. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. elysculptured,with very fine striae justwithin the eyes, which arenot veryprominent; pronotum subqua-drate, a little longer than broad,with the sides almost straight,margins with distinct setae; elytrasomewhat dilated behind, dull,velvety, scarcely perceptibly punc-tured, obscure dark green, with along yellow linear patch on eachextending from the shoulder tothe middle, and a long patch ofabout the same length, but morecurved, extending from the middlenearly to the apex ; besides thesethere is a short linear patch closeto the
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. elysculptured,with very fine striae justwithin the eyes, which arenot veryprominent; pronotum subqua-drate, a little longer than broad,with the sides almost straight,margins with distinct setae; elytrasomewhat dilated behind, dull,velvety, scarcely perceptibly punc-tured, obscure dark green, with along yellow linear patch on eachextending from the shoulder tothe middle, and a long patch ofabout the same length, but morecurved, extending from the middlenearly to the apex ; besides thesethere is a short linear patch closeto the scutellum, two more of thesame character on the front halfnear the suture, and a spot beforeFig. 181.—Cicindela vittigera. the apex, which is sometimes joined to the extremity of theyellow marginal apical marking; legs and underside metallic,cyaneous or green, the latter with the sides of the abdomen, andthe sterna, thickly pubescent, the episterna of the meta- and pro-sternum, and also the gence, being furnished with scanty hairs,,and sometimes almost bare. 2e. 418 CICINI>ELIL\E. Length 12-13 inillim. Bengal : Berhampur, Maldah, Damukdia, Goalbathan, Dacca,Calcutta. 104. Cicindela lefroyi, IF. Horn. Ckindela lefroyi, W. Horn, Records of the Indian Museum, vol. ii,p. 409 (1908). Closely allied to C. vittigera, from which it differs in having the cheeks without pubescence, the pro-notum broader, and the middle bandof the elytra shortened in front andbehind and straighter; the elytraare less distinctly serrulate behind,and the apex of the suture of theelytra in the male is only slightly, inthe female moderately, retracted;the fourth joint of the antennae in themale has two short setae at somedistance from one another, but isnot furnished with a pencil of forehead and the pronoturn arecoppery, and the elytra are velvetyblack, except at the margins, withfourteen larger or smaller white spotsand patches; the episterna of thepresternum are densely clothed to-wards the
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