. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Cicindela gyllenhali, Dejean, Spec. Col. i, 1825, p. gyllenhali var. immarginata, W. Horn, Deutsche 1892, p. 81. This species resembles C. limosa in size and general appearanceand especially in having the sides of the elytra narrowly whiteand the disc without any markings, but it is much moreshining and convex, and has the frontal striation more evident,the pronotum much more rounded, the elytra more convex andthe whole of the upper surface shiny instead of dull; the colouris obscure greenish bronze
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Cicindela gyllenhali, Dejean, Spec. Col. i, 1825, p. gyllenhali var. immarginata, W. Horn, Deutsche 1892, p. 81. This species resembles C. limosa in size and general appearanceand especially in having the sides of the elytra narrowly whiteand the disc without any markings, but it is much moreshining and convex, and has the frontal striation more evident,the pronotum much more rounded, the elytra more convex andthe whole of the upper surface shiny instead of dull; the colouris obscure greenish bronze, and the general appearance, whenviewed from above, is very like that of C. bellana var. nuda, Horn,but the present insect is a much smaller one. Head with theeyes large and prominent, the juxta-ocular striation being verydistinct, and the hinder part finely sculptured; pronotum. Fig. 196.—Cicindelamalabarica. \ CICINDELA. 439 with the sculpture finely hut distinctly asperate; contracted atthe base and with the impressions and central line well marked ;elytra convex and shining, closely and distinctly sculptured, withtraces of an irregular larger row of punctures on each side nearthe suture ; legs metallic, trochanters and knees red : underside
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