334 CATALOGUE OF 



with a costal red black-varied stripe ; membrane blackish brown. Length 

 of the body 4^ lines. 



Very nearly allied to the preceding species. 



a, b. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



73. Strachia securigera. 



Ockracea, nitenn, aspere punctata, siibtim pallide Jlava ; caput transverse 

 striatum, postice uiffrtim ; anlenncE niyrw, basi lulecc ; thorax fasciis 

 duabus iiiyris abbrevialis, \o callos duos pallide Jiavos includcnte ; 

 scutellum nigrum, apice fiavo marginatum, litura lata cgaihiformi 

 maxima ; pectus et venter maculis nigris villata ; alee anliccB viltis 

 duabus niyris, la excavata, 2a apud medium coarctata. 



Ochraceous, oval, shinino^, roughly and thinly punctured, pale yellow 

 beneath. Head transversely and finely striated, irregularly black along the 

 hind border; sides slightly reflexed ; middle lobe hardly extending beyond 

 the lateral lobes. Rostrum bhick towards the lip, extending rather beyond 

 the hind coxae. Antennaj black, slender, full half the length of the body; 

 joints from the first to the fourth successively increasing in length; first 

 luteous, extending to the front of the head; fifth a little shorter than the 

 fourth. Thorax reflexed on each side along the fuie border, with two 

 abbreviated black bands; f)re band containing a pale yellow callus on each 

 side; hind band slightly interrupted, occasionally thrice interrupted; hind 

 angles rounded, Scutellum black, with a luteous transverse very lar^e 

 cyathiform mark ; tip rather broad, bordered with pale yellow. Pectus and 

 under side of abdomen with four stripes of transverse blcck spots, the latter 

 with a middle stripe of large black spots. Legs stout; liliite towards the 

 tips and tarsi piceous. Fore wings with two black stripes; first stripe sub- 

 costal, excavated on the inner side, commencing at one-sixth of the length 

 and extending nearly to the tip, contiguous to the second at its base; 

 second much contracted in the middle, commencing very near the base, not 

 extending beyond the angle of the corium ; membrane blackish. Length 

 of the body 4 — 4^ lines. 



Like S. velala in structure. 

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

 b — e. Birmah. From Mrs. Wallace's collection. 



74. Strachia partita. 



Ochracea, longi-ovata, aspere punctata ; caput postice nigrum, lohis latc- 

 ralibus contiguis lobum medium superanlibus ; antenna nignc, corporis 

 dimidio longiores, arlicuiis \o et 2o ochraceis ; thorax fasciis duabus 

 vigris subcunnexis, 2a laiissima abbreviata ; scutellum viltis duabus 

 nigris, postice connexis, lateribus apiceque pallide flavis ; pectus 

 nigrum, segmentis Jlaco pallida marginatis ; venter scgmentorum mar- 

 ginibus et connexivo viridibus ; alee antica viltis duabus nigris clavatis, 

 la subcoslali lineani ochraceam includcnte, mcmhrana alisque posticis 

 nigricantibus. 



Ochraceous, elongate-oval, thinly and roughly punctured. Head 

 •shining in front; a black band on the hind border; sides rellexed ; lateral 



