56;i CATALOGUE OF 



Strachia gracilirostris. 

 Pharypnia gracilirostiis, Slal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. iv. 53. 

 Babia. 



Strachia generosa. 

 Pharypnia generosa, Slal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. iv. 53. 

 Cayenne. 



SXUACHIA POSTICA. 



Ochracea, lata, nitens, scite punctata, sublus palLide flava ; caput parvum, 

 glabrum ; antenrice iiic/rcs, (fraciles, corpore non breviores, arliculo \o 

 ochraceo, 4o basi pallide flavo, 5o tcstaeeo ; scutellum macula sub- 

 apicali ci/anea, apice lato sordide albido ; abdominis discus posticus 

 niger ; ala anticcp. apud marginem exleriorem cyanece. 



Ochvaceous, broad, elliptical, shiniiif^f, thinly and finely punctured, 

 pale yellow l)ene;ith. Head small, smooth ; sides retlexed ; lobes of equal 

 length. Eyes lar<;e, prominent. Antennte black, slender, as long as the 

 body ; first joint ochraceous, not extending to the front of the head ; second 

 less than half the length of the third ; fourth pule yellow at the base, longer 

 than the third; fifth testaceous, a little shorter than the fuurlh. Thorax 

 with a transverse impression, which is most apparent on each side; fore 

 angles and hind angles rounded. Scutelhun vviih a blue subapical spot; 

 tip dingy whitish, broad, rounded. Abdomen with the bind part of the 

 disk black. Legs pale yellow. Foie wings broadly and irregularly blue 

 along the exterior border; membrane pale cinereous. Length of the body 

 4 lines. 



This species recedes much from the typical form of the genus ia the 

 structure of the autennaj and in the broad lip of the scutellum. 



rt. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Strachia quadeipunctata. 

 quadripunclata, Sign. A. S. E. F. 2me Ser. ix. 337, pi. 10, f. 4. 

 Australia. 



Strachia tasciata. 

 fasciata, Sign. A. S. E. F. '2me Ser. ix. 337, pi. 10, f. 5. 

 Australia. 



Strachia humeralis. 



Fulva, dense et conferle punctata, subtus teslacea ; caput nigricans, strigis 

 duabus posticis teslaceis ; antenna: nigricanles, basi testaccce ; thorax 

 lateribus late pallide testaceis postice cinereo viridibus, strigis duabus 

 transversis nigris maculaque pallide lestacea basalibus, angulis posticis 

 sublruncatis nojiproduclis ; scutellum apice nigricans, valde rotund- 

 alum ; pectus nigra biplugiatum ; venter punclis nonnullis maculaque 

 apicali transversa nigris, maculis duabus basalibus pallide viridibus ; 

 pedes lestacei, robusti,femoribus tibiisque posterioribiis viridi suffusis 

 ■nigro maculatis ; ala' unlic(C maculu pastmedia nigricante, membrana 

 obscure fuscu. 



