CALLIPHABA. 



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Genus CALLIPHARA. 



Calliphai'a, part., Germ. Zeitschr. i, p. 122 (1839). 



Calliphara, Stdl, Hem. Afr. i, p. 34 (1864) ; id. En. Hem. iii, p. 9 



(1873). 

 Lamprophara, Stal, Hem. Afr. i, p. 34 (1864). 



Type, G. nobilis, Linn. 



Distribution. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, Australasia, China. 



In this genus the abdomen is not sulcated, and the scutellum 

 does not quite cover the abdomen, the conuexivum being exposed. 



99. Calliphara nobilis, Linn. (Cimex) Cent. Ins. p. 17. 46 (1763) ; id. 

 (Cimex) Ama-n. 6, p. 400. 46 (1763) ; Dcdl. (Callidea) List Hem 

 i, p. 32. 26 (1851) ; Stdl, En. Hem. iii, p. 17 (1873). 



Cimex pustulatus, Panz. in Voet, Col. iv, p. 111. 11, pi. 47, f. 11 

 (1798). 



Scutellera buquetii, Guer. Voy. Coq., Ins. pp. 159 & 162 (1830). 



Shining pale green, sometimes with violet reflexions ; eyes, two 

 spots at base of head and margins of central lobe, a series of three 



transverse spots on the pro- 

 notum near anterior margin, 

 (sometimes only two) and four 

 spots across disk, seven spots 

 on the scutellum, of which six 

 are arranged in pairs and the 

 seventh subapical (in some 

 specimens anadditional central 

 linear spot), and the body 

 beneath ochraceous ; the ster- 

 num and lateral areas of the 

 abdomen bright metallic green 

 shaded with piceous ; lateral 

 margins of the sternum and 

 abdomen dark ochraceous or 



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Fig. 23. — Calliphara nobilis. 



violaceous ; coxae and femora ochraceous ; apices of femora, the tibiag 

 and tarsi, rostrum and antennae dark indigo-blue or piceous. 



Length 15 to 18 ; width between pronotal angles S to 9 millim. 



Hah. Burma : Kangoon {Coll. Dist.). Tenasserim : Amherst 

 (Brit. 3Ins.). — This species occurs in the Malay Peninsula, is widely 

 distributed throughout the Malayan Archipelago, and has been 

 received from Hong Kong and Formosa. 



lUO. Calliphara excelleilS, Bur?n. (Tetyia) Nov. Act. Acad. Leoj). 

 16, Sui)pl. i, p. 287. o, t. 41, f. 2 (1834) ; Amy. (^- Serv. (Callidea) 

 Hem. p. 32. 1 (1843) ; Stcd, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 153. 6 (1866) ; 

 Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 38 (1899). 



Tectocoris obscura, JVestw. in Hope Cat. i, p. 14 (1837). 



Callidea nobilis. Germ. Zeitschr. i, p. 117. 12 (1839). 



Callidea praslinia, Dall. List Hem. i, p. 24. 10 (1851). 



Dark indigo-blue, becoming greenish on scutellum ; lateral lobe 



