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siile in front of tlie eye, and willi a dot of the same hue on the hind horder; 

 sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of equal leiifzlli ; undur side orange-icd, with 

 a black marginal stripe on each side. Kostrum Mack, extendinj^ rather 

 beyond the hind coxa;. Antennae black, about half the length of the body ; 

 joints successively increasing in length ; tirsi not extending to the front of 

 the head. Thorax with four sulH(uadrale black s])(>ts, two on the fore border 

 and two between the hind angles, which are much rounded ; the two hinder 

 spots are sometimes obsolete. Scutellum extending beyond the angle of 

 the corium, black along each side, and with a large basal black spot, which 

 includes a lanceolate orange-red streak. Pectus with three large black 

 j)atclies on each side. Alidomcn beneath with five black bands, which are 

 attenuated on each side in the disk, and are dilated in the middle, and the 

 more so towards the tip. Legs black, stout, pubescent; femora at tiie base 

 and coxic ochraceous-red. Fore wings black ; corium with an orange-red 

 costal stripe ; meml)raiie with a cinereous border, F(/r. /3. — Heaii with a 

 broader streak on each side, and with the dot on the hind border pr(doiiged 

 into a streak. Var. y. — Body yellow beneath. Var. S. — Veuiral bauds 

 interrupted on each side. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines. 



Much like the European Strachitc in structure. 



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



b. Celebes. From .\Ltdame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 

 V. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d. Banda. From i\Jr. Wallace's collection. 



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



72. Strachia aspersa. 

 Lutea, fusiformis, pubfxrens, axpere punctala, fmblua paJl'ide lutra ; caput 

 nigrum, luleo trislriyatiun ; antenna nigne, corpnria dimidio breviores ; 

 thorax rufo varius, plagia quatuor pimclisqne uigris; srulidluni apicem 

 versus rufum, villis duabus marginalibus strigisqite dunbusinlernirdiis 

 lanceolatis nigris ; pectus et venter maculis nigris qnadrivillaln ; 

 pedes niyri, basi pallide lutei ; alee anticce villa cuslali rufu nigra 

 varia, 

 Luteous, fusiform, pubescent, shining, roughly punctured, pale luteous 

 beneath. Head elongate, black above, with a luteous streak cxtemling 

 from the hind border and with one on each side in front; sides slightly 

 reflexed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum pale luteous, l)lack towards the 

 tip, extending a little beyond the hind cox;e. Antennae black, rather less 

 then half the length of the body ; joints successively increasing in length: 

 liist joint not extending to the fiont. Thorax more or less red in the middle 

 of llic disk, with lour very irngular black patches, two in front and two on 

 the hind border ; punctures black ; hind angles much rounded. Sculcllum 

 with two irregular black marginal strii)es and with two intermediate lanceo- 

 late black streaks pmceeding from the base and varying in length; hind 

 part mostly red, rather Hat. Pectus and under side of abdomen with two 

 stripes of black sjjois, and with two intermediate stripes of black dots. 

 Abdomen beneath with a middle stripe composed of two lines of black dots ; 

 tlioe lines are more or less uiiiti'd towards the lip. Legs black ; coxiu and 

 femora pale luteous, the latter black towards the lips. Fore wings black, 



