HEMIPTEKA HEXEKOVTERA. 43 



Gilded green, elliptical, finely punclured. Head with two longitu- 

 dinal furrows, which diverge slightly towards the face and between the 

 eyes; space between the furrows purple in front. Antennae black; first 

 joint liiteous ; second rather sli^rter lliaii thi- first. Tliorax with a very 

 slight transverse furrow; a purple lanceolate black-bordered transverse 

 mark on each side in front of the furrow; a tiroad blackish purple band 

 along the liind border, slightly inierrupled in the middle and on each side. 

 Sculellum wilh a transverse furr(jw, which is curved on each side to tiie 

 fore border ; three blackish purple bands; first and second i)ands broad, 

 abbreviated, interrupted ; third apical. Abdomen bluish purple alonsr each 

 side beneath. Legs testaceous; tibiae bluish green; tarsi black. Wings 

 blackish ; costa of the corium purple, Var. (5. — Head and thorax purple. 

 Scutellum bluish green, excepting the bands. Length of the body 3^ — 4 

 lines. 

 a — b. Sula. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



61. CALLIt)EA GALERaCOIDES. 



Purpurea ; antenna; nigra:, articulo \o purpurea ; thorax vittis tribus cu- 

 preis latis ; sculellum cupreo sexmaculalum ; abdomen sublus cyaneo- 

 purpureum, maculis lateralibus cupreis ; tarsi nigri. 



Purple, elliptical, somewhat roughly punctured. Head with longitu- 

 dinal furrows, which diverge slightly between the eyes. Antennre black ; 

 first joint purple ; second not more than one-fourlli of the length of the 

 second. Thorax with a slight transverse furrow near the fore border, and 

 with three broad cupreous stripes. Scutellum wilh three large cupreous 

 spots on each side ; a transverse furrow, curved on each side to the fore 

 border. Abdomen beneath bluish purple, with cupreous spots along each 

 side. Tarsi black. Length of the body 7 lines. 



The dark colour of the under side of the abdomen distinguishes it 

 from C. marginella, from C. purpurea and from C. Stollii. 



«. Sarawak, Borneo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Australia. 



62. Callidea Senator, C. II. 22. 



a — d. Australia. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



e — g. Port Essington. Presented by the late Earl of Derby . 



h, i. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's collection. 



j — /. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



m. Australia. From Mr. Dring's collection. 



n. Australia. From the Voyage of H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake.' 



0. Morelon Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



p. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Var. — Nigra ; abdomen subtus vittis duabus lateralibus rufis, femoribus 

 basi coxisque rufis. 



Var. — Black. Abdomen beneath with two bright red lateral stripes. 

 Coxae dark red ; femora bright red. 



q. Australia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



