38 CATALOGUE OF 



49. Callidea femorata. 



Purpurea ; caput viridi hiplagmtum ; antennm nigra", arliculo \o suhtus 

 rufescerile ; thorax antice viridis ; scutellinn viridi bija.iciatum ; 

 abdomen subtus villis duabus laterafibus rujis dentatis, apice viridi; 

 pedes rufi, tibiis purpureis, tarsis nigris. 



Purple, elliptical, ratlier thinly and roughly punctured. Head with a 

 green patch on each side in front, and with two long-iludinal furrows, 

 which diverge on the vertex. Anleunae black; first joint reddish beneath; 

 second much shorter than the first. Thorax with a transverse furrow, in 

 front of which it is mostly green. Scutellum with two green bands; first 

 band basal, bordered on the hind side by a transverse furrow; second at a 

 little .beyond the middle. Pectus green in front. Abdomen beneath with 

 a red dentate stripe along each side; tip green. Legs red; tibiae purple; 

 tarsi black. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Agrees with C. lateralis in shape, but differs much from it in 

 markings. 



a. Cerara. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



50. Callidea tessellata. 



Cyaneo-viridis ; caput purptireiim ; thorax vittis tribus latis purpurea- 

 cupreis ; sculellum basi purpureuni, maculis qualiior magnis quad- 

 ratis cupreis, spulio apicali cupreo purpureo-marginata ; abdomen 

 subtus rufum, villa purpurea dentata ; pedes purpurei. 



Bluish green, elongate-oval; minutely punctured. Head purple, with 

 two parallel longitudinal furrows. Antennte black. Thorax with a deeply 

 angular transverse, ridge in front and with three broad purplish cupreous 

 stripes. Scutelluin with a transverse ridge near the base, which is purple; 

 four large quadrate cupreous spots, of which the second pair are nearly 

 connected; apical part cupreous, purple-bordered. Abdomen beneath red, 

 with a broad purple deeply dentate stripe. Legs jjurple; tarsi black. 

 Length of the body 7^ lines. 



Much resembles C. Stollii, from which it may be distinguished by 

 the markings on the under side of the abdomen. 



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



51. Callidea quadrinotata. 



Purpurea ; scutellum luteiim, viridi purpureoque nitens, maculis quatuor 

 purpureis ; abdomen subtus fasciis inlerruptis viridibus. Var. /3. — 

 Caput, thorax et pectus viridia ; caput purjtureo varium ; thorax 

 anticus purpurea marginatus. 



Purple, somewhat fusiform, minutely punctured. Head with two 

 longitudinal furrows. Antennae and tarsi black. Scutellum luteoug, with 

 gilded green and sometimes with purple reflections; two purple spots of 

 varying size on each side of the middle part of the disk. Abdomen beneath 

 with a bright green interrupted baud on the hind border of each segment. 

 Var. /3. — Head, thorax and pectus bright green. Head partly purple 

 between the eyes. Fore part of the thorax bordered with purple. Length 

 of the body 10 — 11 lines. 



