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49. Straciiia spinosa. 



Peutatonia spinosa, Sign. Rev. Zool. 1851, 442 — Slracbia spinosa, Sign. 

 Arch. Ent. ii. 286, 



Gabou. Old Calabar. 



50. StRACHIA VIRIDIS. 



viridis, Sign. Arch. Ent. ii. 286. 

 Old Calabar. 



51. Steachia pentatomoides. 



Pallide hcrbido-viridis, nitens,aspere punctata ; caput lateribus ochraceis, 

 margine poslico sulurisque nigricanlihus, lobo medio lobos laterales 

 pcrpaidlo superante ; antennce nigrce, corporis dimidio hreviores ; 

 thorax macula anlica strigisque duabus laleralibus ochraceis, spatio 

 antico glabra ; pectus el venter ochraceo fasciata ; alte anlicce striga 

 subcostali ochracea. 



Pale grass-green, oval, shining, roughly punctured. Head black along 

 the hind border and with black sutures between the lobes; sides ochra- 

 ceous, reflexed ; middle lobe extending very little beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Kostrum black, extending very little beyond the hind coxae. Antennae 

 black, less than half the length of the body ; first joint not extending to 

 the front of the head ; second much shorter than the third; fourth shorter 

 than the third; fifth shorter than the fourth. Thorax with an ochraceous 

 spot on the fore border and with an ochraceous streak along each side ; a 

 smooth space along the fore border; hind angles slightly prominent. 

 Sculellura hardly extending beyond the angle of the corium, with an 

 ochraceous patch on each side near the base. Pectus and under side of 

 the abdomen with transverse ochraceous streaks on each side. Legs 

 rather short and stout; tarsi blackish. Fore wings with an ochraceous 

 subcostal streak ; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. Cape. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



52. Steachia ^nescens. 



Nigro-ccnca, nitens, aspere punctata; caput gla.brum, antice striatum; 

 rostrum coxas intermcdias atlingens ; antenncc corporis dimidio non 

 tongiores ; thorax antice glaber, lateribus rujis ; connexivum rufo 

 maculatum ; pedes breves, robusti ; alee anliccB rufo marginatcc. 



Blackish a-neous, elliptical, slightly convex, shining, roughly punc- 

 tured. Head smooth between the eyes, transversely striated on each side 

 in front; sides slightly reflexed ; lol)es of equal length, lliistrum black, 

 extending to the middle coxoe. Antennae black, about half the length of 

 the body, with an ceneous tinge towards the base; first joint extending to 

 the front of the head ; second very much longer than the third ; fourth 

 much longer than the third ; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax 

 with a broad smooth space in tlu- fore part of the disk ; sides red ; angles 

 much rounded. Scnlclhini hardly extending beyond the flexure of the 

 corium. Connexivum with red spots. Legs short, stout. Fore wings 



