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side in front of the eye, and with a dot of the same hue on the hind border; 

 sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of equal length ; under side orange-ied, with 

 a black marginal stripe on each side. Rostrum black, extending rather 

 heyond the hind coxse. Antennae black, about half the length of the body ; 

 joints successively increasing in length ; lirst not extending to the front of 

 the head. Thorax with four subquadrate black spots, two on the fore border 

 and two between the hind angles, which are much rounded ; the two hinder 

 spots are sometimes obsolete. Scutellum extending beyond the angle of 

 the corium, black along each side, and with a large basal black spot, which 

 includes a lanceolate orange-red streak. Pectus with three large black 

 patches on each side. Abdomen beneath with five black bands, which are 

 attenuated on each side in the disk, and are dilated in the middle, and the 

 more so towards the tip. Legs black, stout, pubescent; femora at the base 

 and coxae ochraceous-red. Fore wings black ; corium with an oraiige-rcd 

 costal stripe ; membrane with a cinereous border. Var, (3. — Head with a 

 broader streak on each side, and with the dot on the hind border prolonged 

 into a streak. Var. y, — Body yellow beneath. Var. S. — Ventral bands 

 interrupted on each side. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines. 



Much like the European Stracliice in structure. 



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



b. Celebes. From Madame IdaPfeifler's collection. 



c. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d. Banda. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



e. Gilolo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



72. Strachia aspeesa. 



Lutea, fusiformis, pubescens, aspere punctata, subtus pallide lutea ; caput 

 nigrum, luteo tristrigalum ; antenncB nigra, corporis dimidio breviores ; 

 thorax rufo varius, plagis quatuor punctisque nigris; scutellum apicem 

 versus rufum, vittis duahus marginalibus slrigisque duabus intermediis 

 lanceolalis nigris; pectus et venter maculis nigris quadrivittala ; 

 pedes nigri, basi pallide lutci ; ala anticce vitta costali rufa nigra 

 varia. 



Luteous, fusiform, pubescent, shining, roughly punctured, pale luteous 

 beneath. Head elongate, black above, with a luteous streak extending 

 from the hind border and with one on each side in front; sides slightly 

 reflexed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum pale luteous, black towards the 

 tip, extending a little beyond the hind coxse. Antennae black, rather less 

 then half the length of the body; joints successively increasing in length : 

 lirst joint not extending to the front. Thorax more or less red in the middle 

 of the disk, with four very irregular black patches, two in front and two on 

 the hind border ; punctures black ; hind angles much rounded. Scutellum 

 with two irregular black marginal stripes and with two intermediate lanceo- 

 late black streaks proceeding from the base and varying in length ; hind 

 p;*rt mostly red, rather flat. Pectus and under side of abdomen with two 

 stripes of l)lack spots, and with two intermediate stripes of bUck dots. 

 Abdomen beneath witli a middle stripe composed of two lines of black dots ; 

 these lines are more or less united towards the tip. Legs black; coxae and 

 femora pale luteous, the latter black towards the tips. Fore wings black, 



