HEMIPTERA. 2? 



17. CALLIDEA ornata, n. s. 



C. purpurascens, viridi-aureo nitens; thorace maculis 8, scu- 

 tello 5 nigris; abdomine rufo, stigmatibus, macula basali, 

 apiceque, nigris. 

 Long. lin. 6|. 



Above brilliant golden green, becoming purplish after death, 

 thickly and rather strongly punctured. Head impunctate, with 

 a black spot on the vertex. Thorax with three small black spots 

 close to the anterior margin, three large ones touching the pos- 

 terior margin, and one in each lateral angle. Scutellum with the 

 basal elevation smooth, nearly impunctate; with a large triangular 

 black patch on the disc, a large oblong black spot on each side of 

 this, at the middle of the scutellum, and two smaller ones towards 

 the apex. Abdomen bright orange-red, with the margins crimson ; 

 the stigmata and a large spot at base and apex black. Breast 

 violet and black, tinged with golden green. Legs, rostrum 

 and antennae black, the legs tinged with violet, 

 a. China. From Mr. Walker's Collection. 



18. CALLIDEA Stockerus. 



Cimex Stockerus, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. 167 (1764), and S. N. 



i. 715. 1 (1767). 



Scutellera Stockerus, Lat. Gen. iii. 113. 2 (1807). 

 Callidea Erichsoni, Germ. Zeits. 113. 5 (1839). 

 Callidea Taprobanensis, Hope, Cat. 14 (1837); Germ. Zeits. i. 



118. 14(1839). 

 Stoll, Pun. 97. pi. 25. %. 172. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Wenham's Collection. 



b. Ceylon. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



c. India. 



19. CALLIDEA Reynaudii. 



Scutellera Reynaudii, Gue'r. Voy. Eel. Zool. 497. Ins. pi. 4. fig. 3. 



(1834); Germ. Zeits. i. 136. 9 (1839). 

 Callidea pulchra, Hope, Cat. 16 (1837). 

 Calliphara pulchra, Germ. Zeits. i. 127. 10 (1839). 

 a. Java? 



20. CALLIDEA Germari. 



Scutellera Germari, Eschsch. Dorp. Abh. i. 156. 73. t. 2. fig. 1 



(1822). 



Scutellera Germarii, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. 158. 2 (1830). 

 Callidea Germari, Burm. Handb. ii. 394. 2 (1835) ; H. Schaff. 



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