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20. STRACHIA concinna, n. s. 



S. supra cseruleo-violacea, nitida, albo-variegata, subtus albida, 

 lateribus nigro-maculatis; membrana nigra, limbo hyalino; 

 pedibus albidis, nigro-maculatis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Ovate. Head deep blue violet, shining, with the vertex very 

 finely and rather sparingly punctured, the tip of the central lobe, 

 the inner margins of the lateral lobes, a large oblique spot on 

 each lateral lobe, and an indistinct spot on the vertex, white. 

 Eyes very prominent, globose, black; ocelli reddish. Thorax 

 deep blue violet, very smooth and shining, divided across the 

 middle by a deep, punctured furrow ; anterior margin strongly 

 punctured ; the disc, especially of the posterior portion, with a 

 few coarse punctures ; the lateral and postero-lateral margins, a 

 central longitudinal line, and a transverse line on each side, near 

 the anterior margin, not touching either the lateral margins or 

 the central line, clear yellowish white. Scutellum deep blue 

 violet, very shining, finely punctured at the base, which is slightly 

 raised, rather coarsely punctured in the middle, impunctate at the 

 apex, with a central longitudinal yellowish white line running from 

 the base to the apex, and a line of the same colour on each lateral 

 margin which does not reach the apex, but joins the central line a 

 little behind the middle. Coriaceous portion of the elytra deep 

 blue violet, rather strongly punctured, with the disc smooth, a small 

 yellowish white spot at the base, another on the outer margin at 

 some distance before the middle, and a transverse band of the 

 same colour running from behind the middle of the outer margin 

 (where it is considerably expanded) towards the inner apical 

 angle ; this is broadly furcate on the disc, the lower branch of 

 the fork reaching the apex; membrane deep black, shining, 

 tinged with violet, with the margin colourless. Margins of the 

 abdomen black, with a narrow white band at the apical margin 

 of each segment. Body beneath yellowish white, very smooth, 

 shining. Abdomen with a large violet-black patch on each side 

 of each segment, leaving only a narrow white band on the poste- 

 rior margin. Breast with the sides violet-black, with a few punc- 

 tures ; sutures white. Legs yellowish white ; thighs more or 

 less spotted and striped with black ; knees black ; tibiae with two 

 pairs of short black lines on the outer margin ; tarsi black at the 

 tip. Rostrum yellowish white, with the tip black. Antennae 

 with the basal joint white, with the base black; the remainder 

 ilack, with the articulations white, the second and third joints 

 tfith a brassy green tinge. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



