50^ CATALOGUE OK 



Sl'HACHtA GRACILIROSTRIS. 



Pharypuia gracilirostris, Stal, A. S. E, F. 4me Ser. iv. 53. 

 Bahia. 



Sthachia generosa. 

 Pharypnia geuerosa, Stal, A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iv. 53. 

 Cayenne. 



STRACHIA POSTICA. 



Ochracea, lata, nilcns, scite punctata, sublus pallide flava ; caput parvum, 

 ylabrum ; antenna nigra, yraciles, corpore non breviores, articulo \o 

 ochraceo, Ao basi pallide Jlavo, 5o leslaceo ; scutellum macula sub- 

 apicali cganea, apice lato sordide albido ; abdominis discus posticus 

 niger ; alee anticw apud marginem exteriorem cganea?. 



Ochraceous, broad, elliptical, shining, thinly and fiuely punctured, 

 pale yellow beneath. Head small, smooth ; sides reflexed ; lobes of equal 

 length. Eyes large, prominent. Antenna? black, slender, as long as the 

 body ; first joint ochraceous, not extending to the front of the head ; second 

 less than half the length of the third ; fourth pale yellow at the base, longer 

 than the third ; fifth testaceous, a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax 

 with a transverse impression, which is most apparent on each side; fore 

 angles and hind angles rounded. Scutellum with a blue subapical spot; 

 tip dingy whitish, broad, rounded. Abdomen with the hind part of the 

 disk black. Legs pale yellow. Fore wings broadly and irregularly blue 

 along the exterior border; membrane pale cinereous. Length of the body 

 4 lines. 



This species recedes much from the typical form of the genus iu the 

 structure of the antenna? and in the broad lip of the scutellum. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Sthachia quadki punctata. 



quadripuDCtata, Sign. A. S. E. F. 2me Ser. ix. 337, pi. 10, f. A. 



Australia. 



Strachia easciata. 



fasciata, Sign. A. S. E. F. 2me Ser. ix. 337, pi. 10, f. 5. 



Australia. 



Strachia iiumeralis. 



Fulva, dense et conferte punctata, subtus lesiacea ; caput nigricans, striqis 

 duabus poslicis testaceis; antenna: nigricantes, basi testacew ; thorax 

 lalcribus late pallide testaceis poslice cinereo viridibus, strigis duabus 

 transversia nigris maculaque pallide lestacea basalibus,angulis poslicis 

 subtruncatis nonproduclis ; scutellum apice nigricans, valde rolund- 

 atum ; pectus nigro biplagiatum ; venter punclis nonnullis maculaque 

 apicali transversa nigris, maculis duabus basalibus pallide viridibus; 

 pedes testacei, robusti,femoribus tibiisque posterioribus viridi suffusis 

 nigro maculalis; ala antica macula postmedia nigricanle, membruna 



obscure fusCU. 



