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Breast violet and golden green. Legs, rostrum and antennae 

 black. 



a. Ceylon. From Dr. Gardner's Collection. 



b. Ceylon. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



7. CALLIDEA atricapilla. 



Scutellera atricapilla, Guer. Voy. Cog. Zool. ii. 156 (1830). 

 Tectocoris javana, Hope, Cat. 14 (1837). 



Calliphara javana, Germ. Zeits. i. 129. 14 (1839); If. Sckdff. 

 Wanz. v. 81. t. 171. fig. 527 (1839). 



a. Java. Presented by M. Guerin-Meneville. 



b. Java. From the East India Company's Collection. 



c. Java. 



8. CALLIDEA dimidiata, n. s. 



Scutellera Billardierii, var., Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. 154. Ail. 

 pi. 11. fig. 2 (1830). 



C. elongata, capite thoraceque nigro-viridibus cupreo nitentibus; 

 scutello abdomineque basi flavis, apice nigris. 

 Long. lin. %\. 



Elongate. Head and thorax, above and beneath, dark coppery 

 green, smooth, very faintly and sparingly punctured. Scutellum 

 rather finely and moderately punctured, from the base to rather 

 beyond the middle bright yellow, remainder dark brown or nearly 

 black. Margins of elytra brassy black. Abdomen with the three 

 basal segments bright yellow, remainder deep blackish, with the 

 margins coppery. Legs brassy black. Rostrum and antennae 

 black, the basal joint of the latter coppery. 



a. Philippine Islands. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



9. CALLIDEA imperialis. 



Cimex imperialis, Fab. E. S. iv 81. 6 (1794); Don. South Sea 



Ins. Hem. pi. 3. fig. 2 (1805). 

 Tetyra imperialis, Fab. S. R. 128. 1 (1803). 

 Calliphara imperialis, Germ. Zeits. i. 126. 6 (1839); H. Schaff. 



Wanz. v. 83. t. 171. fig. 528 (1839). 



a. Australia. 



b. Australia. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



c. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



10. CALLIDEA praslinia. 



Scutellera praslinia, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. 158. 1 & 160. Atl. 



Ins. pi. 11. fig. 3 (1830). 

 Tetyra excellens, Burm. Nov. Act. Ac. Leop. xvi. Supp. 287. 5. 



t. 41. fig. 2 (1834). 



