262 HEMIPTERA. 



lateral margin, a similar row on each side within the line of stig- 

 mata, and the stigmata themselves, black ; the stigmata are seated 

 in a reddish longitudinal line. Breast more or less punctured 

 and spotted with black. Thighs pale yellow striped with black, 

 especially towards the apex ; tibiae yellow, with two black lines 

 on the outside; tarsi blackish brown. Rostrum pitchy black, 

 with the base yellow. Antennae black, with the second joint 

 much shorter than the third, the basal joint yellow beneath. 

 a. N. India. From Capt. Boys' Collection. 



11. STRACHIA crucigera. 



Strachia cruciger, Hahn, Wanz. i. 184. t. 29. fig. 95 (1831). 



a. Java. Presented by M. Guerin-Meneville. 



b. Java. Presented by M. Percheron. 



c. Java. From Mr. Melly's Collection. 



d. Java. From the East India Company's Collection. 



12. STRACHIA bicolor, n. s. 



S. elongato-ovata, viridi-senea, nitida; corpore subtus, scutello, 

 thoracis elytrorumque maculis, femoribusque basi, albidis ; an- 

 tennis elongatis, nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Elongate ovate, above deep brassy green, shining. Head im- 

 punctate, with the inner margins of the lateral lobes and a spot 

 on the vertex whitish'. Thorax divided across the middle by a 

 deep transverse, punctured furrow ; the anterior portion impunc- 

 tate, but with a deep impression on each side, the posterior por- 

 tion coarsely punctured towards the transverse furrow ; the an- 

 terior and postero-lateral margins narrowly, the lateral margins 

 broadly, yellowish white ; the anterior portion of the disc with a 

 large yellowish white square patch in the centre, continued in a 

 narrow line along the centre of the posterior portion to the hinder 

 margin. Scutellum entirely yellowish white, sparingly punctured 

 with dark brown across the middle. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra thickly punctured, with the disc smooth ; the outer mar- 

 gin at the base, a small spot on the disc before the middle, and 

 a transverse band running from the inner apical angle to the 

 outer margin, yellowish white ; membrane dark brown, shining 

 with brassy green, with the margin transparent. Body beneath 

 yellowish white, smooth, shining, impunctate ; abdomen with a 

 row of blackish, brassy green spots on each side within the stig- 

 mata ; breast with a broad, blackish, brassy green band on each 

 side. Thighs whitish at the base, striped with brassy blackish 

 green and white at the apex ; tibiae and tarsi black. Rostrum 



