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lobes conniving beyond tbe micldle lobe. Eyes prominent. Rostrum 

 extending a little beyond the hind coxoE ; tip black. Antennae black, a 

 liille move tban liall'ibe length of ihe body ; first and second joints ochra- 

 ceoiis; first extending ain)osl to the front of tbe head; second a little 

 shorter than tbe third ; third nmcli shorter iban the fourth; filth ratlitr 

 shorter than tbe fourth. Thorax with two black bands, which are slightly 

 connected in tlie middle; bind band abbreviated, more than twice tbe 

 breadth of the other one; hind angles rounded. Scuiellum with two black 

 lateral stripes, which are united near the ti|) ; sides and tip pale yellow. 

 Pectus and abdomen black. Pectus with a sliijbt keel, and with the borders 

 of tbe segments jiale yellow. Conuexivum and hind borders of the ventral 

 segments pale gieen. Lci^s ochraceous; tibite furrowed. Fore wings with 

 two clavale black stripes ; the first subcostal, including an ochraceous line ; 

 some intermediate black speckles ; membrane and hind wings blackibb. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines. 



Much like S. securigera in structure. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



75. Steachia subcostalis. 



Nigra, nitens, aspere punctata ; caput ochraceum, postice nigrum ; 

 antenncc nigrce, hasi ochracece, corporis dimidio longiorcs ; thorax 

 caltis duobits a7iticis, Lima transversa vitlaque postica flavis, plugis 

 duabus posticis ochraceis ; scutellum macula nigra basali trigima 

 maxima strigam lanceolatam emitlente ; srgmenta ventralia 'flavo 

 niarginata, pedes ochracei ; tibiis apice tarsisque piceis ; alee aniicce 

 margine, striga subjlexa atomisque ochraceis. 



Black, oval, shining, thinly and roughly punctured. Head ochraceous, 

 irregularly black along the hind border; sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of 

 equal length. Pioslrum black, extending to tbe bind coxae. Antennae black, 

 a little more tban half the length of the body ; first and second joints ochra- 

 ceous ; first extending nearly to tbe frdiil of the head ; second much shorter 

 than the third; fourth much longer than tbe third, rather longer than tbe 

 fifth. Thorax with an irregular yellow stripe, extending from the hind 

 border to an irregular transverse yellow line, in front of which there is a 

 transverse elongated yellow callus on each side; a large ochraceous patch 

 on each bind angle, which is rounded ; sides and fore border yellow, slightly 

 reflexed. Scutellum with a very large triangular ochraceous spot joining 

 the fore border, and emitting a lanceolate streak towards the tip. Abdomen 

 beneath with an irregular yellow band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Legs ochraceous; tibiae towards the tip and tarsi piceous ; tibiae furrowed. 

 Cerium of the fore wings bordered with ochraceous along the costa and 

 along the bind border, and more broadly with ochraceous along the exterior 

 border; an ochraceous slightly bent streak proceeding from the exterior 

 border to the disk, where there are some ochraceous speckles ; membrane 

 black. Length of the body 4 lines. 



The markings of this species distinguish it from .S". securigera, with 

 which it agrees in structure. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



