4*2 CATALOGUE OF 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



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



59. Callidea flammigera. 



Hufescente-ctiprea ; caput aiirato-viride ; antenna: nigrm, articulus \o et 

 2o basi fulvis ; thorax antice purpurascenle-viridi fasciatus ; scii- 

 lellum basi purpureo-viride, apice viridi-nigrum, fascia subapicali 

 purpurea; pectus purpureum, macidis duabus rufesccnte -cupreis 

 aureo-viridi tnarginatis ; abdomen subtus ci/aneo-viride, vittis duabus 

 lateralibus testaceis ; pedes testacei, tibiis purpureis, tarsis nigris, 

 Var. /3. — Scutelli fascia late interrupta. Var. y. — Capitis lalera 

 purpurea ; thoracis fascia purpurea, aureo-viridi marginata ; scutel- 

 lum antice purpureum. Var. 5. — Thorax postice niger ; scutellum 

 disco saturate purpurea, fascia aureo-viridi ,• femora rufescentia. 

 Var. e. — Caput purpureum ; thorax rufescente-cupreus, viridi varius ; 

 scutellum purpureo-cupreum, antice auralo-viride. 



Brilliant reddish cupreous, oval, very finely punctured. Head gilded 

 green, with two longitudinal furrows, which diverge between the eyes and 

 do not extend to the hind border. Antennse black; first joint tawny, black 

 towards the tip ; second tawny at the base, almost as long as the first. 

 Thorax with a purplish green band in front of a transverse furrow ; a lan- 

 ceolate transverse space on each side in the band, enclosed by a furrow. 

 Pectus purple ; a large golden green spot, with a reddish cupreous disk on 

 each side. Scutellum purplish green towards the base ; a transverse fur- 

 row curved on each side to the base ; a purple curved subapical band, 

 divided from the reddish cupreous part by a gilded green line ; tip greenish 

 black. Abdomen beneath bluish green, with a testaceous stripe along each 

 side. Legs testaceous; tibiae purple; tarsi black. Wings l)latkish. Var. |3. 

 — Band of the scutellum widely interrupted in the middle. Var. y. — Like 

 var. B. Head purple on each side. Band of the thorax purple, golden 

 green along the fore border ; the two lanceolate spaces green-bordered. 

 Scutellum purple in front of the furrow; this hue divided from the reddish 

 cupreous part by a golden green line. Abdomen with very broad stripes 

 beneath. Var. d. — Thorax black along the hind border. Disk of the scu- 

 tellum dark purple ; the band golden green. Coxse and femora reddish. 

 Var. e. — Head purple. Thorax reddish cupreous, with green reflections 

 in front. Scutellum purplish cupreous, the purple hue increasing towards 

 the tip ; space between the furrow and the base gilded green. Length of 

 the body 5^ lines. 



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



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

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

 f,g. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



60. Callidea sulaca. 



Aureo-viridis ; caput antice purpurea vittatum ; antenna nigrce, articulo 

 \o luteo ; thorax lituris duabus anticis lateralibus transversis lanceo- 

 latis purpureis nigro marginatis, fascia posticn lata interrupta nigro- 

 purpurea ; scutellum fasciis tribus nigro-purptireis, \a 2aque latis 

 interruptis abbrevialis, 3a apicali ; abdominis latera subtus cyaneo- 

 purpurea ; pedes testacei, tibiis cyaneo-viridibus, tarsis nigris. Var. ^. 

 — Purpurea ; scutellum ci/aneo-viride, fasciis tribus nigra- purpureis. 



