nEMIPTERA ITF.TEROrTKRA. 3;I7 



poslmedial; membrane aiid hind wings pellucid. Leiiglli of iLc budy 

 5 lines. 



Like iS. partita and 5. semiviridis in sinicturo. 



a. Celebes, rresenlcd by VV. W. Sauudtis, Esq. 



78. Strachia platvspii.a. 



Prasina, lata, ovata, tnten-i, asprre piinvlula ; caput ochracen-virhle, 

 transvfr.it' sliialuin, maculis tribiis jios/iris niyris, lobo medio /ohox 

 talcrali's puullo superante; thorax jilugis dnubus ajiud ungulos j o-ilicos 

 unaque antica ochruceia, maculis duabus anticis Irutisvcrsis quatuor- 

 que posticis nigris magnis ; scatelluiu inaculis duabus anticis trans- 

 versis rnngnis duabnsque posticis elongatis niaximis niyris ; pectus el 

 venter e uiuculis niyris quinque-rittata ; femora nigro guttata; alee 

 antictc maculis tribus nigris maximin, dintidio apicali vchracco. 



Grass-green, broad, oval, sbining, thinly and roughly pmiclured. 

 Plead slightly ochraceous-linged, transversely and finely striated on each 

 side; three black spots on the hind border, the middle one much larger 

 than the other two; sides slifihtly reflexed; middle lobe extending a little 

 beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum black, green at the base, extending to 

 the hind cux;b. Thorax with an ochraccous patch on the fore part of the 

 disk and one on each hind angle ; six elongated black spots ; two transverse, 

 in front; four between the hind angles, which are much rounded. Scuiellum 

 with two large transverse black spots on the fore border, and with two 

 posterior elongated much larger black spots, which are nearly contiguous ; 

 lip rather broad. Ptctus and under side of al)domen with live stripes of 

 large black spots. Legs moderately long and slender; fmnora with some 

 black dot-;, i'ore wings with three very large black spots; apical half of 

 the corium ochraceous; membrane blackish, with a broad pellucid border. 

 Length of the body 4i lines. 



Very nearly allied to S. pardalis. 



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



79. SrilACHIA PENTASPIIA. 



Nigra, nitem;, caput pallide luteum, transverse subslriatum, lobo tnidio 

 lobos laterak's perpaullo snperante ; antenna uif/nc, corporis dintidio 

 nan longiores, basi ocliracva: ; thorax subpunctutus, inaculis dunbus 

 ochraceis laleralibus maximise scutellurn fascia ochnirea semicircu- 

 lari antemedia ; venter piceus, segmenlornni marginibus posticis el 

 connexivo viridibus ; pedes validi, femoribi/s upice tibiisque basi 

 rujis ; alee antica: macula discali elomjala pallide lutea, membrana 

 nigricante. 



Black, oval, shining. Head smooth, pale luteous, transversely and 

 very slightly striated on each side; sides hardly reflexed; middle lobe 

 extending very little beyoml the lateral lobes. Rostrum piccoiis, pale 

 luteous towards the base, extending to the hind coxai. Antenna; black, 

 slender, about half the length of the body ; first joint ochraceous, extending 

 nearly to the front of the head ; second ochraceous at the base, very much 

 shorter than the third ; fourth a little longer than the third, a little shorter 



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