40 CATALOGUE OF 
Dark cupreous-purple, elongate-oval, minutely punctured. Head with 
two parallel longitudinal stripes. Thorax with a roughly punctured ante- 
medial furrow, in front of which it is bright bluish green ; a roughly punc- 
tured transverse line near the fore border; a cuneiform transverse dark 
cupreous mark on each side in front of the furrow. Scutellum with two 
bluish green bands, which are purple on each side; first band basal, bor- 
dered by a transverse furrow, which is curved on each side to the base ; 
second slightly postmedial ; a blue subapical spot. Pectus bluish green 
along each side. Abdomen beneath with a bright red dentate stripe along 
each side. Legs purple; coxe and femora red. Var. 8.—Body above 
wholly purple. Length of the body 6 lines. 
It differs from C. lateralis in shape, and from C. divisa in shape and 
in markings. 
a, Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. Ké. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
55. CALLIDEA PARTITA. 
Vividis ; caput purpureum ; thorax purpureo trivittatus ; scutellum 
fascia tenui antemedia, maculis quatuor fasciaque lata apicali pur- 
pureis ; ale nigricantes, corio purpureo. 
Dark metallic-green. Head purple, with two parallel furrows. An- 
tenne black; first joint dark green, not extending to the front of the head ; 
second full half the length of the first. Thorax with three broad irregular 
purple stripes. Scutellum with a narrow purple band near the base, a 
broad apical purple band and two large purple spots on each side ; a broad 
transverse ridge near the base. Abdomen beneath with purple spots along 
each side. Legs purple. Wings blackish; corium purple. Length of the 
body 7 lines. 
The markings distinguish it from C. ebenina, and it is more different 
than the latter species from C. superba. 
a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
56. CALLIDEA COLLARIS. 
Purpurea ; antenné nigre ; thorax antice cyaneo-viridi fasciatus ; scu- 
tellum fasciis tribus viridibus, 2a 3aque connexis, 3a apicali ; abdo- 
men sublus vittis duabus rufis lateralibus dentatis ; pedes rufi, tibiis 
purpurets, tarsis nigris. Var. 3.—Sculelli fascie 2a 3aque cyanea. 
Var. y.—Scutelli fascia 2a cyanea, 3a obsoleta. 
Purple, oval, finely punctured. Head with two parallel longitudinal 
furrows, which diverge between the eyes. Antenne black; second joint a 
little shorter than the first. Thorax with a bright bluish green band along 
the fore border, divided by a roughly punctured furrow from the purple 
part, and including on each side a transverse furrow that forms a fusiform 
ringlet. Scutellum with three bright green bands; first band including a 
transverse furrow, which is curved on each side to the fore border ; second 
at a little beyond the middle; third apical, united by a streak to the second, 
Pectus with two transverse bright green streaks on each side. Abdomen 
beneath with a red dentate stripe on each side. Legs red; tibie purple: 
tarsi black. Wings blackish; corinm purple. Var. 8.—Second and third 
bands of the scutellum and the intermediate streak blue. Var. y.—Second 
band of the scutellum blue; third and the streak obsolete. Length of the 
body 5 lines. 
