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ryes; lobes of equal len<;lh ; middle lobe pale testaceous towards the lip; 

 sides sliiTJilly reflexed. Rostrum pale lesiaceous, ixieiuliiif; a little beyond 

 the bind coxae. Antenua; black, slender, a little more than half the len>vih 

 of the body; first joint luleous beneath, nut extending to the front of the 

 head; second nearly twice the lenj^th of the tiurd; fiuirili muth longer 

 than the third; fifth lon^fer than the fourih. Tliorax ocLraceous along the 

 fore border and more broadly ochiaceons on each side, with an ochraceous 

 baud in front, on which there is an oblique livid callus on each side; sides 

 reflexed; angles slightly rounded. Scutellum not extendiiug beyond the 

 angle of the cerium; disk ochraceous; tip whitish. Pectus with whitish 

 transverse streaks on each side. Abdomen beneath with a whitish disk, 

 with whitish borders and with a slender whitish band on the bind border of 

 each segment. Legs reddish ochraceous; femora towards the base and 

 coxae whitish ; tibiae furrowed, mostly blackish blue above, as are also the 

 tarsi; hind femora with a blackish blue spot beyond the middle. Fore 

 wings ochraceous at the base and with a large triangular ochraceous spot 

 on the exterior border ; membrane brown. Leni;tb of the body 7 Hues. 



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



b. New Guinea. From Mr. ^Vallace's collection. 



85. Strachia megaspila. 



Pallide lutea, longi-elliplica, aspere punctata ; caput suhprodnrtum, poslice 

 cyaneum ; antennce ni(jrie, corporis dimidio breviores, basi pallide 

 lutete ; thorax fasciis duabus ubbreviatis purpureo-ryaneis ; sciUeUuin 

 fascia postmedia purpurea latissima siibinlerrujiia ; prctoris Litera 

 purpurea transverse strigata ; femora purpurea uiiimaculata ; tibice 

 supra purpurea ; alec anlicce purpurece, macula marginali ochracea 

 magna trigona. 



Pale luteous, shining, elongate-elliptical, roughly punctured, paler 

 beneath. Head slightly elongated, irregularly blue along the hind border; 

 sides not reflexed; lobes of equal length; middle lobe smooth. Eyes 

 prominent. Rostrum stout, extending a little beyond the hind coaeb. 

 Antennae black, slender, a little less than half the length of the body ; 

 first joint pale luteous, not extending to the front of the bead; second 

 piceous, tawny beneath, very much longer than the third; fourth as long 

 as the second. Thorax with two purplish blue abbreviated bands; second 

 extremely broad, joining the hind border, slightly interrupted by a luteous 

 line; sides slightly reflexed ; hind angles rounded. Scutellum extending 

 to the angle of the corium, paler at the tip, with a veiy slight forked keel, 

 and with a purple very broad slightly interrupted band beyond the middle. 

 Pectus with transverse purple stre;iks on each side. Legs stout; femora 

 with an irregular purple spot beyond the middle ; tibia) keeled, purple 

 above. Fore wings purple, with a large triangular ochraceous spot on the 

 exterior border; membrane black, with a whitish pellucid border. Length 

 of the body 6^ lines. 



This may be a mere variety of S. reciproca. 

 a. Mysol. Piesented l)y W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



