266 HEMIPTERA. 



21. STRACHIA? decorata, n. s. 



S. ? aurantiaca, nitida, punctata; thoracis marginibus dilatatis, 

 rotundatis, valde reflexis ; thorace, scutello, elytrorum corio, et 

 lateribus abdominis pectorisque, nigro-maculatis ; membrana 

 nigra, limbo lato hyalino ; antennis pedibusque nigris. $ . 

 Long. lin. 7-J- 



Ovate. Head pale yellow, impunctate, with the orbits and a 

 central longitudinal line, which becomes wider towards the apex, 

 deep black. Eyes brown ; ocelli yellow. Thorax bright orange, 

 shining, rather finely punctured, with the lateral margins round- 

 ed, much dilated and strongly reflexed, with two large, somewhat 

 quadrate black spots, encircled with pale yellow, close to the 

 middle of the posterior margin. Scutellum bright orange, shi- 

 ning, rather thickly punctured, with two large black spots close to 

 the base and a smaller one in each basal angle ; the apex, and 

 the surface surrounding these black spots, pale yellow. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra bright orange, shining, thickly and 

 rather finely punctured, with the apical portion pale yellow and 

 bearing two black spots; one placed near the outer margin, 

 somewhat quadrate, the other smaller and rounded, close to the 

 inner apical angle ; membrane black, shining, somewhat brassy, 

 with a broad transparent border. Margins of the abdomen yel- 

 low, with a large black patch at the junction of each segment. 

 Abdomen beneath bright orange, smooth, shining, impunctate, 

 with the lateral margins and two or three large spots on each 

 side of the disc pale yellow ; a large spot on each lateral mar- 

 gin at the junction of every segment, the stigmata, and a spot 

 on the centre of each segment, black. Breast pale yellow, with 

 the lateral margins orange, the antepectus punctured ; stigmata 

 black ; a large patch on each segment within the stigmata, and 

 the centre of the breast, black. Legs black, with the base and 

 under surface of the thighs and a more or less distinct ring to- 

 wards their apices, yellowish white. Rostrum reaching the poste- 

 rior coxae, pitchy black, with the basal joint and base of the 

 second yellowish white. Antennae entirely black; basal joint stout, 

 passing the apex of the head ; second joint longer than the first, 

 much shorter than the third ; fourth longest, fifth a little long 

 than the third. 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



22. STRACHIA? spectabilis. 



Cimex spectabilis, Drury, Ins. hi. 65. pi. 46. fig. 4 (1782). 



a. Brazil. Presented by Sir Charles Stuart. 



b. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



c. Brazil. 



