. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ons in parts, the base of the antennae,the scutellum, and the base and suture of the elytra beingusually bright coppery or greenish ; labruin short, white; man-dibles white at base, brilliantly metallic in the centre, black atapex ; scutellum and front of head without pubescence, spacebetween the eyes finely striated at the sides: pronoturn almostquadrate, with the sides straight, finely and asperately punctured,dull, with rather thick and long pubescence at the sides ; elytrawith the upper surface granulose, the white margin
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ons in parts, the base of the antennae,the scutellum, and the base and suture of the elytra beingusually bright coppery or greenish ; labruin short, white; man-dibles white at base, brilliantly metallic in the centre, black atapex ; scutellum and front of head without pubescence, spacebetween the eyes finely striated at the sides: pronoturn almostquadrate, with the sides straight, finely and asperately punctured,dull, with rather thick and long pubescence at the sides ; elytrawith the upper surface granulose, the white margin extendingfrom shoulder to apex, with an interruption a little before apex ;there is a crescent-shaped spot at the shoulder, a short transverseband (jagged posteriorly) at about the middle, followed by a CICINDELA. 373 distinct, though not large, spot a little behind it near the suture ;at the apex is a lunulate band, dilated inwards at each end;the plan of the markings is evidently the same as in the twopreceding species, but they are abbreviated and broken; legs. Fig. IQSt—Gicindela cardoni. metallic, femora mostly coppery; underside golden green andcoppery, with the sides throughout furnished with thick and longwhite pubescence. Length 12-13| millim. Cetlon : Chilaw (E. E. Green); Madras : Pondicherry (Main-dron), Mysore ; Bombay : Kanara (Bell); Bengal : Chota Nagpur,Asansol and Nowatoli (Cardon) ; Sekkim ; Burma. Group 9. Two closely allied species belong to this group ; they arpextremely variable in colour and markings, and have a verywide range in both Southern Europe and Asia. The underside,except in the middle, is clothed with not very thick pubescence,which is also present on the gense; the clypeus is scantilypubescent, and the sides of the thorax are furnished with whitesetae. Key to the Species. I. Tarsi longer aulica, Be]., p. 373. II. Tarsi shorter lunulata, R, p. 375. 374 CICINDELIBvE. 153. Cicindela aulica, Dej. Cicindela aulica, Dejean, Spec. Col. v, 1831, p.
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