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94. SXRACHIA LEPIDA. 



Late purpurea, fusif or mis, glabra, cyaneo varia ; antennce nigrce, hast 

 cyanece, corporis dimidio longiores ; thorax antice coccineus, lineis 

 duabus lateralibus Jlavo-alhis ; sculellum basi coccineum conxxxum ; 

 pectus cyaneum ; venter rufus, disco Jlavo-albo, maculis lateralibus 

 cyaneis ; pedes cyanei, basi flavo- alb i ; alee anticce macula magna 

 coccinea, membrana viridi-cyanea cinereo tnarginata. 



Blight purple, fusiform, shining, here and there blue. Head, thorax 

 and basal part of the scutellum smooth. Head reflexed on each side in 

 front; middle lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum 

 black, extending to the hind coxae. Antennce black, more than half the 

 length of the body, in structure like those of S. gemmea ; first joint blue. 

 Thorax alike in structure to that of S. gemmea and with a similar patch in 

 front; a yellowish white line along each hind angle and along the adjoining 

 part of the side and of the hind border. Scutellum like that of <S. gemmea, 

 except that the crimson patch emits no streak. Pectus wholly blue. 

 Abdomen beneath red ; disk yellowish white with blue spots along each 

 side. Legs blue; femora at the base and coxa) yellowish white; tarsi 

 black. Fore wings like those of S. gemmea. Length of the body 

 3i lines. 



This species is a little narrower than S. gemmea, to which it is very 

 closely allied. 



a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



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



Australia. 

 95. Strachia elegans, C. II. 263. 

 Arocera elegans, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 139. 



a. Australia. Presented by Lord Mountnorris. 



b. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



c. d. Australia. From Mr. Children's collection. 

 e. Australia. 



/. Moreton Bay. From Major Parry's collection. 



g. Australia. From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



h. New South Wales. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Ejq. 



i. Port Philip. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



96. Strachia persignata. 

 Viridis, aspere punctata, sublus albida ; caput maculis tribus strigisqur 

 duabus unterioribiis albidis, subtus viridi quadrimaculalum ; t/wrax 

 margine antico lateribusque luteis, margine postico villa (jutlisque 

 duabus albidis ; seiitellum callis duobus anticis luteis, villa abbreviala 

 apiceque albis ; pectus viridi bivittalum ; reuler pallide tcslucrus, 

 maculis lateralibus viridibus ; femora albida, apicis versus viridia ; 

 tibiie alba villata ; alee anticie vilta coslali slrigam subcoslalem 

 cmittentc fasciaquc subapicali luteis, linea poslica albida. 



