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10. TETRARTHRIA SOBRIA. 
Purpurea ; antenne nigre ; scutellum maculis quatuor lateralibus unaque 
subapicali nigris; abdomen subtus cyaneo-viride, vitta rufescente la- 
tissima brevissima ; tarst nigri. 
Purple, nearly fusiform, minutely punctured. Head with two lon- 
gitudinal furrows. Antenne black. Scutellum with a transverse furrow, 
which is curved on each side to the base; five large black spots, two on 
each side and one subapical. Abdomen beneath bluish green, with a very 
short and broad reddish stripe in the disk. Tarsi black, Length of the 
body 9 lines. 
a. New Hebrides. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
11. TETRARTHRIA LATERALIS. 
Ferruginea, subtus testacea ; caput viridi quadrivittatum ; antenne fulve, 
articulo 4o basi testaceo ; thorax vittis quinque, margine antico late- 
ribusque viridibus ; scutellum maculis sex punctoque subapicali 
luteis ; pectoris latera viridi-ferruginea ; abdomen subtus lineis 
quatuor nigris macularibus; pedes fulvi, femoribus basi coxisque 
testaceis. Var. 8.—Caput purpureo-cyaneum ; thorax viridi trivit- 
tatus, luteo biguitatus, margine antico lateribusque purpureis ; scu- 
tellum plaga purpureo-cyanea, puncto subapicali nullo. 
Ferruginous, fusiform, testaceous beneath. Head with two furrows 
in front and with four emerald-green stripes ; sides beneath emerald-green. 
Antenne tawny ; fourth joint testaceous towards the base. Thorax with 
two elongated luteous spots on each side; the second pair bebind the first 
and mote remote from each other; fore border and sides emerald-green ; 
five emerald-green stripes, the outer pair oblique. Scutellum with three 
elongated luteous spots on each side; the first pair near a pair of luteous 
dots which join the fore border; a luteous subapical point. Pectus 
broadly ferruginous and with emerald-green reflections on each side. Ab- 
domen beneath with two rows of black spots on each side. Legs tawny, 
pubescent ; femora towards the base and cox@ testaceous. Wings brown; 
costa of the corium purple. Length of the body 83 lines. 
a. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
Var. 8.— Head purplish blue above and on each side beneath. Thorax 
with a luteous dot on each side near the hind border, and with three 
emerald-green stripes; fore border and sides purple. Scutellum with a 
purplish blue patch in the disk near the base; subapical luteous point 
obsolete. 
b. Sarawak, Borneo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
12. TETRARTHRIA FLEXUOSA. 
Cyaneo-viridis ; caput aureo-viride, postice nigro-cupreum, vitta brevi pur- 
purea ; antenné nigre articulo lo flavescente apice nigro; thorax 
vitlis quatuor nigris abbreviatis, strigis duabus lanceolatis cupreo 
marginatis ; scutellum vitla basi apiceque dilatata maculisque quatuor 
magnis nigris ; pectus postice testaceum ; abdomen subtus disco, apice 
marginibusgue posticis testaceis ; pedes testacet, femoribus apice viri- 
dibus, tibits purpureis, tarsis nigris. 
