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lobes connivinjr beyond tbe niirldle lobe. Eyes prominent. Rostrum 

 extendin;;^ a little beyond the bind ooxte ; tip biiick. Antennte black, a 

 liille move ibaii liHll'ihe leiigib (if ibe body ; first and second joints ochra- 

 ceoiis; first exlendin-^ aliiidst to tbe Iroiii of tbe bead; second a little 

 shorter than tbe tbirrl ; third much shorter than the fuurlh ; filth rath, r 

 siioitcrthan the fourth. Thorax with two black bands, which are slij^^htlv 

 connected in the middle; bind band ai)l.rcviated, more than twice the 

 breadth of the other one; liind angbs rounded. iScuiellum with two black 

 lateral stripes, which are united uear the tij) ; sides and tip pale yellow. 

 Pectus and abdomen black. Pectus with a sli-hi keel, and with the borders 

 of the segments pale yellow. Coniuxivnm and hind bmders of the ventral 

 segments pale f,neen. Legs oehraceous; tibiiu funowed. Fore wings with 

 two clavate black stripes ; the first subcostal, including an ochraccous line ; 

 some intermediate black speckles ; membrane and innd winj^s blacki.sb. 

 Length of the body 4i lines. 



Much like S. securigera in structure. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



75. Straciiia subcostalis. 

 Nigra, nitens, aspere functata ; caput ochraceum, poslice 7ijr/rum ; 

 anteniKt nigrcc, hasi ochraceo', corporis dimidio lonyiorcs ; tlinnix 

 callis duobus aniicis, linea transversa vit/at/ue poslica fluvis, plagis 

 duabus posticis ochraceis ; scutellum macula nigra busuli Irigoua 

 maxima slrigam lanceolatam emillentc ; srgmcnta rvntralia /lavo 

 viarginaia, pedes ochracei ; tibiis apice tarsis(pie piceis ; alec antic<e 

 margine, striga subjlexa atomisque ochraceis. 



Black, oval, shining, thinly and roughly punctured. Head ocbraceous, 

 irregularly black along the hind border; sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of 

 equal length. Iloslrum black, extending to the hind coxa?. Antennie black, 

 a little more than half the length of the body ; first and second joints ochra- 

 ceous ; first extending nearly to the front of the head ; second much shorter 

 than the third; fourth much longer than tbe third, rather longer than the 

 fifth. Thorax with an irregular yellow stripe, extending from the hind 

 border to an irregular transverse yellow line, in front of which there is a 

 transverse elongated yellow callus on each side; a large ocbraceous patch 

 on each hind angle, which is rounded ; sides and fore border yellow, sliyhtlv 

 reflexed. Scuielluin with a very large triangular ocbraceous spot joining 

 the fore border, and emitting a lanceolate streak towards the tip. Abdomen 

 beneath with an irregular yellow band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Legs ocbraceous; tibiie towards tbe tip and tarsi piceous ; tibiae furrowed. 

 Corium of the fore wings bordered with ocbraceous along the costa and 

 along the bind border, and tnore broadly with ocbraceous along the exterior 

 border; an ocbraceous slightly bent streak proceeding from the exterior 

 border to the disk, where there are some ocbraceous speckles ; membrane 

 black. Length of the body 4 lines. 



The markings of this species distinguish it from .S'. securigera, with 

 which it agrees in structure. 

 a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. SauuJers, Esq. 



