44 CATALOGUE OF 



63. CaLLIDEA IMPEBIAL5S, C. H. 24. 



a—/. Australia. 



g, h. Austialia. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



i. Australia. Presented by the lale Earl of Derby. 



j, k. New Zealand. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



64 Callidea erythrina. 



Rtifa; caput cj/aneum, purpurea varium ; antennce nic/rw, hasi rufce; 

 thorax maryine anlico posticogue purpureis ; pectus purpurea quadri- 

 phtyi.atum ; ubdumen sublus apice purpureum. 



Bright red, in structure like C. senator. Head blue, varied with 

 purple. AuteiiUcP. black, red at the base. Thorax uioslly purple about the 

 hind border and with a piir]>le transverse line along the tore border. Pectus 

 with two purple patches on each side. Abdomen jiurple at the tip beneath. 

 TibicB and tarsi black. Wings blacki.-h ; cosla of the coiiuui purple. 

 Length of the body o lines. 



a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Oceania. 



65. Callidea bifasciata. 

 bifaseiata, While, Trans. JEnt. Soc. iii. 85. 

 Isle in tlie Pacific. 



Country unknown. 



66, Callidea jucunda. 



Aitren-viridix ; caput et thorax anticus cyaneo-viridia purpurea varia ; 

 caput villa hrtvi cuprea ; antennce nigrce, articiilo lo viridi ; thorax 

 lituris duabus auticis aureo-viridibus, rnaculis tribus cupreis ; 

 scui.elium cupreo sexmaculalum ; pectus cyaneo-viride ; abdomen 

 subtus rufum, plagis duabus viridibus ; pedes cyaneo-virides, tarsis 

 niffris. 



Golden green, elongate-oval, very finely punctured. Head and fore 

 part of the tlioiax bluish green, here and there purple. Head with two 

 li>ni;iiudinal furrtiws, which diverge between the eyes and include a cupreous 

 stiijie, which is abbreviated in front. AnlennaB black ; first joint green; 

 second about halt the length of the first. Thorax loughly punctured along 

 the fore border, near which there is a transverse goblen green mark on each 

 side ; three large cupreous spots, the middle spot a little behind the other 

 two. Sculelluin with a slight transverse furrow, which is curved to the 

 fore border on each sitle; six cupreous spots, one connected with the 

 furrow, two on each side and oue sui)apital. Pectus bluish green. Abdo- 

 men beneath red, with a green patch at the base and another at the tip. 

 Legs bluish green ; tarsi black. Wings blackish. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



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

 C. Slollii. 



Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



