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poslmeJial; membrjDe aud hind wings pcUuciJ. Lecglh \.{ liie body 

 5 lilies. 



Like iS. partita and <S. semieiridif in siructare. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. \V. Suuudeis, Esq. 



78. Strachia platyspila. 



Prasina, lata, oraia, niUn^, a^ffre punctttfa ; caput ochraceo-ririiie, 

 transverse striatum, maculis tribtts />o«7ici< nigris, L>bo meAio lobos 

 lalerales paullo superanle ; thorax playi^ duabus apud angidos fOiticos 

 unaque anlica ochraceii, maculis duabus aulicis Irjiisrersis quatuor- 

 qne posticis nigris magnis ; scutellum maeulis duabus anticis tratis- 

 versis magnis duahusque posticis tlougalis maximis nigris ; pectus el 

 venter e maculis nigris quinque-rittala ; femora nigra guttata; slit 

 auticiE maculis tribus nigris maximis, dimidio apicali ochraceo. 



Grass-frreen, broad, oral, shining, thinly and roughly punctured. 

 Head sligLily ochraeeous-tinged, irausversely auJ finely striated on each 

 side; three black spots on the hind border, the middle one much larger 

 than the other two; sides slightly reflesed; middle lobe esieiidiug a little 

 beyond the lateral lobes. Eostrum black, green at the base, extending to 

 the hind ci'Xae. Thorax with an ochraceous patch on the fore pari of the 

 disk and one on each hind angle ; six elongated black spots ; two transverse, 

 in front; four between the hind angles, which are much rounded. Scutellum 

 with two large transverse black spots on the fore border, aud with two 

 posterior elougaled much larger black spots, which are nearly contiguous; 

 lip rather broad. Ptctus aud under siile of abdomen with live stripes of 

 large black spots. Legs moderately long and slender ; femora with some 

 black dot<. Fore wings with three very large black spots ; apical half of 

 the cerium ochraceous; membrane blackish, with a broad pellucid bolder. 

 Length of the body 4i lines. 



N'ery nearly allied to S. pardulis. 



a. Penang. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



79. SXIIACHIA PEMASPIIA. 



Nigra, nitens, caput pallide luteum, tranirer>e substriatum, lubo m-dio 

 lobos lalerales perpaullo superante ; antenme nitjrce, corporis dimtdio 

 non longiores, basi ochracccE ; thorax subptinctatus, vmculis dwibus 

 ochraceis lateralibus maximis ; scutellum fa^^cia uchruvea stmicircu- 

 lari anttmedia ; venter piceus, segiiunlorum maryinibus posticis et 

 connexiio viridibus ; pedes validi, femoribus apice libiisque basi 

 rujis ; al<£ anliccE macula discali elongata pallide lutea, membrana 

 nigrivante. 



Black, oval, shining. Head smooth, pale luteous, transversely and 

 fery slightly striated on Ci.ch side; sides hardly leflexed; middle lobe 

 extending very liitle beyuiul the lateral lobes. Rostrum piceous, pale 

 luteous towards the base, extending to the hind coxs. Antenna? black, 

 slender, about half the length of the body ; first jcdiit ochraceous, extending 

 nearly to the front of the hejd ; second ochraceous at tlie base, very much 

 shorter than the third ; fourth a little longer than the third, a little shorter 



