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three-fourths of the lenplh. Pectus sliplilly keeled. Abdomen black 

 above; imdcv side with four widely intcriuptcd {;icenish black bands, and 

 wilh a siibapical gicenibli black spot on each side; lip black. Lejjs rather 

 lonpf and slender. ¥i>\v wiiij:s reildisli, jriccnisb black alonj^ ihe hind 

 border, and a greenish black subeosial siripe wliicli widens outward ami 

 does not extend to the tip; nicnibrane blackish. I,ength of the body 

 6 lines. 



a. Ccram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



88. Strachia insignata. 

 Purpurea, longi-elliptica, nitcns, aspere punctata, suhtus pallide Jlava ; 

 caput breve, transverse striatum, lobis luteralibus apice cunt'njnin 

 lobum medium supcrantibus ; thorax svlco transversa, callis duobus; 

 margine antico lalcribusrjue paliide Jlavis vilta latissima nchracca ; 

 scutellum ochracetnn, macula nigra magna conica subjissa ; pectus 

 nigra transverse strigatum ; venter vittis duabus macular ibus nigris ; 

 pedes nigri, femoribus pallide Jlavis apices versus nigris JIavo 

 strigatis ; ala; antiac vitta costali strigam lanceulatam emitlente 

 plagaque apicali magna ochraceis. 



Purple, elonfrate-elliptical, shiniuff, roughly punctured, pale yellow 

 beneath. Head short, transversely and minutely striated ; sides reflexed ; 

 lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum black, extendin^i^ 

 to the hind coxje. Anteuuie black, more than half the length of the body ; 

 first joint extending to the front of the head; second much sluuter than 

 the third, which is shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a very broad 

 ochraceous stripe; a transverse middle furrow with a pale yellow callus at 

 each end; sides and fore border pale yellow, slightly retlexed ; hind angUs 

 rounded. Scutellum ochraceou«, extending a little beyond the angle of 

 the corium, with a large conical black spot, of which the hind end is slightly 

 cleft. Pectus with transverse black streaks on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with a row of iilack si)ots on each side. Legs black ; coxic and 

 femora pale yellow, the latter black and streaked with yellow towards the 

 lips; tibia) furrowed, striped with yellow. Fore wings with an ochraceous 

 costal stripe, which extends along nearly half the length of the corium from 

 the base, and then emits a lanceolate streak towards a large ochraceous 

 apical patch ; membrane blue, with a whitish pellucid border. Length of 

 the body 5 lines. 



Like <S. crucigera in structure. 

 a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, E q. 



89. Strachia marginalis. 



Pallide lulea, elliptica, glabra ; caput transverse striatum, postice ri/aneum 

 et purpureum ; antennce nigr<c, baii ci/nnicc ; thorax transverse sul- 

 catus, pbigis duabus antieis lutco unimaculatis plagisque duabus 

 posticis cyuneo-purpureis, iitura antica ochracea furcata ; pectoris 

 segmenia cgnneo inarginata ; venter Jhtvus, maculis ci/antis sub- 

 guadratis bivittalus ; /< mora Jlava, ci/aneo striguta; tibia: cyanea ; 

 alee antictc macula costali oblonya cyanea, slriga poslica purpurea. 



