264 HEMIPTERA. 



19. STRACHIA munda, n. s. 



S. supra nigro-caerulea, albo-variegata, subtus albida, lateril 

 nigro-maculatis ; membrana hyalina, macula nigra basali ; j 

 dibus albidis nigro-maculatis. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Ovate, rather broad. Head blue-black, shining, impunctate, 

 with the tip of the central lobe, an oblique line running from the 

 base of the inner margin of each lateral lobe to the outer margin 

 beyond the middle, and a narrow longitudinal line on the centre 

 of the vertex, yellowish white. Eyes black; ocelli reddish. 

 Thorax blue-black, shining, with a shallow, punctured furrow 

 across the disc about the middle ; the rest of the surface impunc- 

 tate ; with the lateral margins, a central longitudinal line, a 

 transverse line near to, and parallel with, the anterior margin, a 

 short transverse line on each side close to the transverse furrow 

 and touching the lateral margins, a longitudinal line running from 

 the middle of this to the middle of each postero-lateral margin, 

 and these margins themselves, yellowish white. Scutellum blue- 

 black, shining, rather coarsely punctured in the middle, impunc- 

 tate at base and apex ; with a central longitudinal line not reach- 

 ing the apex, the ^lateral margins to beyond the middle, a trans- 

 verse line on each side near the base, running from the lateral 

 margins towards the middle, but not reaching the central line, 

 find the apex, yellowish white. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 blue-black, shining, rather coarsely punctured on the outer and 

 inner margins, especially towards the base of the outer, very 

 finely and faintly punctured at the apex, the disc impunctate ; a 

 small spot at the base, another on the outer margin at some di- 

 stance before the middle, a transverse band running from the 

 outer margin a little behind the middle towards the inner apical 

 angle, but broadly furcate about the middle of the disc, and a 

 small spot on the apical margin towards the outer angle, yellowish 

 white ; membrane hyaline, with a large deep black patch at the 

 inner basal angle. Margins of the abdomen banded with black 

 and white. Body beneath yellowish white, smooth, shining, im- 

 punctate. Abdomen with a row of black spots on the lateral 

 margins, a black spot on each of the stigmata, and a short, trans- 

 verse, black line on each side at the base of every segment. 

 Breast with a large black patch, enclosing a whitish spot, on each 

 side of each segment. Legs yellowish white; thighs spotted 

 with black at the apex ; knees black ; tibiae with two pairs of 

 short black lines on the outer margin ; tarsi brownish at the 

 apex. Rostrum pale, with the tip pitchy. Antennae black ; basal 

 joint white, with a black line on the upper surface ; the articula 

 tions of the other joints white. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



