nKMlPTERA HETEROPTKRA. 3^7 



Bluish black, elongate- oval, shininp;, rouglily punctured, pale luleous 

 beneath. Head with a red s|>ot on eacli side in front of ibe eye; sides pale 

 luteoiis, slightly reflexed; lobes oi' equal length; a black patch on c;ich 

 side beneath. Rostrum black, pale Inteous at the base, extending to the 

 hind coxJE. AntenucE black, about half the len;;th of the body; (irsl ji)int 

 exteudinsf nearly to the front; second much longer than the third ; fourth 

 as long as ibe second, shoiter than the filth. Thorax red, with six elongated 

 bluish black spots, of which two are transverse and on the fwc border, and 

 the other four are obli(iue; hind anjilcs rounded. Scutellum extending to 

 the angle of the corium ; a red stripe extending along half the length from 

 the tip; sides red for half tlie length from tlie base. Pectus on each side 

 with three red spots, which arc irregularly bordered with blackish blue; 

 sides red. Abdomen beneath red and with blackish blue spots along each 

 side; connexivum red, with blackish blue spots. Legs black, streaked with 

 pale luteous. Fore wings with two irregular red spots; costa towards the 

 base and exterior border red ; first spot joining the red part of the 

 costa; second joining the red of the exterior border; a whitish costal streak 

 beyond the middle; membrane black, with a whitish pellucid border. 

 Var. /3. — Thorax with the spots much diminished in size ; the red hue more 

 prevalent in the fore wings. Length of the body 3^ lines. 



This species, like the three following and like <S. pidclua, agrees with 

 the European Strac/iice in structure. 

 a — c. Hindostan. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boys' collection. 



59. Stkachia designata. 



Nigra, longi-ovala, aspere pviiclata, sublu.i pallide (estacea ; caput latcri- 

 bus anticis rcflexis pallida iestaceis ; antenna; corporis dimidio non 

 longiores ; thorax inargine villa lineaque semicirculari ramos duos 

 emittenle testaceis ; scntrtlitm testaceo marginatum, basi convcxvm 

 transverse striatum ; pectus et venter vittis duabus macularibus nigris ; 

 venter vilta intermedia nigra maculari ; pedes basi Ivstacei, tibiis 

 posterioribus testaceo fasciatis ; alee antiae vitta angulosa margineque 

 exteriore testaceis. 

 Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly and thinly punctured, pale 

 testaceous beneath. Head in front with reflexed pale testaceous borders ; 

 lateral lobes extending much beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum black, 

 extending to the hind coxa?. Anlennie black, about half the length of the 

 body; first joint not extending to the frout of the bead; second much 

 longer than the third; fourth a little longtr than the second. Thorax 

 with a testaceous border, a slender testaceous stripe and a semicircular tes- 

 taceous line which rests on ihe hind border and emits a branch to each 

 side near the fore border. Scutellum bortiered with testaceous on each 

 side and at the tip, which is narrow; fore part more convex than the hind 

 part, not punctured, but transversely and very finely striated. Pectus and 

 abdomen beneath with two stripes of large black spots. Abdomen beneath 

 with a middle stripe of transversely elongated black spots. Legs black; 

 femora towards the base and coxa; testaceous; posterior tibia; with a icsla- 

 ceous band. Fore wings with a testaceous stripe which pioceeds on the 

 costa from the base, and diverges to the disk and returns to the costa, and 



