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T^<^-'^ r^ 41. Strachia apta. 



Nigra, glabra, nitens, subtus ochracea ; caput latiusculum, tramverse 

 striatum ; rostrum coxas posticus longe superans ; antennce articulo 

 2o basi loque ochraceis ; thorax fascia antica, laterihus strigaque 

 lanceolata ochraceis; scutellum fascia arcuata, vitta apiceque ochra- 

 ceis ; pectus nigro sex maculatum ; pedes nigri,femoribus basi ochra- 

 ceis ; alee anticcE ochraceo bifasciatce, membrana cinereo marginata. 



Black, smooth, shining, elliptical, ochraceous beneath. Head rather 

 broad, finely and transversely striated; sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of 

 equal length. Rostrum ochraceous, black towards the tip, extending nearly 

 to the hind border of the second ventral segment. Antennae slender ; first 

 joint ochraceous, not extending to the front of the head ; second ochraceous 

 at the base, a little more than half the length of the third; fourth a little 

 longer than the third. Thorax in front with an ochraceous band, which is 

 continued along each side to the hind angle, and emits a lanceolate streak 

 to the hind border; sides slightly reflexed ; fore anj^les slightly acute ; hind 

 angles rounded. Scutellum with a slender ochraceous stripe, an ochraceous 

 tip, and a curved ochraceous band. Pectus with three large black spots on 

 each side. Legs black, stout ; femora towards the base and coxse ochra- 

 ceous ; tibiae furrowed. Fore wings with two ochraceous bands on the 

 corium, one basal, the other marginal, both dilated towards the costa; 

 membrane with a cinereous border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



o. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



42. Strachia triangularis. 



Nigra, longi-ovata, nitens, aspere punctata, subtus flavo-alha nigra septem- 

 vittata ; caput strigis duabus lateralibus maculisque duabus posticis 

 transfer sis Jlavo-albis, lobo medio lobos laterales paullo superante ; 

 antenna corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax linea transversa abbre- 

 viata antica lineolisque jiavo-albis ; scutellum Jlavo-albo marginatum : 

 pedes nigri,femoribus jHuvo-albis nigro fascialis, libiis albo fasciatis; 

 alee anticce vitta costali brevi vitlaque subcostali Jlavo-albis. 



Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured, yellowish white 

 beneath. Head elongate, with a yellowish while streak along each side 

 and with a transverse yellowish white spot along each side of the hind 

 border; sides slightly reflexed; middle lobe extending a little beyond the 

 lateral lobes; two black spots on each side beneath. Eyes prominent. 

 Rostrum black, yellowish white towards the base, extending to the hind 

 coxiB. Antennje slender, less than half the length of the body; first joint 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second and third of e(iual length ; 

 fourth much longer than the third. Thorax in front with an abbreviated 

 transverse smooth yellowish white line and with yellowish white sides ; hind 

 border with a transverse yellowish white line on each side ; fore angles and 

 hind angles slightly acute. Scutellum bordered with yellowish white. Con- 

 nexivum yellowish white. Pectus and under side of abdomen with seven 

 black stripes. Legs black, slender; coxae and lemoia yellowish white,. the 

 latter with a black band near the tip ; tibia with a white band near the lij). 

 Fore wings with a short yellowish while costal stripe proceeding from the 



