IIEMIPTEHA HETEKOI'TERA. 503 



Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctaicd, testaceous beneatli. 

 Heafl blackish above, rounded in front; hind ])ait with two testaceous 

 longitudinal streaks; lobes of equal length. Eyes piteous, rather promi- 

 nent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae, black towards the tip. An- 

 tennae blackish, testaceous at the base; joints from the lirst to the lilth 

 successively increasing in length; tirst joint not extending to the front of 

 the head. Thorax broadly testaceous along each side (this hue changing 

 to cinereous-green near the hind angles) and with a pale testaceous spot 

 between two broad transverse black streaks near the fore border ; sides 

 smooth ; hind angles slightly truncated, not prominent. Scutcllum blackish 

 towards the tip, which is much rounded. Pectus with a large black patch 

 on each side. Abdomen black above; under side with a pale green spot 

 on each side at the base, with several black points and with a transverse 

 apical black spot; tip eraarginate. Legs testaceous, stout ; four posterior 

 femora and tibiae tinged with green, spotted with black; fore femora and 

 fore tibia? slightly marked with black ; tarsi black. Fore wings with a 

 blackish spot in the disk beyond the middle; membrane dark brown, with 

 six longitudinal veins, two of which are forked. Length of the body 

 3j lines. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



SlRACHIA LiETABlLIS. 



Purpurea, suhglabra, suhtus lutea ; thorax bifoveolatus, sulco medio trans- 

 versa, villa lutea antice dilalala, maculis duabus transversis gullisquc 

 duabus Jlavis ; sculellum luteo quiiujue inactilalum, basi Imnidum ; 

 peclns vittis duabus latissimis purpureis luleo gullalis ; venter vitlis 

 duabus inarginaLibus purpureis luleo maculatis,plagis duabus posticis 

 viridibus ; pedes purpurei ; ala atiiiccc casta basi maculaque sub- 

 apicali luleis, membrana albido marginata. 



Bright purple, elliptical, mostly smooth, luteous beneath. Head 

 rounded in front, reflexed on each side ; lobes of equal length. Eyes 

 piceous, large, prominent. Eosirum black, extending to the hind coxce. 

 AntenntE black; first joint purplish black, extending beyond the head. 

 Thorax with a transverse middle furrow, with an impression on each side 

 in front, and with a luteous stripe, whicli is dilated along the fore border 

 and is more slightly dilated on the hind border; a yellow dot on each side 

 behind the furrow and a transverse yellow spot on each side of the hind 

 border. Scutcllum tumid at the base, roughly punctured beyond the 

 middle, attenuated towards the tip, which is rounded; a luteous spot on 

 each side at the base, a large luteous spot in the disk, and a luteous apical 

 spot. Pectus black about the coxa) and on each side with a very broad 

 purple stripe, which includes three luteous dots. Abdomen beneath with 

 two purple marginal stripes which include luteous spots, and with two 

 green patches, one subapical, the other apical. Legs purple, rather long ; 

 tibia) furrowed; tarsi black. Fore wings thinly punctured, with a luteous 

 subapical spot; costa luteous at the base ; membrane with a whitish pellucid 

 border. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It belongs to the group which is represented by S. slrangulala aud by 

 the four following species in the Catalogue. 



