38 CATALOGUE OF 
49. CaLLIDEA FEMORATA. 
Purpurea ; caput viridi biplagratum ; antenne nigra, articulo lo subtus 
rufescente; thorax antice viridis; scutellum viridi bifasciatum ; 
abdomen subtus vittis duabus lateralibus rufis dentatis, apice viridi; 
pedes rufi, tibiis purpureis, tarsis nigris. 
Purple, elliptical, rather thinly and roughly punctured. Head with a 
green patch on each side in front, and with two longitudinal furrows, 
which diverge on the vertex. Antenne black; first Joint reddish beneath ; 
second much shorter than the first. Thorax with a transverse furrow, in 
front of which it is mostly green. Scutellum with two green bands; first 
band basal, bordered on the hind side by a transverse furrow; second at a 
little beyond the middle. Pectus green in front. Abdomen beneath with 
a red dentate stripe along each side; tip green. Legs red; tibie purple; 
tarsi black. Length of the body 5 lines. 
Agrees with C. lateralis in shape, but differs much from it in 
markings. 
a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s collection. 
50. CALLIDEA TESSELLATA. 
Cyaneo-viridis ; caput purpureum; thorax vittis tribus latis purpureo- 
cupress ; scutellum basi purpureum, maculis quatuor magnis quad- 
ralis cupreis, spatio apicali cupreo purpureo-marginata ; abdomen 
sublus rufum, vilta purpurea dentata ; pedes purpuret. 
Bluish green, elongate-oval, minutely punctured. Head purple, with 
two parallel longitudinal furrows. Antenne black. Thorax with a deeply 
angular transverse ridge in front and with three broad purplish cupreous 
stripes. Scutellum with a transverse ridge near the base, which is purple; 
four large quadrate cupreous spots, of which the second pair are nearly 
connected ; apical part cupreous, purple-bordered. Abdomen beneath red, 
with a broad purple deeply dentate stripe. Legs purple; tarsi black. 
Length of the body 7} lines. 
Much resembles C. Stollii, from which it may be distinguished by 
the markings on the under side of the abdomen. 
a. Singapore. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
51. CALLIDEA QUADRINOTATA, 
Purpurea ; scutellum luteum, viridi purpureoque nitens, maculis quatuor 
purpureis ; abdomen sublus fasciis interruptis viridibus. Var. B.— 
Caput, thorax et pectus viridia; caput purpureo varium ; thorax 
anticus purpureo marginatus. 
Purple, somewhat fusiform, minutely punctured. Head with two 
longitudinal furrows. Antenne and tarsi black. Scutellum luteous, with 
gilded green and sometimes with purple reflections; two purple spots of 
varying size on each side of the middle part of the disk. Abdomen beneath 
with a bright green interrupted band on the hind border of each segment. 
Var. 8B.—Head, thorax and pectus bright green. Head partly purple 
between the eyes. Fore part of the thorax bordered with purple. Length 
of the body 10—11 lines. 
