HKMIPTEEA HETEHOPTEEA. 337 



Bluish Wack, elongale-oval, shininc:, roughly punctured, pale hiteous 

 beneath. Head with a red spot on each side in fVont of ihe eje; sides pale 

 luteons, slightly reflexed; lobes of equal length; a black patch on each 

 side beneath. Roslrum black, pale hiteous at the base, extending to the 

 bind coxae. Antennee black, about half the length of the body; first joint 

 extending nearly to the front; second much longer than the third ; Ibinlh 

 as long as the second, shoiler than the filih. Thorax red, with six elongated 

 bluibh black spots, of which two are transverse and on the fore border, and 

 the other four are oblique; hind angles rounded. Scutellum extending to 

 the angle of the corium ; a red stripe extending along half the length from 

 the tip; sides red for half tlie length from tlie base. Pectus on each side 

 with three red spots, which are irregularly bordered with blackish blue; 

 sides red. Abdomen beneath red and with blackish blue spots along each 

 side; connexivum red, with blackish blue spots. Legs black, streaked with 

 pale luteons. Fore wings wiih two irregular red spots; costa towards the 

 base and exterior border red ; first spot joining the red part of the 

 costa; second joining the red of the exterior border; a whitish costal streak 

 beyond the middle; membrane black, with a whitish pellucid border. 

 Var. (3. — Thorax with the spots much diminished in size ; the red hue more 

 prevalent in the fore wings. Length of the body oj lines. 



This species, like the three following and like iS. pulchra, agrees with 

 the European Strachice in structure. 



a — c. Hindostan. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boys' collection. 



59. StRACHIA DESIGNATA. 



Nigra, longi-ovata, aspere punctata, siibtiis pallide testacea ; caput latni- 

 bus anticis rcflexis pallide testaceis ; antenuce corporis diinidio noil 

 longiores ; thorax margine vilta lineaque semicircvlari ramos duos 

 emittente testaceis ; scutellum teslaceo marginatutn, basi convexvni 

 transverse striatum ; pectus et venter vittis duabus macularibus nigris ; 

 venter vilta intermedia nigra maculari ; pedes basi lestacei, tibiis 

 post.erioribus teslaceo fasciatis ; alee auticce vilta angulosa margimque 

 exleriore testaceis. 



Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly and thinly punctured, pale 

 testaceous beneath. Head in front with reflexed pale testaceous borders; 

 lateral lobes extending much beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum black, 

 extending to the hind coxae. Antenna3 i)lack, about half the length of the 

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

 longer than the third ; fourth a little longer than the second. Thorax 

 with a testaceous border, a slender testaceous stripe and a semicircular tes- 

 taceous line which rests on the hind border and emits a branch to each 

 side near the fore border. Scutellum bordered with testaceous on each 

 side and at the tip, which is narrow; fore part more convex than the hind 

 part, not punctured, but transversely and very finely striated. Pectus and 

 abdomen beneath with two stripes of large black spots. Abdomen beneath 

 with a middle stripe of transversely elongated black spots. Legs black; 

 femora towards the base and coxic testaceous; posterior tibias with a testa- 

 ceous band. Fore wings with a testaceous stripe which proceeds on the 

 cosla from the base, and diverges to the disk and returns to the costa, and 



