IIEMIPTEKA lIETEKOPTIiUA. 325 



49. StRACHIA SIMNOSA. 



Peutatoma spinosa, Sign. Rev. ZooL 18Jl, 442— SUiicliia spiiiosa, Sign. 

 Arch. E.it. ii. 286. 



Gabon. Old Calabar. 



50. StRACHIA VIRIDIS. 



viridis, Sign. Arch. Ent. ii. 286. 

 Old Calabar. 



51. Steachia pentatomoides. 



Pallide hcrbido-riridis, nitens, aajipre punctata ; caput lalerilus ochraceifiy 

 margine pnslico suturisque iiigricantibus, lobu medio lobos hiterales 

 perpauUo superaule ; antenncB nigrcc, corporis dimldio breviores ; 

 thorax macula anlica strigisque duabus lateralibus ochraccis, spatio 

 antico glabra ; pectus el venter ochraceo fasciata ; alee anticce striga 

 subcostali ochracca. 



Pale grass-gveen, oval, shining, roughly punctured. Head black along 

 the hind border and with black sutures between the lobes; sides ochra- 

 ceous, reflexed ; middle lobe extending very litile beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Rostrum black, extending very litile beyond the hind coxs. Antennae 

 black, less than half the length of the body ; fust joint not extending to 

 tlie front of the head ; second ranch shorter than the third; fourth shorter 

 than the third; fifih shorter than the fourth. Thorax wiih an ochraceous 

 spot on the fure border and with an ochraceous streak ahnig each side; a 

 smooth space along the fore border; hind angles slightly prominent. 

 Scutellum hardly extending beyond the angle of the corium, with an 

 ochraceous patch on each side near the base. Pectus and under side of 

 the abdomen with transverse ochraceous streaks on each side. Legs 

 rather short and stout; tarsi blackish. Fore wings with an ochraceous 

 subcostal streak; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 3 lines. 



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



52. Steachia ^nescens. 



Nigro-anca, nitens, aspcre punctata; caput glabrum, antice striatum; 

 rostrum coxas intermedins atlimjens ; anlennce corporis dimidio nan 

 longiores ; thorax antice glaber, lateribus rvfis ; connexivum rufo 

 maculutum ; pedes breves, robusti ; nice anlicce rufo marginalcc. 

 Blackish a-neous, elliptical, slightly convex, shining, roughly punc- 

 tured. Head smooth between the eyes, transversely striated on each side 

 in front; sides slightly reBcxed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum black, 

 extending to the middle coxa3. Antennae black, about half the length of 

 the body, with an eeneous tinge towards the base; first joint extending to 

 the front of the head ; second very much longer than the third ; fourth 

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

 with a broad smooth space in the fore part of the disk ; sides red ; angles 

 much rounded. Scutellum hardly extending beyond the flexure of the 

 coriniQ. Connexivum with red spots. Legs short, stout. Fore wings 



