34 CATALOGUE OF 



basalihus gutlisque duabus apicalibus ochraceis ; pedes nigri,femori- 

 bus basi ochraceis. 



Ochraceoiis. Head black, metiillic-pfreen beneath. Antennae piceous ; 

 first joint tawny at ihe base; fourth pale testaceous towards the base. 

 Thorax and sculellum thickly and niinuiely blackish-speckled. Thorax 

 with a broad much abbreviated band on the hind border, undulating in 

 front. Scutelluin with three black spots on each side, the middle pair 

 larj^er than the others. Pectus black, ochraceous about the base of the 

 lej2;s. Abdomen beneath black, with three transverse ochraceous spots near 

 the base and with an ochraceous dot on each side at the tip. Legs black; 

 femora towards the base and coxae ochraceous. Wings brown ; costa of 

 the corium black. Length of the body 8 lines. 



18. Tetraethria mesozona. 



Purpurea, fusifonnis ; caput nigra univittatum ; thorax nigro trivittatus, 

 carina transversa angulata ; scutellum lividum, carina transversa 

 abbreviata, fascia nigra latissima fasciam purpuream includente ; 

 abdomen subtus lividum, basi apiceque nigrum. 



Purple, fusiform, very slightly and minutely punctured. Head with 

 two slight parallel furrows and with a black stripe. Antennae black, four- 

 jointed ; first joint not extending beyond the front of the head. Thorax in 

 front much narrower and with a deeply angular transverse ridge; three 

 black stripes. Scutelluin livid, with an abbreviated transverse basal ridge, 

 and with a very broad middle black band, which includes a narrow purple 

 band. Abdomen beneath livid, black towards the base and at the tip. 

 Legs and wings black. Length of the body 9 lines. 



a. ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



19. Tetrabthria flagrans. 



Aureo-viridis ; antenncB nigra, artieulo \u viridi ; thorax maculis 

 duabus laleralibus cupreis diff'usis ; scutellum plagis duabus 

 cupreis magnis, spalio apicali cyaneo -viridi laleribus purpureis ; 

 abdomen subtus purpureum, vitlis duabus Jlavescentihus sub- 

 dentatis, segmentis aureo-viridi marginatis ; pedes virides, femoribus 

 basi fulvis, tarsis nigris. 



Golden green, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head with two longi- 

 tudinal furrows, which diverge towards the face and between the eyes and 

 converge towards the hind border. Antennae black; first joint green; 

 second much more than half the length of the first. Thorax roughly 

 punctured along the fore border, and with a slight roughly punctured 

 transverse furrow; a large diff'use cupreous spot on each side. Scutellum 

 with a slight transverse furrow, which is curved on each side to the base; 

 a large cupreous patch on each side; apical part bluish green, purple along 

 each side. Abdomen beneath purple, with a golden green band on the 

 hind border of each segment, and with a yellowish slightly dentate stripe 

 along each side. Legs green ; femora at the base and coxae tawny; tarsi 

 black. Length of the body 8^ lines. 



a. ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



