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viridibus ; thorax viridi biguttalus et bistrigotus, luteo biguilatus ; 



abdomen subfus lineis quatuor macularibus plagaque subapicali nigris. 



Var. /3. ? — Corpus lituris nutlis viridibus ; caput cyaneo-nigrum ; 



thorax margine antico later ibusque cyaneo-nigris ; scutellum luleo 



non guttalum. 

 Fenupfinous-red, fusiform, bright red beneath. Head with four 

 emerald-green stripes ; under side emerald-yreen on each side. Antennae 

 piceous ; fourth joint pale jellowish towards ihe base. Thorax wiih five 

 emeiald-green snipes, the outer pair oblique ; fore border and sides 

 emerald-fireen. Sculellum with an emerald-green dot on each side of the 

 fore border, with two oblique emerald-green streaks which converge hind- 

 ward, and with a luteous dot on each side at Iwo-lhiids of the length. 

 Pectus with a broad emerald-green stripe on each side. Abdomen beneath 

 with two rows of black spots on each side, and with a black subapical 

 patch. Legs pubescent ; tibiae and tarsi above and femora towards their 

 tips tinged with green. Wings brown ; costa of the coriuiu purple. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Var. ^. ? — No emerald-green markings. Head bluish black. Thorax 

 bluish black in front and on each side. Sculellum with no luteous dots. 

 Pectus blackish. 



b. Birmah. From Mr. Treacy's collection. 



Siam. 



3. Tetrabthria tetraspila. 



Pallide lulea ; caput antice purpurascens, villa interrupta fasciuque pos- 

 tica nigris; antenna; nigrce ; thorax macula anlica nigra magna; 

 sculellum basi maculisque tribus nigris ; pectus nigrum, macttlis sex 

 pallide luteis ; abdomen sublus fusciis late inlerruptis maculaque sub- 

 apicali magna nigris ; pedes purpurei, tar sis nigris. 



Pale luteous, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head purplish in front, 

 with two longitudinal furrows which diverge slightly towards the face and 

 towards the hind border; a black stripe between the furrows, interrupted 

 in front; a black band on the hind border; underside mostly black. An- 

 tenna black. Thorax with a large black spot extending to the fore border. 

 Scutellum black at the base, with a transverse black spot near the base, 

 and with a transverse black spot on each side at one-third of the length ; 

 a purple tinge on each side near the base. Pectus black, with three pale 

 luteous spots on each side. Abdomen beneath with a black widely inter- 

 rupted band on the hind border of each segment, and with a large black 

 subapical spot. Legs purple; tarsi black. Length ol" the body 10 lines. 

 a. Siam, Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



Australasia. 



4. Tetearthria varieoata, C. H. 20. 

 a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



5. Tetrartiiria callideoides. 

 callideoides, Dohrn, Stetl. Eat. Zeit. xxiv. 348. 

 Batchian. 



