334 CATALOGUE OF 



with a costal red black-varied stripe ; raembraue blackish brown. Length 

 of the body 4-^ lines. 



Very nearly allied to the preceding species. 

 a, b. Cerum. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



73. Stkachia securigera. 



Ochracea, nitenn, aspere punctata, subtus pnllide jiava ; caput transverse 

 striatum, poslice nigrum ; antenna niyrce, basi lulece ; thorax fasciis 

 duabus niyris abbreviatis, ]o callos duos pallide Jlavos includente ; 

 scutellum nigrum, apice fiavo marginatum, litura lata cyathiformi 

 maxima; pectus el venter maculis nigris vittata ; alee anticce vitlis 

 duabus nigris, la excuvata, 2a apud medium coarctala. 



Ochraceous, oval, shining:, roughly and thinly punctured, pale yellow 

 beneath. Head transversely and finely striated, irregularly black along tlie 

 hind border; sides slightly reflexed ; midille lohe hardly extending beyond 

 the lateral lobes. Rostrum black towards the lip, extending rather beyond 

 the hind coxae. Antenna? black, slender, full half the length of the body; 

 joints from the first to the fourth successively increasing in length; first 

 luteous, extending to the front of the head; fifth a little shorter than the 

 fourth. Thorax reflexed on each side along the fore border, with two 

 ai)breviated black bands ; fore band containing a pale yellow callus on each 

 side; hind band slightly interrupted, occasionally thrice interrupted; hind 

 angles rounded. Scutellum black, with a luteous transverse very larj;e 

 cyathiform mark ; tip rather broad, bordeied with pale yellow. Pectus and 

 under side of abdomen with four stripes of transverse Id.ick spots, the latter 

 with a middle stripe of large black spots. Legs stout; til)ite towards the 

 tips and tarsi piceous. Fore wings with two black stripes; first sliipe sub- 

 costal, excavated on the inner side, commencing at one-sixth of the length 

 and extending nearly to the tip, contiguous to the second at its base; 

 second much contracted in the middle, commencing very near the base, not 

 extending beyond the angle of the corium; membrane blackish. Length 

 of the body 4 — 4^ lines, 



Like S. velata in structure. 



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

 b — e. Birmah. From Mrs. Wallace's collection. 



74. SXRACHIA PARTITA. 



Ochracea, longi-ovata, aspere punctata ; caput pnstice nigrum, lobis late- 

 ralibus contiguis lobuin medium superantibus ; antennce nigrtc, corporis 

 dimidio longiores, arliculis \o et 2o ochraccis ; thorax fasciis duabus 

 nigris subconnexis, 2a lalissima abbreviata ; scutellum viltis duabus 

 nigris, postice connexis, lateribus apiceque pallide flavis ; pectus 

 nigrum, segmentis Jlavo pallida marginalis ; venter segmentorum mar- 

 ginibus et connexivo viridibus ; alee autica vitlis duabus nigris clavalis, 

 la subcostali lineam ochraceam includenle, membrana alisque posticis 

 nigricanlibus. 



Ochraceous, elongate-oval, thinly and roughly punctured. Head 

 ehining in front; a black band on the hind border; sides reflexed; lateral 



