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«. Dorei. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Dorei. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



c. Kaisaa. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 d,e. Ke. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



/. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 g. Ternate. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



57. CaLLIDEA DISCOIDALIS. 



Purpurea ; antenn<B nigrcB, arliculo \o luteo ; thorax aureo-viridis, fascia 



anlica purpurea ; scutellum slrigii duabus laleralibua latin lanceola- 



tis aureo-viridibus ; pectus purpurco-ci/aneum, lituris (/ualuor lale- 



ralibus aureo-viridibus ; abdomen sublus purpuren-ci/aneuin, apice 



viride ; pedes lutei, tibiis ptirpureis, larsis niffrix. Var. /3 — Thorax 



purpureus ; abdominis segmenta sublus viridi marginala. 



Purple, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head with two longitudinal 



furrows, wliich diver<re sli<;litly towards the face and between the eyes. 



Antennae black ; first joint luleous ; second somewhat shorter than the 



first. Thorax <^olden ^reen, with a purple baud in front of the transverse 



furrow, which is roughly punctured, as is also the fore border; a transverse 



lanceolate black-bordered mark in the band on each side. Scuteiiuu) with 



a transverse (urrow, which is curved to the fore border on each side; a 



broad lanceolate golden o;reeu streak on each side in the disk. Pectus and 



under side of the abdomen purplish blue, (he former with two golden green 



marks on each side, the latter with a green tip. Legs luteous; tibiae 



purple; tarsi black. Var. ^. — Tiiorax wholly purple, except the bind 



border on each side. Abdomen beneath with a green baud on the hind 



border of each segment. Length of the body 5 liues- 



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



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



58. Callidea aureocincta. 



Nigro-purpurea ; capitis latera aureo-viridia ; antennce nigree, arliculo 

 \o ferrugineo ; thorax anlice cupreus ; scutellum fasciis duabus ma- 

 culaque subapicali cupreis aureo-viridi marginulis, fascia \a basali, 

 2a abbreviala atigusta ulrigam poslicam emillente ; pectus strigis 

 quatuor cupreis transversis ; abdomen sublus vittis duabus rujis den- 

 tads; pedes rufis, tibiis nigro-purpureis, tarsis nigris. 



Blackish purple, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head golden green 

 on each side in front, with two parallel longitudinal furrows. Antennae 

 black; first joint ferruginous; sect)n(l raiher more than half the length uf 

 the first. Thorax with a roughly punctured transverse line along tiie fore 

 border, and with a roughly punctured iransveree antemedial furrow ; space 

 between the furrow and the fore border cupreous, including two transverse 

 cuneiform green marks. Scuteiluui willi a transverse furrow, which is 

 curved on each side to the fore border; two cupreous bands bordered with 

 golden green, and a subapical spot of the same hue ; first baud basal ; 

 second al)breviated, very narrow, emitting a short branch towards the spot. 

 Pectus with two transverse cu|)reous streaks on each side. Abdomen l)e- 

 neath with a red dentate stripe along each side. Legs red ; tibite blackish 

 purple; tarsi black. Wings blackish ; costa of the corium purple. Leugth 

 of the body 5 lines. 



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