HEMIPTERA IIETEROPTERA. 3ji3 



41. Stbachia apta. 



Nigra, glabra, nifens, sublus ochro.cea ; caput laiiuseulum, transverse 

 striatum ; rostrum coxas posticas longe siiperans ; antenna: arliculo 

 2o basi \oque ochraceis ; thorax fascia antica, lateribus strigaque 

 lanceolala ochraceis; scutelliim fascia arcuata, villa apiceque ochra- 

 ceis ; pectus nigra sex maculalum ; pedes nigri,femoribus basi ochra~ 

 ceis ; alee anticce ochraceo bifasciatcc, mcmbrana cinereo marginala. 



Black, smooth, shining, elliptical, ochraceous beneath. Head ratbev 

 broad, finely and transversely striated; sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of 

 equal length. Eostrura ochraceous, black towards the tip, extending nearly 

 to the hind border of the second ventral segment. Antennae slender ; first 

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

 at the base, a little more than half the length of the third; fourth a little 

 longer than the third. Thorax in front with an ochraceous band, which is 

 continued along each side to the hind angle, and emits a lanceolate streak 

 to the bind border; sides slightly reflexed ; fore angles slightly acute ; hind 

 angles rounded. Scutellum with a slender ochraceous stripe, an ochraceous 

 tip, and a curved ochraceous band. Pectus with three large black spots on 

 each side. Legs black, stout ; femora towards tlie base and coxae ochra- 

 ceous; tibiiB furrowed. Fore wings with two ochraceous bands on the 

 corium, one basal, the other marginal, both dilated towards the costu; 

 membrane with a cinereous border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



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



42. Strachia teiangulaeis. 



Nigra, longi-ovala^ nitens, aspere punctata, sublus Jlavo-alba nigra seplem. 

 vittala ; caput strigis duabus lateralibus maculisque diiabus posticis 

 transvcrsis Jlavo-albis, lobo medio lobos laterales paulto superanle ; 

 antennae corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax tinea transversa abbre- 

 viata aniica lineolisqueflavo-albis; scutellum flavo-albo marginatum : 

 pedes nigri, femoribus Jlavo-albis nigra fascialis, tibiis albo fascialis ; 

 alee anticce vilta costali brcvi viltaque subcoslali Jlavo-albis. 



Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured, yellowish white 

 beneath. Head elongate, with a yellowish white streak along each side 

 and with a transverse yellowish white spot along each side of the hind 

 border; sides slightly reflexed; middle lobe extending a little beyond the 

 lateral lobes; two black sp^ts on each side beneath. Eyes prominent, 

 nostrum black, yellowish white towards the base, extending to the hind 

 coxre. Antennaj slender, less than half the length of the body; first joint 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second and third of e(iual length ; 

 fourth much longer than the third. Thorax in front with an abbreviated 

 transverse smooth yellowish white line and with yellowish white sides ; hind 

 border with a transverse yellowish while line on each side; fore angles and 

 hind angles slightly acute. Scntelluui bordered with yellowish white. Con- 

 nexivuu) yellowish white. Pectus and under side of abdomen with seven 

 black stripes. Legs black, slender; coxiu and femora yellowish white, the 

 latter with a black band near the tip ; tibia; with a white band near the tip. 

 Fore wings with a short yellowish while costal stripe proceeding from the 



