76 ME. W. r. KIRBT ON THE 



the uaiiie of " Callidea patricia;''^ but I am not convinced of the 

 correctness of the identification. 



V *tCALLIDEA STJPEEBA. 



Callidea superba. Ball. List Hem. Ins. B.M. i. p. 23^ n. 6 (1851). 



Described from Ceylon. The specimen from Amboina recorded 

 by Walker is quite distinct from C. superba, being very dif- 

 ferently punctured. 



w *Callidea spilogastra. 

 Callidea spilogastra, Walk. Cat. Het. Hem. B. M. i. p. 30, n. 22 (1867). 

 Described from Ceylon (Thwaites' Collection). 



, : *tCALLiDEA Eama, sp. u. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 

 Long. corp. 13-15 millim. 



TTpperside. Emerald-green, slightly glossed v/ith blue towards 

 the edges and with coppery in the middle, but only in certain 

 lights ; and with large blue-black markings. Head with two 

 deep longitudinal furrows, subparallel, but slightly narrowed 

 beyond the middle in front, entirely blue-black, except a slight 

 green line on each side at the extremity, where the frontal ocellus 

 stands ; ocelli red ; antennae black. 



Thorax tbickly punctured; but the punctuation is variable, 

 and in the middle of the pronotum and sometimes of the meso- 

 notum is hardly perceptible. Pronotum with three large trans- 

 verse blue-black spots, the outer ones oval, the middle one more 

 irregular, and sometimes connected by a broad band intersected 

 by a green line with the double central mark on the mesonotum. 

 Mesonotum with two broad longitudinal stripes in the middle, 

 more or less connected, being only partly separated by a central 

 green line ; on each side of these is a longitudinal band, some- 

 times broken into two spots ; and the lateral tubercJes also stand 

 on blue-black spots. Scutellum with two curved transverse bands 

 at the base, nearly connected, a large hastate spot in the middle, 

 two large spots on each side, and a large trapezoidal spot before 

 the extremity. The exposed portion of the wings is blue-black. 



Under surface much more strongly punctured towards the 

 sides ; head beneath green, punctured, antennfe and a central 

 stripe black, proboscis red, lower mouth-parts of a tawny yellow ; 

 sternum green, coxae and trochanters sometimes marked with 

 tawny yellow, femora red nearly to the knees ; knees and tibiae 

 green above, blackish beneath ; tarsi blue-black. Abdomen 



