HEMIPTERA IIETEROPTERA. SLl 



91. Steachia calliphoroides. 



Purpurea, (■lliptica, glabra, nilens ; caput breve, lobis laleralibus apice 

 conliguls lobum medium superantibus ; antenn<e nigrtc, corporis 

 dimidio breviores ; thorax valde convcxus, sulco transversa optime 

 determinato ; scutellum callo maxima Icete rufo, apicem versus de- 

 pressum ; pedes nigri, longi, graciles, basi albidi ; alee anticce 

 punclatcE, slriga subapicali alba transversa, meuibrana nigro-cyanea 

 albido marginata. 



Purple, elliptical, sraoolb, shining, sliglilly varied with blue. Head 

 short; sides slightly reflexed ; lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle 

 lobe. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum black, testaceous towards the base, 

 extending to the hind coxae. Antenna; black, slender, a little shorter than 

 the body; joints from the first to the fourth successively increasing in 

 length ; first extending to the front of the head ; fifth rather shorter than 

 the fourth. Thorax very convex, with a punctured strongly marked trans- 

 verse furrow. Scutellum with a bright red very large and convex callus, 

 which occupies much more than half the surface ; apical part flat, not 

 extending beyond the angle of the corium. Abdomen beneath bright red. 

 Legs black, long, slender; femora at the base and coxa3 whitish; tibiae 

 furrowed. Fore wings minutely punctured, with a white transverse streak 

 opposite the hind angle of the corium ; membrane blackish blue, with a 

 whitish pellucid border. Length of the body 3 lines. 



This and the three following species form a distinct group, which is 

 most allied to the group of <S. bicolor, but differs much from the Europcau 

 form of this genus. 



a, b. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 c, d. Arui From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



92. Steachia calli decides. 



Purpurea, longi-elliptica, glabra, nitens ; caput breve, transverse striatum ; 

 antennae cyaneo-nigrce, corpore breviores; thorax sulco transversa 

 punctata bene determinato, macula antica ochracea trigona maxima ; 

 scutellum callo ochraceo transversa maxima, spalio poslico deprcsso 

 apice ochraceo ; pectoris lalera albido transverse tristrigata ; venter 

 lutetis, fascia cyaneo-purpurea lata cyalhiformi; pedes longi, basi 

 albidi ; alee anticce striga subapicali transversa albida, membrana 

 viridi-cyanea cinereo pallida marginata. 



Purple, elongate-elliptical, smooth, shining. Head short, transversely 

 and finely striated in front; sides reflexed in front; lateral lobes conniving 

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

 to the hind cox<e. Anteunte bluish black, slender, rather shorter than the 

 body ; joints successively increasing in length ; fust extending to the front 

 of the head. Thorax witb a transverse punctured well-defined furrow, in 

 front of which there is an ocbraceous triangular very large spot, whose 

 base is on the fore border; hind angles sliglitly rounded. Scutellum with 



