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with three large purple spots on each side ; a slight transverse furrow, 

 which is curved to the fore border ou each side; tip purple. Abdomen be- 

 neath red, with Mack dots along each side and with a black subapical 

 patch. Legs red ; femora towards their tips and tibife purple ; tarsi black. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



Allied to C. Stockenis, but with different markings. 



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



Ceylon. 

 20. Callidea superba, C. H. 2.3. 



a. Ceylon. From Dr. Gardner's collection. 



b — e. Ceylon. From Major Parry's collectiou. 



/. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



g. Amboina. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



21. Callidea contraria, 



Aurato-viridis ; caput antice purpvreum ; antenna: nigra, articulo \o 

 purpurea ; thorax maculis duabut anticis vittisque seplem abbreviatis 

 purpureis ,• xcutellum maculis tribus anlicis, fasciis Iribus {'2a inler- 

 rujila) maculisque tribus poslicis purpureis ; abdomen sublus rufum, 

 disco purpureo, gultis luleratibus nigris ; pedes cyaneo-virides. 



Gilded green, short, stont, nearly elliptical, rather thinly and roughly 

 punctured. Head purple iu front, with two longitudinal furrows, which 

 diver^'C on the vertex. Antennas black; first joint puiple; second more 

 than half the length of the first. Thorax with seven short purple stripes, in 

 front of which there is a transverse pnrple spot on each side. Scutellum 

 with three purple spots near the base, and with three pnrple bands, of 

 which the second is interrupted ; three hinder transverse spots, one on each 

 side and one subapical. Pectus purple. Abdomen red ; under side with a 

 row of black dots along each side and with a purple disk. Legs bluish 

 green ; tarsi black. Length of the body 5 lines. 



This species and C gibbula agree with C. lateralis in shape, but differ 

 much from it in markings. The two specimens recorded under C lateralis 

 may be two distinct species. 

 a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir John Hearsay. 



22. CALlItJEA SPILOGASTRA. 



Purpurea ; caput vitta nigro-cuprta, maculis duabus viridibus ; antenna: 

 nigrcB ; thorax vitta media integra vittisque duabus lateralibus inter- 

 ruptis abbreviatis nigro-cupreis ; scutellum striga lunceolata, maculis 

 septem magnis duabusque parvis nigro-cupreis, apice nonnunquam 

 viridi ; abdomen sublus vittis tribus luteis ramosis abbreviatis. 



Deep purple. Head with two longitudinal furrows, which converge 

 slightly on the vertex and towards the face, and include a blackish cupreous 

 stripe ; a bright green spot on each side of the hind border. Antenna 

 black; second joint much shorter than the first. Thorax with a roughly 

 punctured transverse furrow, and with three broad blackish cupreous stripes ; 

 the stripe ou each side interrupted iu the middle and abbreviated near the 

 fore border ; a transverse furrow on each side, forming a fusiform ringlet. 

 Scutellum with blackish cupreous markings ; a lanceolate streak extending 

 along rather less than half the length from the base ; three large spots on 



