352 CATALOGUE OF 



5. Catacanthcs sumptuosus. 



sumptuosus, Do/irn, Steti. Ent. Ztil. xxiv, 348. 



a, h. Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



c. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



d — ■/. New Guinea. Presented hy W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



g. Wagiou. Presented jjy W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



6. Catacanthus tricolor. 



Pentatoina tricolor, Mlrz. Faune Woodlark — Catacanthus iiigripes, var. ? 

 Sign. A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. 1, 65, 



Art. Woodlark. 



Genus 37. VULSIREA, C. H. 271. 

 Mexico. 



1. VCJLSIREA LITURATA, C. H. 273. 



Edessa insignis, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. 144 — Taurocerus cinctus, H.-Sch. 

 Wanz. Ins. ix. 316 — Vulsirea cincta, Stal, Slelt. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 140 

 — V'ulsirea insignis, Slal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 108. 



a. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



b. S. America. From Mr. Children's collection. 



2. Vulsirea anchora, C. H. 272. 

 Mexico. 



a — b. S. America. From Mr. Children's collection, 

 c — e. > ? 



3. Vulsirea transducta. 



Viridis, longi-ovata, diffuse et aspere punctata ; caput luteitm, macuUs 

 diiabus plagaque postica rantosa viridibvs, lobo medio apice piceo : 

 thorax fascia indeterminata margineque poslico luleis ; scutellum 

 Ititeo unifasciaium ; pectus lateribus rufescente-luteis, segmenlis luteo 

 marginatis ; abdomen rufescente-luteum, maculis lateribus viridibus, 

 venter e plagis viridibus hivitlalnm ; femora rufescente- luteo uni- 

 fasciata ; alee anticce membrana nigricante. 



Metallic-green, elongate-oval, shining, thinly and roughly punctured. 

 Head luteous; a large green patch on the hind border emitting two 

 branches, which extend to the base of the antenna; and approach two ante- 

 rior green elongated spots ; middle lobe piceous at tlie lip, iiardly extending 

 beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum black, extending rather beyond the 

 hind coxae. AntenniE black, less than half the length of the body ; first 

 joint luteous, not extending to the front of the head; second very much 

 shorter than the third ; fourth much lonj;er than the third, a little longer 

 than the fifth. Thorax with an irregular luteous band near the fore border ; 

 hind border luteous between the hind angles and the scutellum. Scutellum 

 with a luteous band very near the tip, in a line with a luteous band on each 



