40 CATALOGUE OF 



Dark cupreous-purple, elongate-oval, minutely punctured. Head with 

 two parallel lonsjitudinal stripes. Thorax with a rou;j;lily punctured anle- 

 medial furrow, in front of which it is bright bluish green ; a roughly punc- 

 tured transverse line near the fore border; a cuneiform transverse dark 

 cupreous mark on each side in front of the furrow. Scutellum with two 

 bluish green bands, which a're purple on each side; first band basal, bor- 

 dered by a transverse furrow, which is curved on each side to the base ; 

 second slightly posUnedial ; a blue subapical spot. Pectus bluish green 

 along each side. Abdomen beneath with a bright red dentate stripe along 

 each side. Legs purple ; coxse and femora red. Var. /3. — Body above 

 wholly purple. Length of the body 6 lines. 



It differs from C. lateralis in shape, and from C. divisa in shape and 

 in markings. 



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



b. Ke. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



55. Callidea partita. 



Viridis ; caput pvrpureuin ; thorax purpurea trivittatus ; scutellum 

 fascia tenui antemedia, maculis quatuor fasciaque lata apicali pur- 

 pureis ; alee nigricanles, corio purpurea. 



Dark metallic-green. Head pnrple, with two parallel furrows. An- 

 tennfe black ; first joint dark green, not extending to the front of the head ; 

 second full half the length of the first. Thorax with three broad irregular 

 purple stripes. Scutellum with a narrow purple band near the base, a 

 broad apical purple band and two large purple spots on each side ; a broad 

 transverse ridge near the base. Abdomen beneath with purple spots along 

 each side. Legs purple. Wings blackish ; coriura purple. Length of the 

 body 7 lines. 



The markings distinguish it from C. ebenina, and it is more different 

 than tbe latter species from C. superba. 

 a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



56. Cali.idea collaris. 



Purpurea ; antenna; nigrce ; thorax untice cyaneo-viridi fasciatus ; scu- 

 tellum fasciis tribus viridibus, 2<t 'dnque connexis, 3a apicali ; abdo- 

 men sublus vitlis duabus rafts laleralibus dentatis ; pedes rufi, tibiis 

 purpureis, tarsis nigris. Var. /3. — Sculelli fascice 2a Saque cyaneee. 

 Var. y. — Sculelli fascia 2a cyanea, Sa obsaleta. 



Purple, oval, finely punctured. Head with two parallel longitudinal 

 furrows, which diverge between the eyes. Antennae black ; second joint a 

 little shorter than the first. Thorax with a bright bluish green band along 

 the fore border, divided by a roughly punctured furrow from the purple 

 part, and including on each side a transverse furrow that forms a fusiform 

 ringlet. Scutellum with three bright green bands; first baud including a 

 transverse furrow, which is curved on each side to the fore border ; second 

 at a little beyond the middle ; third ajiical, united by a streak to the second. 

 Pectus with two transverse bright green streaks on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with a red dentate stripe on each side. Legs red ; tibiae purple : 

 larsi black. Wings blackish; corium purple. Var. /3. — Second and third 

 bands of the scutellum and the intermediate streak blue. Var. y. — Second 

 band of the scutellum blue ; third and the streak obsolete. Length of the 

 body 5 lines. 



