HEMIPTERA HETEROrTERA. 



42. CaLLIDEA BIPLAGA. 



Purpurea ; scutellum aureo-rufum, viridi nitens, plaga hasall viridi-pur- 

 purea mag»a elongita, macula subapicali purpurea ; abdomen sublus 

 rufum, maculis luteralibus iilgris^ apice purpureo-rt/aneo v'uidique 

 vario ; pedes basi rufescenles. 

 Purple, Head almost smooth, with two slight conver<,nng furrows. 

 Proboscis hlack, livid lowards the base. Anteiiiup lilack; first and second 

 joints purple ; second about half the length of the lirst. Thorax thinly 

 punctured; fore part almost smooth ; fore border roughly i)unclured. Scu- 

 tellum gilded red, with gilded green reflections, and with a large elongate 

 basal purple patch, which is varied with green; a large round subapical 

 purple spot. Abdomen beneath red, with a row of black spots along each 

 side; tip purple, varied with blue and with green. Legs bluish purple ; 

 coxs and trochanters reddish. Wings blackish ; costa of the coriuui 

 purple. Length of the body 7-j lines. 



The metallic patch on the base of the scutellum distinguishes tins 

 species from C Biltardierii. 



n, Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



43. CaLLIDEA laticixcta. 



Purpurea aut purpureo-nigra ; caput et thorax anticus cnpreo viridique 

 varia ; scutellum el abdomen subtus dimidio antico rufo ; pedes 

 nigro-virides. 



Purple, subfusiform, sometimes almost black. Head and fore part of 

 the thorax varied with cupreous and with green. Head with two slight 

 converoing furrows. AntennsE black, slender; first joint not extending to 

 the fore border of the head ; second about one-fourth of the length of the 

 first; third, fourth and filth of about equal length. Scutellum and under 

 side of ihe abdomen bright red for nearly half the length from the base. 

 Legs greenish black. Wings black. Length of tiie body 9 lines. 



It much resembles C. Billardierii, but in the latter the tip only of the 

 scutellum is red. 



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



b, Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



44. CaLLIDEA ampla. 

 Aureo-viridis ; antenna nigra ; thorax plagis duabus lateralibus cupreis ; 

 scutellum ci/aneo-viride, fasciis tribus cupreo-nigris abbrevialis, la 

 2aque subinlerruptia, la sublrigona, 2a ramosu, apice rufo; abdo- 

 men sublus rufum, nigra sex maculalum ,• pedes nigro-virides^ larsis 

 nigris. 



Gilded green, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head with two 

 longitudinal furrows, which diverge slightly towards the f.ice, and 

 more towards the hind border; sj)aie between the lurrows black. An- 

 tennEC black; second joint less than half the length of the third. 

 Thorax with a fusiform black ringlet on each side in front; a cupreous 

 patch on each side of the hind border. Scutellum mostly bluish 

 green; an almost obsolete transverse furrow, which is curved on each 

 side to the fore border; three abbreviated cupreous-black bands; first 

 and second bauds slightly interrupted; first nearly triangular; second 



