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Callidea praslinea, Germ. Zeits. i. 118. 13 (1839). 

 Callidea nobilis, Germ. Zeits. i. 117. 12 (1839), nee Linn. 

 Callidea speciosa, White in Gray's Zool. Misc. 80. 3 (1842). 

 Callidea excellent Am. fy Serv. Hem. 32. 1 (1843). 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's Collection. 



c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 Var. j8. Callidea speciosa, White. 



d. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



11. CALLIDEA nobilis. 



Cimex nobilis, Linn. S. N. i. 716. 3 (1767). 



Cimex pustulatus, Panz. Voet Col. iv. 111. 11. t. 47- fig. 11 



(1798). 

 ScutelleraBuquetii, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. 159, 7 & 162 (1830). 



a. Java. Presented by James Wilson, Esq. 



b. Java. Presented by M. Serville. 



c. Java. Presented by M. Percheron. 



d. Java. 



e. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



/. China (Fow-choo-foo). Presented by G. Tradescant Lay, 

 Esq. 



12. CALLIDEA marginella. 



Callidea marginella, Hope, Cat. 15 (1837); Germ. Zeits. i. 117- 

 10 (1839). 



a. Bombay. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



13. CALLIDEA pulchella. 



C. ovata, viridi-cserulea, nitida, punctata; thorace maculis 9, scu- 

 tello 8, nigris; abdomine flavo nigro-maculato, rubro-margi- 

 nato ; femoribus rubris, apice nigris, tibiis, tarsis, antennisque 

 nigris. 

 Long. lin. 6. 



This species in form and colouring very closely resembles C. 

 marginella, Hope. It differs in its smaller size, in having the 

 antennae much thicker and broader, and their second joint smaller 

 than in that species. The head in addition to the central longi- 

 tudinal line has a small black spot on each side in front of the 

 ocelli. The black spots occupy more of the surface than in C. 

 marginella, and are arranged in precisely the same manner; 

 namely, nine on the prothorax, of which three small ones at the 

 anterior margin, one in each lateral angle and four large ob- 

 long ones on the disc towards the posterior margin ; eight on 

 the scutellum, placed, two, close to the base, forming an inter- 



