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sides? piceous ; four black spots on the hind border, Scutellum with seven 

 black spots, one near the fore border and ihree on each side, the subapical 

 pair approximate. Pectus with three ferruji^inous patches on eacli side, 

 each patch accompanied by a transverse emeiald-itreen streak. Abdomen 

 beneath with a row ol bbick spots and an exterior row of bl ick dots on 

 each side, and with a i)lack sub.ipical patch. Leijs piceous ; femora for 

 half their length from the base and co.vae pale testaceous. Wings brown. 

 Leuf^th of the body 8 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowrino^, Esq. 



Var. (3. — Head with four emerald-green stripes ; under side emerald- 

 green. Thorax with the fore border and two oblique lines on each side 

 emerald-green ; a piceous band along the fore border and a piceous stripe 

 along each side; an abbreviated black band on the hind border, undulating 

 in front ; no spots. Scutellutu with only four black spots, two on each 

 side. Abdomen beneath with an additional black spot ou each side in the 

 disk. 



b. ? 



15. Tetrarthria cleroides. 



Purpurea; thorax carina transversa angulata, plagis tribus nigricante- 

 purpureis ; scutellum rufum, carina transversa basalt abbreviala, 

 slrigis duabus bnsalibus purpiireis, maculis quatuor nicjris ; abdomen 

 subtus rufum, plaga basali purpurea, macula apicali nigra. 



Purple. Head with two parallel longitudinal furrows. Antennae 

 black, four-jointed; first joint purple, not extending in front of the head; 

 second, third and fourth joints grooved; third a little longer than the 

 second and than the fourth. Thonix contracted and with a deeply angular 

 transverse ridge in front; three blackish purple patches, the lateral pair 

 abbreviateii in front. Scutellum bright red, with an abbreviated transverse 

 ridge at the base; a purple streak along each side at the base, connected 

 with a large black spot ; two transversely oblong black spots behind the first 

 pair and tnore approximate to each other. Abdomen lieneath bright red, 

 with a purple basal patch and a black apical spot. Wings black. Var. (3. 

 — Head and thorax purplish black. Var. y. — Head and thorax wholly 

 black. liCnglh of the body 9 lines. 



a, b. Cerani. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



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



Country unknown. 

 16. Tetrarthria nigra. 

 Nigra , fusiformis. 



Black, fusiform. Head with two longitudinal furrows. Third joint 

 of the antenncB a little longer than the second; fourth a little longer than 

 the third. Proboscis extending a little beyond the hind coxae. Length of 

 the body 8 lines. 

 a. ? Presented by Sir John Liddell. 



17. Tetrarthria basalis. 



Ochracea ; caput nigrum, subtus viride ; antennee picete ; thorax fascia 

 nigra lata abbreviata antice undulata ; scutellum nigra sex macu- 

 latum ; pectus nigrum; abdomen subtus nigrum rnaculis tribus 



