344 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale lutcoiis, elliptical, sbiniiifr, mostly smoolli. Head with a few 

 punctiues, blue and piiiple about tlic bind border, transversely and very 

 minutely striated in front; lateral lobes reflexed ou each side, conniving 

 beyond the middle lobe. Eves raihur prominent. Rostrum black, pale 

 yellow towards the base, extending- nearly to the hind coxEe. Antennae 

 black, a little more than half the length of the body; first joint blue, 

 extending nearly to the front of the head; second a little more than half 

 the length of the third; fourth a little longer than the third. Thorax vvilh 

 a transverse punctured furrow across the middle, and with a rectangular 

 furrow on each side in front; two purple paitly blue patches on each side, 

 each of those in front including a luteous spot; a forked ochraccous mark 

 in front; sides reflexed in front; hind angles rounded. Scutellum roughly 

 and thinly punctured on the hind half, which is less convex than the fore 

 half. Segments of the pectus bordered vvilh blue. Abdomen ochraceous, 

 yellow beneath, where there is a row of subquadrate blue spots on each side. 

 liCgs pale yellow, stout; femora streaked with blue; tibice blue, furrowed ; 

 tarsi black. Fore wings with a blue oblong costal spot and with a purple 

 streak near the liind border; membrane blackish blue, with a pellucid 

 whitish border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Perhaps a variety of the preceding species. 



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



90. Steachia steangulata. 



j^^iun-nigra, lovc/i-elliplica, nilcns, anpere punctata ; caput fjlabium, /obis 

 lateralibus apice contigiiis lobum medium superanlibiis ^ antcnme 

 nigne, corporis dimidio longiores, articulo lo lalo ; thorax aniice 

 coarctatus, sulco transverso, vilta pallide Jlava antice dilatala, margine 

 antico lateribusqne pallide testaceis ; scutellum vitta pallide /lava 

 poslice abbrcviata, plagis quatuor rufis ; pectus apud coxas albidum ; 

 venter vittis duabus flavis indeterminatis ; pedes longi, femoribus 

 subincraxsatis ; aUe. anticce striga alba transverso. subapicali, mem- 

 brana nigra albido marginata. 

 .(Eueous-black, elongate-elliptical, shining, thinly and roughly punc- 

 tured. Head smooth; sides slightly reflexed; lateral lobes conniving 

 beyond the middle lobe. Eyes prominent. Rostrum black, extending to 

 the hind coxeb. Antennae black, more than half the length of the body; 

 first joint bmad, extending to the front of the head ; second as long as the 

 third; fourth longer than the third; fifth shorter than the fourth. Thorax 

 much narrower in front of the transverse furrow, with a pale yellow stripe, 

 which is broadest on the fore border; a nearly round callus on each side in 

 front; sides and fore border pale testaceous, slightly reflexed. Scutellum 

 with a pale yellow stripe, which is abbreviated hindward and has a red 

 patch at each side of it at its base and at its tip. Pectus whitish about the 

 cox!E. Abdomen beneath with an irregular yellow stripe on each side. 

 Legs long; femora slightly incrassatcd. Fore wings with a while trans- 

 verse slreuk joining the exterior border near the angle of the curium; 

 membrane black, vvilh a whitish pellucid border. Length of the body 

 44 lines. 



Very nearly allied to S. bicolor, 

 a, b. Penang. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



