HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 563 



Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured, testaceous beneath. 

 Head blackish above, rounded in front; hind part with two testaceous 

 longitudinal streaks; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, rather promi- 

 nent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa?, black towards the tip. An- 

 tenna; blackish, testaceous at tbe base; joints from the first to the fifth 

 successively increasing in length ; first joint not extending to tbe front of 

 the head. Tborax broadly testaceous along each side (this hue changing 

 to cinereous-green near the hind angles) and with a pale testaceous spot 

 between two broad transverse black streaks near the fore border ; sides 

 smooth ; hind angles slightly truncated, not prominent. Scutellum blackish 

 towards the tip, which is much rounded. Pectus with a large black patch 

 on each side. Abdomen black above; under side with a pale green spot 

 on each side at tbe base, with several black points and with a transverse 

 apical black spot; tip emarginate. Legs testaceous, stout ; four posterior 

 femora and tibiae tinged with green, spotted with black; fore femora aud 

 fore tibiae slightly marked with black ; tarsi black. Fore wings with a 

 blackish spot in tbe disk beyond the middle; membrane dark brown, with 

 six longitudinal veins, two of which are forked. Length of the body 

 3£ lines. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



Strachia l^etabilis. 



Purpurea, subglabra, subtus lutea ; thorax bifoveolalus, sulco medio trans- 

 verso, vitta lutea anlice dilatala, maculis duabus transversis gullisque 

 duabus flavis ; scutellum luleo quinque maculalum, basi tumidum ; 

 pectus vittis duabus lalissimis purpureis luleo guttatis ; venter vittis 

 duabus marginalibus purpureis luleo maculatis,plagis duabus posticis 

 viridibus ; pedes purpurei ; aloe anticce cosla basi maculaque sub- 

 apicali luleis, membrana albido marginata. 



Bright purple, elliptical, mostly smooth, luteous beneath. Head 

 rounded in front, reflexed on each side; lobes of equal leugtb. Eyes 

 piceous, large, prominent. Rostrum black, extending to the bind coxa?. 

 Antenna? black; first joint purplish black, extending beyond the head. 

 Thorax with a transverse middle furrow, with an impression on each side 

 in front, and with a luteous stripe, which is dilated along tbe fore border 

 and is more slightly dilated on tbe hind border; a yellow dot on each side 

 behind the furrow and a transverse yellow spot on each side of the hind 

 border. Scutellum tumid at the base, roughly punctured beyond the 

 middle, attenuated towards the tip, which is rounded; a luteous spot on 

 each side at tbe base, a large luteous spot in the disk, and a luteous apical 

 spot. Pectus black about the coxa? and on each side with a very broad 

 purple stripe, which includes three luteous dots. Abdomen beneath with 

 two purple marginal stripes which include luteous spots, and with two 

 green patches, one subapical, the other apical. Legs purple, rather long ; 

 tibia? furrowed; tarsi black. Fore wings thinly punctured, with a luteous 

 subapical spot; costa luteous at the base ; membrane wilh a whitish pellucid 

 border. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It belongs to tbe group which is represented by S. strangutala and by 

 the four following species in the Catalogue. 



