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three-fourths of the Icnp^ih. Pectus sliglillj' keeled. Alxlomen black 

 above; under side with four widely interrupted greenish black bands, and 

 with a subapical greenisii black spot on each side; lip black. Leii^s rather 

 long and slender. Fore wings reddish, greenish black along the hind 

 border, and a greenish black siibcoslal stri|)e which widens outward and 

 does not extend to the tip ; membrane blackish. liCngth of the body 

 6 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



88. Stkachia insignata. 



Purpurea, Ion gi- elliptic a, nilens, aspere punctata, sublus pallide Jlavu ; 

 caput breve, transverse striatum, lobis lutn-ulibus apice cont'njuis 

 lobum medium superantibus ; thorax sulco transversa, callis duobus, 

 margine antico lalcribusque pallide Jlavis vilta lutissima ochracea ; 

 scutellum ochraceum, macula nigra magna cojiica suhjissa ; pectus 

 nigra transverse strigatum ; venter vittis duabus maculuribus nigris ; 

 pedes nigri, femoribus pallide Jlavis apices versus nigris Jluvn 

 strigalis ; alee anticcc vitta caslali strigam lanceulatam einitlenle 

 plagaque apicali magna ochraceis. 



Purple, elongate-elliptical, shining, roughly punctured, pale yellow 

 beneath. Head short, transversely and minutely striated ; sides reflexed ; 

 lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum black, extending 

 to the hind coxa?. Antenuie black, more than half the length of the body ; 

 first joint extending to the front of the head; second much shorter ih:in 

 the third, which is shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a very broad 

 ochraceous stripe; a transverse middle furrow with a pale yellow callus at 

 each end; sides and fore border pale yellow, slightly reflexed; hind angles 

 rounded. Scutellum ochraceous, extending a little beyond tlie angle of 

 the corium, with a large conical black spot, of which the hind end is slightly 

 cleft. Pectus with transverse Idack streaks on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with a row of black spots on each side. Legs black ; coxae and 

 femora pale yellow, the latter black and streaked with yellow towards the 

 tips; tibiae furrowed, striped with yellow. Fore wings with an ochraceous 

 costal stripe, which extends along nearly half the length of the corium from 

 the base, and then en)its a lanceolate streak towards a large ochraceous 

 apical patch ; membrane blue, with a whitish pellucid border. Length of 

 the body 5 lines. 



Like S. crucigera in structure. 



a, Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, E q. 



89. Strachia marginalis. 



Pallide lutea, clliptica, glabra ; caput transverse striatum, postice cyaneum 

 et purpureum ; antenme nigr(e,basi cgam a. ; iliorux transverse sul- 

 catus, plagis duabus anticis luten unimaculatis plagisque duabus 

 posticis lyaneo-purpureis, litura antica ochiacea furcala ; pectoris 

 scgmenla cyaneo margiiiata ; venter Jlavus, maculis cyaniis sub- 

 guadralis bivittatus ; /(mora fuiva, cyaneo slrigala; libiie cyancee ; 

 ulce antica macula costali oblonga cyanca, striga poslica purpurea. 



