HEMIPTERA nETEI.'Ol'TEUA. 3^1 



black stripe, wliicli is attt'uualed towartls tlie liiiid liordcr; iin lerside black 

 al)oul the l)ase of ibe aiilennx', and willi a l>l.iuk spot on each side of ibe 

 bind bolder; sides itdlexed ; lobes of tqiial lengih. Robtnun black, pale 

 litleous towards the base, exlendii]<if to ibe bind coxae. Antenna black, 

 slender, move than balf thelenj^'tb ot ilie body; fiisl joint extending; beyond 

 the front of the head ; second a little n)ore than ball the length of the third ; 

 fourth much longer than the third. Thorax with a little transverse black 

 streak, and with a broad transverse smooth space on each siile near the 

 fore border; two very large black spots on the bind hortler, rounded on the 

 outer side, separated by a narrow strij)e ; sides much reHexed ; fore angles 

 acute; hind angles much rounded. Scutelliun bbick for more than one- 

 third of ibe length from the base, the black space divided on each side by 

 a slender slightly undidating pale Inteous line. Pectus with three large 

 black spot*, and with three exterior black dots on each side. Conuexivum 

 with black spots ; spiracles black; a black spot on each ventral segment 

 from the third lo the sixth. Legs black, rather long and slender; femora 

 at the base and cox<e pale luteous, the former with a pale Inteous subupiial 

 band. Fore wings with two large black s])ots, both near the outer border, 

 which is pale lestaceons; membrane black, with a broad pellucid border. 

 Length of the body 7j Hues. 



It has much affinity to .S". decorala, which maybe distinguished by the 

 white space that includes the spots on the thorax and on the scuiellum, 

 and by the while tip of the latter. 



a. Cuenca. From Mr. Frascr's collection. 



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



38. SrRACniA notabilis. 



Nigra, nilens, aspere punclala, sublus riifa ; caput rufuin, longiusculum, 

 laleribus vix reflexis ; rostrum coxas posticus lonye superans ; anteiiiice 

 corporis dimidio paiiUo longiores ; thorax ptaciis duabits lateralibus 

 rufii ; scutellum fascia arcuata apiceque rujis ; pectus nigro sex 

 plagiatuni ; venter e macuiis Iransversis nit/ris biviltaius ; pedes nigri, 

 longiuscuU ; alee anticce fascia riifa, membrana viridi nigra. 



Black, elliptical, shining, roughly and thinly punctured, bright red 

 beneath. Head bright red, elongate ; sides hardly reflexed; lobes of equal 

 length. Kostrum black, slender, extending much beyond the hind coxas. 

 Antennae black, slender, a little more than half the length of the body; tirst 

 joint not extending to the front of the bead; second hardly more than half 

 the length of the third ; fourth longer th in the third, as long as the fifth. 

 Thorax with a large red patch on each hind angle, which is obtuse and 

 slightly prominent. Sculellnin extending rather beyond the angle of the 

 cerium, red al the lip, and with a red curved band which joins the fore 

 border. Pectus with three large black patches on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with a row of large transverse black spots on each side. Legs 

 black, rather long. J'ore wings with a red band in a line with the red tip 

 of the scutellum ; membrane greenish black, licngtb of the bods 9 Hues. 



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



b. Amazon Region. Presented by W.W.Saunders, Emj. 



