348 CATALOGUE OF 



Metallic-green, elliptical, thinly and roughly punctured, whitish 

 beneath. Head with three whitish spots forming a band between the eyes, 

 and wilh a whitish streak on each of the lateral lobes, which extend a little 

 beyond the middle lobe ; two green spots on each side beneath. Rostrum 

 black, whitish at the base, extending a little beyond the middle coxae. 

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

 extending to the front of the head ; third hardly shorter than the second, 

 longer than the fourth ; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax with 

 a slight transverse furrow, luleous along the fore border and along each 

 side, whitish along the hind border; a whitish dot on each siae in the 

 disk and a whitish stripe; angles slightly acute. Scutellum wilh a luieous 

 callus on each side; an abbreviated white stripe which is most slender in 

 front; tip white. Pectus with two green marginal stripes. Abdomen 

 beneath pale testaceous, with green spots along each side; coxiE and 

 femora white, the latter irregularly green towards the lips ; tibiae striped 

 with white. Fore wings with a luteous costal stripe, which extends along 

 nearly one-third of the length from the base and there meets a subcostal 

 streak which joins a slightly curved luteous subapical band ; an oblique 

 white line in the disk; membrane blackish. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



Like (S*. picta in structure. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Country unknown. 



97. Strachia vesiculosa. 



Cimex vesiculosus, H.-Sch. Wanz, Ins. v. 65, pi. 165, f. 509. 



98. Strachia minuscula. 



Rufa, aspere pimclala ; caput niijrum, rufo marginatum ; rostrum nigrum ; 

 anlenncB nigviE, corporis dimidio non lungiores ; thorax nigm sex 

 maculatus ; scutellum macula hasali magna trigona gultisque duabus 

 poslmediis nigris ; pectus et venter e maculis nigris trivitlata ; pedes 

 nigri ; alee anticcB striga lata postica, macula postmedia maxima 

 gultaque subcostali nigris, fimbria nigricante albiclo marginala. 



Bright red, elliptical, roughly punctured. Head black, bordered with 

 red on each side in front and on the fore border; sides slightly reflexed ; 

 lateral lobes conniving beyond ihe middle lobe. Rostrum black, extending 

 to the hind coxae. Antennae black, about half the length of the body; first 

 joint hardly extending to the front of the head ; second a little longer than 

 the third; fourth much longer than the third; fifth a little longer than the 

 fourth. Thorax with three large black spots on each side. Scutellum with 

 a large triangular black spot on the fore border and with a black dot on 

 each side at Iwo-lhirds of the length. Pectus and under side of abdomen 

 wilh three stripes of very large black spots. Legs black. Fore wings with 

 a broad black streak extending from the base along the hind border, con- 

 nected wilh a very larj;e postmedial black spot; a subcostal black dot 

 nearer the tip; fringe blackish, wilh a whitish pellucid border. Length of 

 the body 2^ lines. 



