HEMIPTERA IIETEUOPTERA. 513 



Cupreous, oval, very minutely punctured, green beneath. Head 

 blackish green. Eyes and rostrum piceous. Antennas black; second joint 

 about half the length of the third ; fourth longer than the third. Thoiax 

 with a punctured transverse line near the fore border, which is green ; trans- 

 verse furrow punctured; hind border dark green. Scutelluiu except the 

 basal part aneous-green and more roughly punctured. Abdomen beneath 

 blackish aeneous, with a luteous stripe along each side. Legs blue; coxee 

 and femora reddish. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



CaLLIDEA MELANOPHOliA. 



Nigra, elliptica, subliliter punctata ; caput antice purpurco-cyaneum, 

 postice cyaneo-viride ; antennce basi lulece ; thoracis latera purpurea, 

 antice cyaneo-viridia ; scutellum basi subgibbosum, lateribus apiceque 

 purpurascentibus, pectus cyaneo-purpxireum , viriJi varium ; venter 

 luteus, maculis lateralibus connexis plagaque apicali purpureis el 

 viridibus, playa basali nigra ; pedes lutei,femoribus apice libiisque 

 viridibus, tarsis nigris. 



Black, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head purplish blue in front, 

 bright bluish green benealh. Eves livid. Rostrum testaceous, black 

 towards the tip. Antennae black; first joint luteous towards the base; 

 second about one-fourth of the lengtb of the third ; fourth much longer 

 than the third ; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax in front with 

 a smooth space along the hind side of a slight transverse furrow; sides 

 purple, bluish green in front. Scutellum with a rounded abbreviated 

 transverse ridge at the base; sides and tip purplish. Pectus bright bluish 

 purple, partly bright green. Abdomen beneath luieous, with large mostly 

 connected bright purple and green spots along each side; a large apical 

 patch of the same hue and a lar»e black patch at the base. Legs luteous; 

 femora at the tips and tibia? green ; tarsi black. Length of the body 

 6$ lines. 



a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Callidea sodalis. 



Purpurea, elliptica, subliliter punctata ; caput postice nigra binotatum, 



viari/ine poslico suLlus test a ceo ; antennce nigra:, basi ochracea; ; 



thorax maculis tribus unlicis transversis plagisque tribus posticis 



nigris ; scutellum nigra sexmaculutum ; venter ochraceus, maculis 



lateralibus plagaque apicali purpureo-viridibus, ji/aga basali nigra; 



pedes ochracei, femoribus apice libiisque cyanco-purpureis, tarsis 



nigris. 



Purple, elliptical, minutely punctured. Head with a black mark on 



each side of the hind border; under side testaceous along the hind border. 



Eyes "livid, ltjstruin testaceous, black towards the lip. Antenna; black J 



first joint ochraceous at the base ; second less than one-fourth of the length 



of the third; fourth longer than the third; fifth a little shoiter than the 



fourth. Thorax with three transverse black spots on a smooth baud, which 



is very near the fore bolder; three large binder black patches. Scutelluiu 



wilh a rounded abbreviated transverse ridge at the base and with six large 



