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Zoological Miscellany, 
2. Callidea sellata^ (var. chromatica). Head and thorax, above and below, 
of a dark metallic blue, in some places with a greenish hue : scutellum of 
a deep amber yellow, palest at the base ; before the middle there is a black 
somewhat roundish spot on each side : the scutellum has a deeply impressed 
linej including a transverse portion of the base, which is raised above the 
rest of the scutellum : abdomen beneath yellow, of a lighter hue than scu- 
tellum : antennse black : legs and femora deep metallic green : tibise deep 
blue. Length, 9 lines. 
3. Callidea speciosa^ n. s. Head violet ; thorax in front violet ; a spot in 
the middle black, surrounded by green ; behind of a deep tile red ; the poste- 
rior angles slightly tinged with violet : scutellum of a deep tile red ; the 
base with a metallic green band, in some parts violet ; in the middle be- 
hind this with a transverse black spot, pointed behind ; across the centre 
of scutellum there is a green and violet band, peaked in the middle in 
front ; the tip of the scutellum slightly tinged with violet : under side of 
head and thorax, the whole of the forelegs, and tips of the femora, violet ; 
abdomen beneath tile red ; sides and apex of a metallic green, varied with 
violet : antennae and tarsi black. Length, 8 lines. 
4. Callidea dorsalis^ n. s. Head violet and green, a black spot in the mid- 
dle, emitting two black lineolse behind : thorax with the sides dilated ; the 
anterior and lateral margins violet and green ; in front there are three black 
spots placed transversely ; in the middle there are three large red spots 
placed transversely, and connected by means of a more obscure colour : the 
thorax behind is black, very narrowly margined with metallic green': the 
scutellum is of a tile red ; the base (except in the middle) and the sides 
margined with violet ; at the apex dusky margined with bright metallic 
green : all the under parts of a deep violet glossed with green ; the thorax 
with a large black spot; each of the segments of the abdomen with a 
broad transverse black band in the middle, and a black spot on the side. 
5. Plataspis xanihogramma^ n. s. Black. Head with the fore margin broad- 
ly yellow, behind deep black : thorax in front with a yellow margin, inter- 
rupted near the side by a yellow line passing across within the lateral mar- 
gin, which is also yellow ; behind this there is a transverse yellow band, 
extending nearly across the thorax, and bent at the end : scutellum nar- 
rowly margined with yellow ; the base with a broad yellow band, attenu- 
ated at the sides, and divided in the middle into two pieces : head and 
thorax beneath brownish yellow : antennae and legs yellow : abdomen deep 
shining black ; the margin yellow, toothed inside. 
6. Plataspis Mungo, s. Black. Head with a large yellow spot separated 
from the fore margin by a narrow black streak; behind this there are two short 
transverse yellow lines, one on each side : thorax in front with a slight nar- 
row yellow margin, interrupted near the side by the yellow line passing 
across within the lateral margin, which is also yellow : scutellum with a 
narrow yellow margin, distinctly notched behind : antennae, legs, and small 
spots on margin of abdomen beneath, yellow. 
7. Plataspis Scipio, n. s. Of a deep shining bronze ; the edge of scutellum 
narrowly margined with yellowish : the head with four obscure yellow 
spots in the middle, the two in front closest ; an obscure yellow line near 
the front margin in the middle, with two spots of the same colour behind 
it : at the base of the scutellum there are two obscure yellow spots distant 
