IIEMIPTERA HETEROPTEBA. 839 



Var. y. — The purple spots of the thorax connected and forming a large 

 patch. 



e. Batchiau. Presented hy W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



81. Strachia erytheomela. 



Ochraceo-rufa, subeUiptica, aspere punctata, subtus pallide lutea ; caput 

 pallide luteum, pontice ci/aneum ; anlennce nigrce, corporis dimidio 

 breviores, basi pallide lutece ; thorax antice pallide luteus ; sculellurn 

 purpurea bimaculatum, fascia angulari liturisque duabus pallide 

 luleis ; pectus ochraeeo transverse strigatum ; segmenta ventralia pur- 

 purea interrupta fasciata ; pedes purpurei, basi pallide lulei ; mem-^ 

 brana nigra. 



Orange-red, shining:, nearly elliptical, somewhat roughly punctured, 

 pale luteous beneath. Head pale luteous, irregularly blue along the hind 

 border; sides not reflexed; lobes of equal length. Eostrum pale luteous, 

 extending to the hind coxae. AntenntE black, slender, a little less than 

 half the length of the body ; first joint pale luteous, not extending: to the 

 front of the head ; second luteous beneath, very much longer than the 

 third J fourth much longer than the third, a little longer than the fifth. 

 Thorax pale luteous in front, where there is a large callus on each side ; 

 sides reflexed. Sculellurn with a purple spot on each angle at the base, 

 contiguous to a pale luteous angular band, beyond which there is a pale 

 luteous mark on each side. Pectus with three transverse ochraceous 

 streaks on each side. Abdomen beneath with six broad purjtle bands; fouf 

 interrupted, the fifth entire, the sixih apical. Legs purple; femora pale 

 luteous towards the base; tibiae furrowed; tarsi black, tawny beneath. 

 Membrane of the fore wings black. Length of the body 7 lines, 



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



82. Strachia PBiEciPUA. 



Lcete rufa, lata, ovata, scite punctata, subtus pallide tesfacea ; caput trans^ 

 verse striatum ; antenna: nigra;, gracillimw, corporis dimidia paulla 

 longiores, ariiculo \o rufo ; thorax callis duobus anticis magnis 

 pallide testaceis, angulis posticis acutis ; sculellurn maculis duabus 

 anticis nigricantibus, guttis duabus exlerioribus nigris, striga past- 

 media nigricante, apice testaceo ; abdomen dorso, fasciis tribus vcn- 

 tralibus late interruplis, maculis tribus subapicalibus unaque apicali 

 nigris; femora nigricante unujultata ; ala anticce macula postmedia 

 nigra. 



Bright red, broad, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, pale testa- 

 ceous beneatli. Head transversely striated; sides hardly reflexed ; lateral 

 lobes hardly extending beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum testaceous, ved 

 towards the base, extending to the bind coxce. Antenna) black, very 

 slender, a little more than half the length of the body ; first joint red, not 

 extending to the front of the head; second much longer than the third; 

 fourth much longer than the third and than the fifth. Thorax with a large 

 pale testaceous callus on each side in front; sides reflexed in front; hind 

 angles acute. Scutellum with two large blackish spots and with two 

 exterior black dots on the fore border, and with a blackish streak beyond 



