. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. s, ; Burma : X. Chin Hills, Tharawaddy and Jamayi(Corbett), Pegu. Apparently plentiful where it occurs, and widely distributed inNorthern India, Assam, and Burma. On the stony river-beds of theSunkas, Eaidak, etc., in North Assam (Stebbing). On the argilla-ceous banks of the Ganges River (Westermann). On sandy banksof a jungle stream at the base of the E. Himalayas (Annandale). 382 cicistdelim:. 161. Cicindela duponti, Dej. Cicindela duponti, Dejean, Spec. Col. ii, 1826, p. harmonica, Gestro, Ann. Mus. G
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. s, ; Burma : X. Chin Hills, Tharawaddy and Jamayi(Corbett), Pegu. Apparently plentiful where it occurs, and widely distributed inNorthern India, Assam, and Burma. On the stony river-beds of theSunkas, Eaidak, etc., in North Assam (Stebbing). On the argilla-ceous banks of the Ganges River (Westermann). On sandy banksof a jungle stream at the base of the E. Himalayas (Annandale). 382 cicistdelim:. 161. Cicindela duponti, Dej. Cicindela duponti, Dejean, Spec. Col. ii, 1826, p. harmonica, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Genova, 1893, ]). 360. A rather large and conspicuous species. Labruni dark, withtestaceous patches ; head metallic green, with the sides of thedepressed portion between the eyes, and two short longitudinalhands at the base, violaceous, striation well-marked; pronotumgreen, with the centre, sides, and anterior and posterior depressionsviolaceous, subqnadrate, very slightly narrowed towards the base,finely sculptured, without pubescence on the upper surface; elytra. Fig. 167.— Cicindela duponti. velvety, dark, with the suture, sides, and a common band or patchat or about the anterior third, green, or more or less blue, but thecolour and pattern vary; on each there are two small, more orless transverse, white markings, one just behind the middle, andone nearer the apex, and besides these a small spot is often presentat about the basal third near the suture; the sculpture is fine:legs brilliant blue, green or violaceous ; underside of the samecolour, with the sides of the body pubescent, the pubescence being-very scanty on the geua3, the episterna of the metasternum, andthe apical segment of the abdomen, and apparently easilyrubbed off. CICINDELA. 383 Length 16-18 millim. Madras : Mahe, Trivandrum, Mysore ; Bombay : Kailara ;Bengal; Chota Nagpur, Dacca; Assam: Khasi Hills (Shillong,Oherra Poonji, Nonpriang, Maupun), Patkai Hills; Buema :Arakan, North Chin Hills, Pegu; Penang ; Co
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