. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. d finely striatedbetween the eyes, the latter sub-qnadrate, rather longer thanbroad, very finely sculptured,with a thick frill of long setaeprojecting from the sides of thepresternum, which will at oncedistinguish the species; thereare also short setse at the apicalmargin; elytra subovate, widenedbehind, very finely and closely,but quite perceptibly, punctured,with the suture broadly copperyuntil behind the middle, wherethe colour contracts for a shortdistance and from its apex pro-ceeds an oblique hatchet- shapedmarking ; on
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. d finely striatedbetween the eyes, the latter sub-qnadrate, rather longer thanbroad, very finely sculptured,with a thick frill of long setaeprojecting from the sides of thepresternum, which will at oncedistinguish the species; thereare also short setse at the apicalmargin; elytra subovate, widenedbehind, very finely and closely,but quite perceptibly, punctured,with the suture broadly copperyuntil behind the middle, wherethe colour contracts for a shortdistance and from its apex pro-ceeds an oblique hatchet- shapedmarking ; on the front of thedisc is a linear coppery marking,reflexed at its apex towards theYig. 192.—Cicindela omata. margins; the extreme margins are white, concolorous with theelytra; legs long, metallic, trochanters metallic; underside muchas in the succeeding species, with all the episterna pubescent andthe gense bare. Length 11-12 millim. Sind : Karachi, on the sands of Manorah (Shopland).Extremely local, like the succeeding species, but not uncommonwhere it 201 Cicindela copulata, Cicindela copulata, Sckmidt-Uoebel, Faun. Col. Birm. 1846, p. 0. A very pretty and distinct little testaceous ; head metallic, withoutpubescence, brilliantly red and very finelystriated below the eyes, very finely sculp-tured in the middle and behind; eyesrather prominent ; pronotum narrow,subcylindrical, about as long as broad,coppery, finely sculptured, with the centralline slightly marked, disc bar 3; on theanterior and posterior margins are thickrows of very short seta?, and from theupper edge of the prosternum projectsa border of long seta?, which appearto belong to the pronotum ; scutellum193.—Cicindela coppery ; elytra smooth and rather shiny,copulata. with extremely fine sculpture, ovate,
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