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42, CaLLIDEA BIPLAGA. 
Purpurea ; scutellum aureo-rufum, viridi nitens, plaga basali viridi-pur- 
purea magna elongata, macula subapicali purpurea ; abdomen subtus 
rufum, maculis lateralibus nigris, apice purpureo-cyaneo viridique 
vario; pedes bast rufescentes. 
Purple. Head almost smooth, with two slight converging furrows. 
Proboscis black, livid towards the base. Antenne black; first and second 
joints purple; second about half the length of the first. Thorax thinly 
punctured ; fore part almost smooth ; fore border roughly punctured. Scu- 
tellum gilded red, with gilded green reflections, and with a large elongate 
basal purple patch, which is varied with green; a large round subapical 
purple spot. Abdomen beneath red, with a row of black spots along each 
side; tip purple, varied with blue and with green. Legs bluish purple ; 
coxe and trochanters reddish. Wings blackish ; costa of the corium 
purple. Length of the body 7% lines. 
The metallic patch on the base of the scutellum distinguishes this 
species from C. Billardierii. 
a. Aru. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
43. CaLLIDEA LATICINCTA. 
Purpurea aut purpureo-nigra; caput et thorax anticus cupreo viridique 
varia; scutellum et abdomen subtus dimidio antico rufo; pedes 
nigro-virides. 
Purple, subfusiform, sometimes almost black. Head and fore part of 
the thorax varied with cupreous and with green. Head with two slight 
converging furrows. Antenne black, slender; first joint not extending to 
the fore border of the head; second about one-fourth of the length of the 
first; third, fourth and fifth of about equal length. Scutellum and under 
side of the abdomen bright red for nearly half the length from the base. 
Legs greenish black. Wings black. Length of the body 9 lines. 
It much resembles C. Billardierii, but in the latter the tip only of the 
scutellum is red. 
a. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
4. Aru. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
44. CALLIDEA AMPLA. 
Aureo-viridis ; antenne nigre ; thorax plagis duabus lateralibus cuprets ; 
scutellum cyaneo-viride, fasciis tribus cupreo-nigris abbreviatis, la 
aque subinterruplis, la subtrigona, 2a ramosa, apice rufo; abdo- 
men sublus rufum, nigro sex maculatum ; pedes nigro-virides, tarsis 
nigris. 
Gilded green, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head with two 
longitudinal furrows, which diverge slightly towards the face, and 
more towards the hind border; space between the furrows black. An- 
tenn black; second joint less than half the length of the third. 
Thorax with a fusiform black ringlet on each side in front; a cupreous 
patch on each side of the hind border. Scutellum mostly bluish 
green; an almost obsolete transverse furrow, which is curved on each 
side to the fore border; three abbreviated cupreous-black bands; first 
and second bands slightly interrupted; first nearly triangular; second 
