; legs more or less metallic,trochanters ferruginous ; episterna of metasternum rather thicklypubescent; the sides of the presternum and abdomen are scantilypubescent, the former being almost bare and not 7-8 millim. Sikkim : Darjiling ; Bengal : Dacca, Chota Nagpur, Asansol:Assam: Sylhet, Patkai Hills; Burma: North Chin Hills, Teinzo,Bhamo, Tharawaddy, Karen Hills, Euby Mines, Momeit, Ran-goo
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