HEMIPTERA HETEr.OPTERA.. 513 



Cupreous, oval, very minutely punclurcil, srcen l)eneath. Head 

 blackish <i;reen. Eyes and rosi rum j)icious. Anteun.c black ; second joint 

 about half the len<;th of the third ; f'ourlli lon.irer than the third. Thoiax 

 with a punctured transverse line near the fore border, which is green ; trans- 

 verse furrow punctured; hind border dark green. Sciitellum except the 

 basal part ajneous-green and more roughly punctured. Abdomen beneath 

 blackish anieous, with a luteous stripe along each side. Legs blue; coxae 

 and femora reddish. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Callidea mf.lanophoka. 



Nigra, elliptica, sublitiler punctata ; caput anlice purpurco-cyaneum, 

 postice cyaneo-viride ; antenncc bast lulece ; thoracis latera purpurea, 

 antice cyaneo-viridia ; scutellum basi subgibbosum, lateribiis apiceque 

 purpvrasceulibus, pectus cyaneo-purpureum, viridi variinn ; venter 

 luteus, maculis luteralibus cunnexis plagaque apicali purpurcis el 

 viridibus, playa basali nigra ; pedes lutci, femoribus apice tibiisque 

 viridibus, tarsis nigris. 



Black, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head purplish blue in front, 

 bright bluish green beneath. Eyes livid. Rostrum testaceous, black 

 towards the tip. Antennae black; first joint luteous towards the base; 

 second about one-fourth of the length of the third ; fourth much longer 

 than the third; fifth a little shorter than the fouvtii. Thorax in front with 

 a smooth space along the hind side of a slight transverse furrow; sides 

 purple, bluish green in front. Scuiellum with u rounded abbreviated 

 transverse ridge at the base; sides and tip purplish. Pectus bright bluish 

 purple, partly bright green. Abdomen beneath luieous, with large mostly 

 connected bright purple and green spots along each side ; a large apical 

 patch of the same hue and a lar-^e black patch at the base. Legs luteous; 

 femora at the tips and libite green ; tarsi black. Length of the body 

 6^ lines. 



a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Callidea sodalis. 



Purpurea, elliptica, subiiliter punctata ; caput pcstice nigra binotatum, 

 maryine postico subtus test a ceo ; antenme nigrce, basi ochracecc ; 

 thorax maculis tribus anticis Iransrersis plagisque tribus poslicis 

 nigris; scutellum nigro sexniaculatiim ; venter ochraceus, maculis 

 lateralibus plagaque apicali purpureo- viridibus, plaga basali nigra; 

 pedes ochracei, femuribus apice tibiisque cyancc-piirpiireis, larsis 

 nigris. 



Purple, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head with a black mark on 

 each side of the hind border; under side testaceous along the hind border. 

 Eyes livid. Rastrum testaceous, black towards the tip. Antenme black ; 

 first joint ochraceous at the base ; second less than one-fourth of the length 

 of the third; fourth longer than the third; fifth a little shorter than the 

 fourth. Thorax with three transverse black spots on a smooth band, which 

 is very near the fore border; three large hinder black patches. Scutellum 

 with a rounded abbreviated transverse ridge at the base and with six large 



