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— Caput et thorax cyaneo-viridia ; thorax ialeribus anticis pur- 

 pvreis, maculis dtiabus cupreo-nigris magnis lalcralibus. V'ar. y. — 

 Sculellum pur/mreum, apice vyaiieo-purpnreum, non muculaliim. 



Deep purple, eli)nn;ate-ellipiical, finely punctured. Head wilh two 

 loiifriiiulinal I'unows, which are parallel in front, diver<>;e between the eyes 

 and CDnverge near tiie hind border. Antenna; black ; first joint dark ijreen ; 

 second nearly as lon<^ as the first. Thorax with a roughly punctured trans- 

 verse furrow, in front of which there is on each side a green transverse 

 furrow, which forms a fusiform ringlet. Scutellum bluish green, except 

 towards the base, with two large cupreous-black spots on each side; a 

 transverse furrow curved on each side to the base. Pectus bright purple, 

 with a pale yellow line along the hind part of each side. Abdomea 

 beneath bright purple, with a bright green disk and wilh a parallel pale 

 yellow stripe along each side. Legs pale yellow; tibiae and tips of I'emora 

 blue; tarsi black. Wings blackish; corium purple, punctured, its costa 

 pale yellow towards tlie base. Var. (3. — Pectus without the line on each 

 side. Var. y. — Head and thorax bluish green. Thorax purple on each 

 side in front, wilh a large cu])reous-black spot on each side of the disk. 

 Pectus and under side of the abdomen bright bluish green, the latter wilh 

 the two usual stripes. F«r. 8.— Scutellum purple, bluish purple towards 

 the tip, not spotted. Abdomeu with broader stripes. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



It may be distinguished from C. lateralis by the stripes on the under 

 side of the abdomen. 



a — c. Celebes. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



d, e. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



/. Dorei. Preseuted by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



48. Callidea munda. 



Aureo-viridis ; caput maculis duabus purpuren-cupreis ; antenna nigrce, 

 articulis lo 2()que basi luteis ; thorax fasciis duabm pnrpureo- 

 cupreis, \a inlerrupta, 2a latissima strigam cyaneo-viridem in- 

 cludentc ; scvlellutn maculis qnuluor maximis subquadrnlis a/nceque 

 pur/nirco-ciipreis ; abdomen snblus ban luleribusqne purpureif:, 

 maculis laleralibus purpurco-cupreis ; pedes lutei, tibiis viridibus, 

 tarsis nigris. 



Gilded green, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head with a purplish 

 cupreous spot on each side betweeu the eyes, and wilh two longitudinal 

 furrows, which diverge slightly towards the face and towards the vertex. 

 Antenna; black; first joint luteous towards the base; second luteous at the 

 base, not much shorter than the first. Thorax with two purplish cupreous 

 bands; first band interrupted; second very broad, extending to the hind 

 border, nearly interrujited by a lanceolate bluish green streak; transverse 

 furrow extremely slight. Scuielluin with a slight abbreviated transverse 

 furrow near the base, and with four sul)quadrate very large purplish 

 cupreous spots; tip purplish cupreous. Pectus partly purple. Abdomea 

 beneath purple at the base and along each side, where there is a row of 

 purplish cupreous spots. Legs luteous; tibiui green ; tarsi black. Length 

 of the body 5 lines. 



Like C. Germari in structure, but widely dififerent from it ia 

 markings. 



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



