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23. STRACHIA? rufifrons, n. s. 



S. supra coccineo nigroque variegata, nitida, punctata, scutello 

 cruce rufo ; membrana fusco-nigra, margine fuscescenti-hya- 

 lina ; abdomine coccineo, lateribus nigro-maculatis ; antennis 

 nigris, articulo basali rufo ; pedibus nigris. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 6J-7. 



Ovate, rather broad, variegated with bright red and brassy 

 black, shining, very finely punctured. Head impunctate, with 

 the anterior portion from the eyes to the apex red, the vertex 

 black, with a small red spot in the centre of the base. Eyes 

 black; ocelli small, yellowish. Thorax with the anterior and 

 lateral margins and two large spots on the posterior margin, 

 black, the rest red. Scutellum with a large black spot in each 

 basal angle, and another about the middle of each lateral margin, 

 leaving a large cross on the disc, and the apex, red. Coriaceous 

 portion strongly rugose at the inner and outer margins, with a 

 red band across the base and apex, the centre black ; membrane 

 pitchy black, shining, somewhat brassy, with the margin semi- 

 transparent, brownish. Margins of the abdomen banded with 

 red and black, the basal portion of each segment being red. 

 Abdomen beneath bright red, smooth, shining, impunctate, with 

 a large black spot occupying the posterior portion of each lateral 

 margin in the second, third, fourth and fifth segments, a black 

 spot on the stigmata on each of these segments, and a large trans- 

 verse black spot on the centre of the last segment. Breast black, 

 shining, slightly punctured, with the centre more or less red. 

 Legs black. Rostrum black, with the basal joint and the base 

 of the second red. Antennae black, with the basal joint red. 

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



24. STRACHIA? nigrorubra, n. s. 



S. nigra, nitida, tenuissime punctata ; thorace, lateribus exceptis, 

 cruce basali scutelli, dimidio apicali corii, lateribusque abdo- 

 minis, coccineis ; punctis 2 thoracis et uno in singulo elytro, 

 nigris ; abdominis marginibus nigro-maculatis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Ovate, rather broad, variegated with bright red and black, 

 shining, very finely punctured. Head black, impunctate. Eyes 

 black ; ocelli reddish. Thorax red, with the anterior and lateral 

 margins broadly black, the former interrupted in the middle, and 

 with two small round black spots on the disc. Scutellum black, 

 with a red cross, formed of a tolerably broad band across near 

 the base, which reaches the lateral margins, and of a central lon- 

 gitudinal line which tapers off towards the apex and vanishes 



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