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the middle; testaceous at tlie tip and slijjjhtly testaceous on eacli side. 

 Abdomen black above; under side with lour broad transverse black streaks 

 on each side, with three black subapical spots and with a black apical spot. 

 Legs testaceous, slightly tinged wiili red, rather lung and slender; a blackish 

 dot on each of the femora; tibiae furrowed. Fore wings with an elongated 

 black spot in the disk beyond the middle; membrane and hind wings 

 black. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



83. StKACHIA rVROPHILA. 



IjcEte ochraceo-rttfa, vitens, aspere punctata ; caput cyaneo bimaculatum, 

 lateribus vix rr/fexis, lobis laleralibus lobum medium vix superanti- 

 bus ; rostrum lutexun, basi rufum ; unleniue nif/ne, corporis dimidio 

 longiorcs, articulo \o rufo, 2o luteo nigricante lineato ; thorax antice 

 glaber ; scutellum untice irigro maryinutum ; pectoris latcra nigro 

 strigata ; venter albidus,fasciis quinque talis maculaque subapicali 

 purpureis ; alee anticce membrana nigricante. 



Bright orange-red, shining, elongate-oval, rather roughly punctured. 

 Head with two irregularly triangular blue spots on the hind border; sides 

 hardly reflexed ; lateral lobes hardly extending beyoiid the middle lobe. 

 Rostrum hiteous, extending to the hind coxce; first joint bright red. 

 Antennae black, much more than half the length of the body; first joint red, 

 not extending to the front of the head; second luteous, about thrice the 

 length of the third, with a blackish line on the outer side; fourth a little 

 more than twice the length of the third ; fifth longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a large smooth space on each side in front of the slight trans- 

 verse furrow; sides reflexed in front; angles rounded. Scutellum not 

 extending beyond the ant;le of the corium, with a very slight longitudinal 

 keel and with a semi-elliptical black band on the fore border. Proslernura, 

 mesosternum and metasternum with a black streak on each side. Abdo- 

 men beneath wbitish, with five broad purple bands and with a purple sub- 

 apical spot. Legs slender; tibis furrowed ; tarsi testaceous. Fore wings 

 with a blackish membrane. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species. 



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



84. Strachia reciproca. 



Nigro-ci/anea, nitens, purpurea varia, aspere punctata ; caput ochraceo- 

 rufum, margine poslico nigro-purpureo, lobo medio apicem versus 

 liturisqne nonnulHs pallide lestaceis ; antennce nigrcc, corporis dimidio 

 longiores, articulo \o subtus luteo; thorax margine antico, lateribus 

 fasciaque ochraceis ; scutellum disco ochraceo, apice albido ; pectus 

 albido transverse strigatum; venter disco, margine fasciisque albidis ; 

 pedes rvf<i-ovhrarei,fcmoribus basi albidis, tibiis supra nigro-cyaneis, 

 femoribus poslicis nigro-cyaneo unimaculatis ; ala: anliece basi 

 maculaque marginuli magna trigona ochraceis, membrana fusca. 



Blackish blue, elliptical, shining, roughly punctured, tinged with 

 purple. Head ochraceous-red, with an irregular blackish purple band 

 along the hind bolder, and vviih soiue pale testaceous marks between the 



