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Vtir. y. — The purple spots of the tlioiax connected ami forming a large 

 patch. 



e. Batchiaii. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



81. Strachia erythuomela. 



Ochraceo-rufa, subelliptica, aspcre punctata, sultiis pallidc lutea ; caput 

 pallide lutvum, postice ci/ancum ; anlenncE ni()r<c, corporis diviidio 

 breviores, basi pallide lulccc ; thorax antice pallide luieus ; sculvllum 

 purpurea bimaculatum, fascia anr/ulari litiirisque dxtabus pallide 

 luteis ; pectus oc/iraceo transverse strif/atum ; segmenta ventralia pur- 

 pura) iiiterrupta fasciata ; pedes piirpurei, basi pallide lutei ; metn- 

 brana nigra. 



Orange-red, shining, nearly elliptical, somewhat roughly punctured, 

 pale luteous beneath. Head pale luteous, irregularly blue along the bind 

 border; sides not reflexed; lobes of equal lengtb. Eostruin pale luteous, 

 extending to the hind coxae. Antennte black, slender, a little less than 

 half the length of the body ; first joint pale luteous, not extciulins: to the 

 front of the head ; second luteous beneath, very much longer than the 

 third; fourth much longer tban the third, a little longer than llie Gflh. 

 Tborax pale luteous in front, where there is a large callus on each side; 

 sides reflexed. Scu(ellum with a purple s|)ot on each angle at the base, 

 contiguous to a pale luteous angular band, beyond which there is a pale 

 luteous mark on each side. Pectus with three transverse ochraceous 

 streaks on each side. Abdomen beneath with six broad purple bands ; four 

 interrupted, the fifth entire, the sixth apical. Legs purple ; femora pale 

 luteous towards the base; tibiae furrowed; tarsi black, tawny beneath. 

 Membrane of the fore wings black. Length of the body 7 lines. 



o. Kaisaa. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



82. SltlACHIA PB.ECIPUA, 



Late rufa, lata, ovata, scite punctata, subtus pallide tesfacea ; caput trans- 

 verse striatum; antennw nigrce, gracillimcE, corporis diinidio paullo 

 longiores, arliculo \o rufo ; thorax callis duubus anlicis magnis 

 pallide testaceis, angulis poslicis acutis ; sculellum maculis duabus 

 anticis nigrieantibus, guttis duabus exlerioribus nigris, striga post' 

 media nigricante, apicc testacco ; abdomen dorso, fasciis tribus vcn- 

 tralibus late interruplis, maculis tribus subapicalibus unaque apicali 

 nigris; femora nigricante uniguttata ; ala anlicm macula poalmedia 

 nigra. 

 Bright red, broad, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, pale testa- 

 ceous beneath. Head transversely striated; sides bardly rclloxcd ; lateral 

 lobes hardly extending beyond the middle lobe. Kostrum testaceous, red 

 towards tbe base, extending to tlio bind coxa;. Antenna; black, very 

 slender, a little more than half llie lcn{^th of tbe body; first joint red, not 

 extending to the front of tbe head; second much longer than tlie tliird ; 

 fourth much longer than tbe tbird and llian tbe lifib. Tlidrax with a large 

 pale testaceous callus on each side in front; sides refiuxed in front; bind 

 angles acinic. Sculellum with two large blackish spots and with two 

 exterior black dots ou the fore border, and with a blackibh streak beyond 



