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49. Strachia spinosa. 



Peutatoma spinosa, Sign. Rev. Zool. 1851, 412— Slracliia spinosa, Sign. 

 Arch. Ent. ii. 'Z^ii. 



Gabon. Old Calabar. 



50. StUACIIIA VIRIDIS. 



viridis, Sign. Arch. Ent. ii. 280. 

 Old Calabar. 



51. Strachia pentatomoides. 



Pallide herhido-viridis, nilens, aspere punctata ; caput lalerilus ochraccis, 

 margine poslico suturisque nigricantibus, lobo medio lubos laterales 

 perpaullo superante ; antenna nigrce, corporis dimldio breviores ; 

 thorax macula antica strigisque duabus lateralibus ochraceis, spatio 

 antico glabra ; pectus et venter ochruceo fasciata ; alee anticcc striga 

 subcoslali ochracea. 



Pale grass-green, oval, shining, roughly punclnred. Head Mark along 

 the hind border and with black sutures between the lobes; sides ochra- 

 ceous, reflexed ; middle lobe extending very Utile beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Rostrum black, extending very little beyond the hind coxae. Antenna 

 black, less than half the length of the body ; first joint not extending to 

 the front of the head ; second much shorter than the third; fourth shorter 

 than the third; fifth shorter than the fourth. Thorax wiih an ochraceous 

 spot on the fore border and with an ochraceous streak along each s'de ; a 

 smooth space along the fore border; hind angles slightly prominent. 

 Sculellura hardly extending beyond the angle of the corium, with an 

 ochraceous patch on each side near the base. Pectus and under side of 

 the abdomen with transverse ochraceous streaks on each side. I'Cgs 

 rather short and stout; tarsi blackish. Fore wings with an ochraceous 

 subcostal streak; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. Cape. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



52. Strachia ^nescens. 

 Nigro-tBnea, nitens, aspere punctata; caput glabrum, antice striatum; 

 rostrum coxas intermedias attinyens ; anlennm corporis dimidio non 

 longiores ; thorax antice glaber, lateribus rujis ; conne.vivum rufo 

 maculatum ; pedes breves, robusti ; alee anticce rufo marginatcc. 



Blackish aeneous, elliptical, slightly convex, shining, roughly punc- 

 tured. Head smooth l)etwccn the eyes, transversely striated on each side 

 in front; sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum black, 

 extending to the middle coxa). AntennfE black, about half the length of 

 the body, with an ceneous tinge towards the base; first joint extending to 

 the front of the head ; second very much longer than the third ; fourth 

 much longer than the third ; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax 

 with a broad smooth space in the (ore part of the disk ; sides red ; angles 

 much rounded. Scutclhim hardly extending beyond the flexure of the 

 corium, Conncxivum witli red spots. Legs short, stout, P'ore wings 



