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10. Tetrabthria sobria. 



Purpurea ; antenncB nigrcB ; scittellum maculis quafunr lateralibus unaque 

 subapicali niyris ; abdomen sublus cyaneo-viride, villa rufescente la- 

 tissima brevissima ; tarsi nigri. 

 Purple, nearly fusiform, minulely punctured. Head with two lon- 

 gitudinal furrows. AnteiinEE black. Scuielluin with a transverse furrow, 

 which is curved on each side to the base; five large black spots, two on 

 each side and one suhapical. Abdoineu 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, siibtus testacea ; caput viridi qiiadrivitlatum ; antennce fulvce, 

 arlicu/o 4o basi testaceo ; thorax viltis quinque, margine antico lale- 

 ribusqne viridibus ; scutellum maculis sex punctoque subapicali 

 luteis ; pectoris latera viridi-ferruginea ; abdomen sublus lineis 

 quatuor nigris macularibus ; pedes fulvi, femoribus basi eoxisque 

 testaceis. Y&x. /3. — Caput purpureo-cyaneum ; thorax viridi trivit- 

 tatus, luteo bigutlatus, margine aniico lateribusque purpureis ; scu- 

 tellum plaga purpureo-cganea, puncto subapicali nullo. 



Ferruginous, fusiform, testaceous beneath. Head with two furrows 

 in front and with four emerald-green stripes ; sides beneath emerald-green. 

 Antennae tawny ; fourth joint testaceous towards the base. Thorax with 

 two elongated luteous spots on each side ; the second pair behind the first 

 and more remote fioni each other ; fore border and sides emerald-green ; 

 five emerald-green stripes, the outer pair oblique. Scutellum with three 

 elongated luienus spots on each side; the first pair near a pair of luteous 

 dots which join the fore border ; a luteous suhapical 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 coxte testaceous. Wings brown ; 

 costa of the corium purple. Length of the body 8^ lines. 



a. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Var. /3. — 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 wiih a 

 purplish blue patch in the disk near the base ; suhapical luteous point 

 obsolete. 



b. Sarawak, Borneo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



12. Tetrarthria flexuosa. 



Cyaneo-viridis ; caput aureo-viride, poslice nigro-cupreum, vitta brevi pur- 

 purea ; anlenuce nigrte arliculo \o Jtavescinte apice nigro ; thorax 

 vitlis quatuor nigris abbi-eviatis, strigis duabus lanceolatis cupreo 

 marginutis ; scutellum villa basi apiceque dilaiata mavulisque quatuor 

 magnis nigris ; pectus postice testaceum ; abdomen sublus disco, apice 

 marginibhsqiie posticis testaceis ; pedes testacei , femoribus apice viri- 

 dibus, tibiis purpureis, tarsis nigris. 



