344 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale luteoiis, elliptical, shiiiiii"', mostly smnolli. Head with a few 

 punctures, blue ami purple about the hind border, transversely and very 

 minutely striated in front; lateral lobes reflexed on each side, conniving 

 beyond the middle lobe. Eves railier prominent. Rostrum black, pale 

 yellow towards the base, extending nearly to the hind coxa. Antennae 

 black, a little more than half the length of the body; first joint blue, 

 extending nearly to the front of the head ; second a little more than half 

 the length of the third; fourth a little longer than the third. Thorax with 

 a transverse punctured furrow across the middle, and with a reatangular 

 furrow on each side in front; two purple partly blue patches on each side, 

 each of those in front including a Uiteous spot; a forked ocbraceous mark 

 in front; sides reflexed in front; hind angles rounded. Scutellura roughly 

 and thinly punctured on the hind half, which is less convex than the fore 

 half Segments of the pectus bordered with blue. Abdomen ocbraceous, 

 yellow beneath, where there is a row of subquadrate blue spots on each side. 

 JjCgs pale yellow, stout ; femora streaked with blue; tibia) blue, furrowed ; 

 tarsi black. Fore wings with a blue oblong costal spot and with a purple 

 streak near the hind border; membrane blackish blue, with a pellucid 

 whitish border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Perhaps a variety of the preceding species. v 



a. Celebes. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



90. StEACHIA STRANG ULATA. 



jEnen-nigra, lonyi-elliplica, niiens, aapere punctata ; caput f/labrwn, lobis 

 luteralibus apice conligvis lobum medium superuniibus ; anlennce 

 nigrce, corporis dimidio loiiffiores, articuio \o lata ; thorax antice 

 coarctatus, sulco transverso, vitta pallide Jlava antice dilatala, margine 

 antico lateribusque pallide teslaceis ; scutellum villa pallide Jlava 

 pnstice abbrcviata, plagis quatuor rufis ; pectus apud coxas albidum ; 

 venter vittis duabus Jtavis indeterminatis ; pedes longi, femoribus 

 subincrassatis ; alee antico; striga alba transversa, subapicali, mem- 

 bruna nigra albido marginata. 

 iEneous-black, elongate-elliptical, shining, thinly and roughly punc- 

 tured. Head smooth; sides slightly reflexed; lateral lobes conniving 

 beyond the middle lobe. Eyes prominent. Rostrum black, extending to 

 the hind coxs. Antenna; black, more than half the length of the body; 

 first joint broad, extending to the front of the head ; second as long as the 

 third; fourth longer than the third; fifth shorter than the fourth. Thora.x 

 much narrower in front of the transverse furrow, with a pale yellow stripe, 

 which is broadest on the fore border; a nearly round callus on each side in 

 front; sides and fore border pale testaceous, slif^litly reflexed. Scutellum 

 with a pale yellow stripe, which is abl)reviated hindvvard and has a red 

 patch at each side of it at its base and at its tip. Pectus whitish about the 

 coxae. Abdomen beneath with an irregular yellow stripe on each side. 

 Legs long; femora slightly incrassated. Fore wings with a white trans- 

 verse streak joining the exterior border near the angle of the corium; 

 membrane black, with a whitish pellucid border. Length of the body 

 44 lines. 



Very nearly allied to 5. bicolor. 

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



