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CATALOGUE OF 



Scutelliim extending rather bej'ond llie angle of the coriiim, somewhat 

 broad at its lip; lour blackish spots; two on the fore border, transverse, 

 subquadrate; two elongate-triangular, nuich larger than the others. Pectus 

 and under side of abdomen wiih two stripes of blackish spots on each side; 

 the latter red at the base and with a middle stripe of three black spots. 

 Legs rather stout. Fore wings red, pale testaceous along the costa, with a 

 subcostal black streak and with three large black spots; membrane pale 

 cinereous. Length of the body 3| lines. 



The antenna; in the specimen here described are mutilated. It is like 

 S. varia in structure. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by G. H. K. Thwaites, Esij. 



64. Steachia pardalis. 



Ochraceo-rnfa aut lutea, lata, ovata, aspere punctata, subtit.t pallide flava 

 a.ut alba ; caput transverse striatum, margine postico muvulis iribiis 

 maculaque antica elongata nigris ; anlennie picea, basi rufce, corporis 

 dimidio longiores ; thorax macidis diiabus anticis transversis qua- 

 tuorqne posticis gidtisque duabus nigris flavo aut albo marginalis ; 

 scntcllum fascia arcuata vitlaque rvfisjlavo variis aut albis ; pectus e 

 macidis ingris quadratis sexviltatum ; venter maculis nigris quinque 

 vittatus ; alee anticce maculis tribus magnis strigaque lanceolata nigris. 



Bright orange-red or hiteous, broad, oval, shining, thinly and roughly 

 punctured, pale yellow or while beneath. Head transversely and very iinely 

 striated, with three black spots, which are connected with the black line 

 along the hind border; an elongated black spot on the middle lobe, which 

 extends somewhat beyond the lateral lobes ; sides slightly reflexed. Rostrum 

 black towards the lip, extending to the hind coxte. Antennae piceous, 

 more than half the lengih of the body ; first and second joints bright red ; 

 first not extending to the front of the head; third bright red towards the 

 base, nearly twice the length of the second ; fourth a little longer than ihe 

 third and a little shorter than the fifth. Thorax with six elongated black 

 spots, which are partly bordered with pale yellow or wholly bordered with 

 ■white ; first and second spots transverse on the fore border; the other four 

 near the hind border; a black dot on each hind angle, which is rounded ; 

 sides slightly reflexed, pale yellow or white in front. Scutellum broad and 

 pale yellow or white at the tip; a curved red band, pale yellow on each side 

 where it joins the fore border, sometimes wholly white ; a slender red stripe, 

 pale yellow towards the tip or wholly white. Pectus with six stripes of 

 quadrate black spots. Abdomen above black, with pale yellow spots on the 

 connexivum; under side with two rows of large black spots on each side, 

 a black dot on the second segment, an abbreviated black band, which is 

 excavated on the hind border on the third segment and another on the 

 fourth, a large black spot on the fifth and a transveise smaller one on the 

 sixth. Legs bright red, stout. Fore wings with three large black spots; a 

 lanceolate black streak on the hind border; membrane brown, with u 

 pellucid border. Lengih of the body 4 — 4i lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 h, c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



d. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



e. Burru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



