393 CATALOGUE OF 



then again diverges anrl joins the exterior border, which is also testaceous; 

 inenibrane bltck, with a whitish border. Length of the body 4 lines. 



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



60. Straciiia signata. 



Cyaneo-nigra, longi-ovala, aspere punctata ; caput laterihus rnfis rrjlexis ; 

 anleniue corporis dimidiu breviores ; thorax villa margincque ritfis ; 

 scutellum villis duabus rujis postice conjunctis ; pectoris et ventris 

 latera rufa; venter villis duabus rnfis Litis indeterminatis ; tibice 

 posteriores tpsluceo strigalce ; alee anlicce villa coslali fasviaque post- 

 media riifis abbreviatis. 



Bluish black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured. Head with 

 bri>iht red reflexed borders; lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle 

 lobe. Rostrum black, reddish at the base, extending to the hind coxae. 

 Antennae black, less than half the length of the body; first joint extending 

 to the front of the head; second much longer than the third; fourth as 

 long as the second; fifth shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a bright 

 red stripe and with a border of the same hue. Scutellum vviih two oblique 

 bright red stripes, which are united beyond the middle and are continued 

 in a siufjle stripe to the tip. Pectus bordered with bright red on each side. 

 Abdomen beneath with bright red sides and with two broad irregular bright 

 red stripes. Legs black; tibice furrowed ; posterior libi;B with a pale tes- 

 taceous streak. Fore wings with a red costal stripe along more than half 

 the length from the base, and with an abbreviated red bant! which joins the 

 hind part of the exterior border; membrane black, with a whitish pellucid 

 border. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines. 



a—c. Japan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



61. StEACHIA BIAEGINIFERA. 



Nigra, longi-ovila, aspere punctata; caput lateribus antici.i ruJis reflexis ; 

 antennce corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; thorax villa anlice dila- 

 tata margineque rnfis; scutellum villis duabus rufis postice con- 

 junctis ; pectus et venter villis duabus nigris latis inacularibus ; venter 

 villa intermedia nigra lata maculari ; pedes basi rufi, tibiis testaceo 

 fascialis ; alee anlicce vilta coslali fasciaque abbrcviata rufis. 



Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured. Head in front with 

 red reflexed borders ; lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle lobe ; under 

 side red about the base of the antenna?. Rostrum red at the base, extending 

 to the hind coxas. Antenna? a little more than half the length of the body ; 

 first joint not extending to the front of the head; second a liltle longer 

 than the third; fourth a little longer than the second; fifth a little longer 

 than the fourth. Thorax red-bordered, with a smooth space on each side 

 in front, and with a red stripe which is dilated in front. Scutellum with 

 two converging red stripes, which are united at two-thirds of the length and 

 form one stripe which is dilated at the tip. Pectus and under side of the 

 abdomen red, with a broad macular black stripe on each side; under side 

 of the abdomen with a broad middle macular black stripe. Legs black ; 

 femora at the base and coxa; red; tibia? furrowed, with a pale testaceous 

 band. Fore wings with a red costal stripe, which is altenuaied beyond the 



