333 " CATALOOUE OF 



then ngaiii diverges nnd juins the exleiior border, wliich is also testaceous; 

 ineinbraiie black, with a whitish border. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Hiudostan. Presented by W. W. Sauiider';, Esq. 



i^'^ -■/■"■' ■ '" , '^ 60. SlRACHIA SIGN ATA. 



Cyaneo-nir/ra, longi-nv.iln, aspere punctata; caput loleribus riifii rrjle.vis ; 

 aiileniKc corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax vitta mar gincque riifis ; 

 sciiltllum vittis duabus riifis postice cniijunctis ; pectoris et vmlris 

 latcra rufa ; venter villis duabus rufis latis indeterminalis ; tibice 

 posteriores tesdtreo slrigalce ; alee anlicce villa coslali fasciaque post- 

 media riifis abbreviutis. 



Bluish black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured. Flead with 

 bright red reflexed borders; lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle 

 lobe. Rostrum black, reddish at the base, extending to the hind coxae. 

 Antennae black, less than half the lenglh of the body; first joint extending 

 lo the front of the head; second niuch longer than the third; fourth as 

 lony: as the second; fifth shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a liright 

 red stripe and with a bor«ler of tlie same hue. Scutellum wilh two oblique 

 bright red sirip;s, which are united beyond the middle and are continued 

 in a single stripe to the lip. Pectus bordered wiih bviirht red on each side. 

 Abdomen beneath with bright red sides and with two broad irregular bright 

 red slri|)es. liCgs black; tibia; furrowed; posterior libi;e with a pale tes- 

 taceous streak. Furs wings wilh a red costal stripe along more than half 

 the lenglh from the base, and with an abbreviated red band which joins the 

 liind part of the exterior border; membrane black, wilh a whitish jtellucid 

 border. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines. 



a—c. Japan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



61. Strachia maeginifera. 



Nigra, hmgi-ovila, aspere punctata ; caput lateribus anticis rtifis rejlexis ; 

 antenna; corporis dimidio panllo longiores ; thorax villa untice dila- 

 tala marginrque rufis; sculellum viltis dunbus rufis puslice con- 

 junctis ; pectus et venter villis duabus nigris Litis mucularibus ; venter 

 villa intermedia nigra lata maculari ; pedes basi rufi, libiis teslareo 

 fasciatis; alee anlicce villa costali fasciaque abbrcviala rufis. 



Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured. Head in front wilh 

 red reflexed borders ; lateral lobes conniving l)ey<ind the middle lobe ; under 

 side red about the base of the anlenniu. llostium red at the base, extending 

 to ihe hind coxte. Antenna; a little more than half the lenglh of the body ; 

 first joint not extending to the front of the head; second a little longer 

 than the third; fourth a little longer than the second; iifih a little longer 

 than the fourth. Thorax red-bordered, with a smooth space ^)n each side 

 in front, and with a red stripe which is dilated in front. Sculellum wilh 

 two converging red stii])es, which are united at two-thirds of the length and 

 form one stripe wliicli is dilated at the tip. Pectus and under side of the 

 abdomen red, wilh a broad macular black stripe on each side; under side 

 of the abdomen with a broad middle macular black stripe. Legs black ; 

 femora at the base and coxfe red; tibia; furrowed, with a pale testaceous 

 band. Fore wings wilh a red costal stripe, which is attenuated beyond the 



