260 HEMIPTERA. 



8. STRACHIA pcecila, n. s. 



S. nigro, flavo, rubroque variegata ; praecedenti valde affinis, dif- 

 fert scutello apice angustiori, medio flavo, rubro tincto, linea 

 central! longitudinali uigra. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Ovate. Head black, with five yellow spots, one on the inner 

 margin of each lateral lobe, one on the centre of the vertex, and 

 an oblique one on each side of this near the eyes. Eyes dark 

 brown. Thorax divided across the middle by a strongly punc- 

 tured transverse furrow ; the anterior portion black, nearly im- 

 punctate, but with a transverse ovate impression, enclosing a 

 raised orange spot, near each anterior angle ; the anterior margin 

 yellow, interrupted in the middle ; the lateral margins and two 

 spots on each side on the disc yellow ; close to the middle of the 

 anterior margin is a large red patch, which gives off posteriorly 

 a yellow line which runs down the centre of the thorax to the 

 posterior margin ; the posterior portion of the thorax is varie- 

 gated with black and yellow and coarsely punctured ; the poste- 

 rior margin is yellow, and an orange line runs across the disc 

 close to the transverse furrow. Scutellum rather strongly punc- 

 tured ; the base black and somewhat wrinkled, with a yellow 

 im punctate spot in the centre and another in each basal angle ; 

 the lateral margins and the middle of the disc yellow tinged with 

 red and punctured with black, with an irregular black line down 

 the centre, which expands into a transverse black spot near the 

 apex ; the apex is much narrower than in the preceding specie 

 yellow, with a tinge of red at the extreme tip, and impunctati 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra black, punctured, with yellow 

 lines on the outer margin and along the course of the princip 

 nervures, a yellow spot on the outer margin near the base, a larj 

 oblique one tinged with orange at the apex, an irregular ova 

 pale yellow one on the disc before the middle, and a small one 

 at the inner apical angle ; membrane dark brown. Wings brown. 

 Back of the abdomen red ; margins black, thickly punctured, and 

 with a yellow band at the posterior margin of each segment. 

 Body beneath yellow, shining. Abdomen with a black spot on 

 the lateral margins of each segment which includes the stigma 

 and runs up towards the disc in a short impressed line ; a black 

 line also runs across each of the sutures ; each segment has a red 

 line on each side, which rises from the basal margin a little within 

 the line of the stigmata, runs longitudinally nearly to the posterior 

 margin, and then turns off towards the centre of the disc which 

 it nearly reaches ; the basal margin of the anal apparatus and two 

 spots on the apical segment are black. Breast with a few irre- 

 gularly scattered black punctures and a few black lines and spots 



