29 CATALOGUE OF 



Bluish green, elliptical, rather flat, thickly punctured. Head and 

 fore pari of the thorax fjolden green. Head blackish cupreous along the 

 hind border, with two longitudinal furrows which diverge in I'ront, where 

 the space between ihetn is purple. Antennae black, slender; first joint yel- 

 lowish, black towards the tip, not extending beyond ihe head. Thorax 

 with four short broad black stripes, the two on each side united in front; 

 a lanceolate transverse cujjreous-bordered streak on each side near the fore 

 border. Scuielhim with two large black spots on each side, and with a 

 black stripe which is very much dilated at each end; first pair of spots 

 notched in front, connected by petioles with the stripe. Pectus golden 

 green ; hind part of the disk testaceous. Abd(unen beneath golden green, 

 with a testaceous black-bordered disk ; tip and hind part of the borders 

 also testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tips of the femora green ; tibiee purple ; 

 tarsi black. Fore wings black ; cosla purple ; membrane brown, cinereous 

 towards the tip. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 8J 

 lines. 

 a. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



13. Teteauthria peltophoroides. 



Purpurea, cyaneo viridique subvaria ; antenncB nigrce ; sculellum nigra 

 quadrimaculalum, ruga basali transversa apiceque rujis ; abdomen 

 subtus rufum, laleribus plagaque nigris ; pedes ruji, femoribus apice 

 tibiisque purpureis, larsis nigris. Var. j8. — Sculelli ruga purpurea. 



Purple, slightly varied with blue and green, long-elliptical, minutely 

 punctured. Head with two longitudinal furrows, which diverge slightly 

 from the face to the vertex between the eyes, and thence converge slightly 

 to the hind border. Antennae black. Thorax with a slight transverse fur- 

 row at one-third of the length, and on each side with a more anterior 

 transverse lanceolate space enclosed by a furrow. Scutellum with two 

 black spots on each side, and with a basal transverse abbreviated red 

 ridge; tip red. Abdomen beneath with a red disk, wholly red towards the 

 lip, with the exception of a black patch. Legs red ; tibiae and tips of 

 the femora purple ; tarsi black. Var. /3. — Ridge of the scutellum purple, 

 except a transverse red streak on each side. Length of the body 7 — 7j 

 lines. 



a, Celebes. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



b, Mysol. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c, Sula. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



14. Tetrarthria maculata. 



Teslacea ; caput piceum ; antenna; picece, articulo \o fulvo, Ao basi tes- 

 taceo ; thorax linea transversa interrupta macuiisque quatuor nigris, 

 lateribus piceis ; scutellum nigra septemmaculatum ; abdomen subtus 

 lineis duabus macularibus duabusque gnttularibus plagaque sub- 

 apicali nigris ; pedes picei, ftmoribus dimidio basali coxisque tes- 

 taceis. Var. /3. — Caput viridi quinque vittatum ; thorax margine 

 antico lineisque quatuor obliquis viridibus, fascia vitlisque duabus 

 piceis, fascia postica nigra undulata abbreviata, maculis nullis ; 

 scutellum nigra quadrimaculalum. 



Testaceous, fusiform, paler beneath. Head above piceous. Antennae 

 piceous ; first joint lawny ; fourth pale testaceous towards the base. Thorax 

 with an interrupted transverse black shining line near the fore border ; 



