343 CATALOGUE OF 



86. StRACHIA ham ATA. 



Paliide lutea, nitens, aspere punctata ; caput sirigis duahus anticis 

 fusciiique pnslica cyanei.t; antenn<B nigrce, graciles, corporis dimidio 

 non longiorcs, arliculo lo paliide luteo, 2o piceo S7iblus paliide hiteo, 

 Ao basi paliide luteo ; thorax maculis ditabus cganeis transversis sub- 

 qtiadratis ; sculellum purpureo-cyancum ; pectus purpureo-ct/aneo 

 oclojultutuin ; venter e maculis purpnreo-cganeis quadriviltatus ; 

 femora cynneo unimaculata ; tibice supra cyauecB ; alee antictc pur- 

 pureocyanew, litura rufa hamata. Var. /3. — Alee anticce vitla 

 cruciata paliide lutea. 



Pale luteous, elliptical, sbining, roughly punctured. Head with an 

 inejjularblue bami on the hind border and with a little blue streak on each 

 of the lateral lobes ; sides hardly reflexed : lobes of equal length ; middle 

 lobe mostly smooth. Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending a little beyond 

 the hind coxie. Antennas black, slender, about half the length of the 

 body ; fust joint pale luteous, not extending to the front of the head ; 

 second piceous, pale luteous beneath, much shorter than the third; fourth 

 pale luteous at the base, a little longer than the third and than the fifth. 

 Thorax with a transverse blue subquadrate spot on each side of the disk ; 

 sides slightly reflexed; hind angles rounded. Scutellum purplish blue, 

 extending to the angle of the corium. Pectus with four bluish purple spots 

 on each side. Abdomen beneath with four rows of bluish purple spots. 

 Legs stout; femora with a blue spot beyond the middle; tibiae blue and 

 furrowed above. Fore wings purplish blue, with a broad red reflexed 

 streak in the disk; memltrane black, Var. (3. — Scutellum with a cruciform 

 pale luteous stripe. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



87. SXUACHIA SATURATA. 



Fulva, lata, aspere punctata ; caput apud marginem posticum viridi- nigrum, 

 lateribus vix rejiexis ; antenna; nigra, graciles, corporis dimidio 

 non longiores, arliculo lofulvo, 2o apice fulvo, Sofulvo apice nigro, 

 4.0 basi fulvo ; thorax maculis duabus laleralibus maximis viridi- 

 nigris, spatio postico rufescente ; scutellum basi vittisque duabus 

 lanceolalis viridi'nigris ; pectus subcarinatum ; abdomen dorso nigro, 

 fasciis quatuor venlraiibus late intcrruplis macuiisque duabus sub- 

 apicalibus viridi-nigris ; alic anticce margine jmstico vittaque sub- 

 costali viridi-nigris, membrana nigricante. 



Tawny, broad, elliptical, roughly punctured. Head irregularly greenish 

 black along the hind border; sides very slightly reflexed ; lobes of equal 

 length. Rostrum extending to the hind coxaj. Antenna; black, slender, 

 about half the length of the body; first joint tawny, not extending to the 

 front of the head; second ver}' much longer than the third, tawny 

 towards the tip; third tawny, black towards the tip; fourth much 

 longer than the third, lawny at the base ; fil'ili a little shorter than the 

 fourth. Thorax with two very large jrreeuish black spots, which are 

 nearly contiguous; a large anterior callus on each side; sides slightly 

 reflexed; space along the hind border reddish. Scutellum greenish black 

 at the base, with two lanceolate greenish black stripes which extend to 



