328 CATALOGUE OF 



then again fliverges and joins tlie exterior border, wliich is also testaceous; 

 membrane black, with a whitish border. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by V/. W. Saunders, Esq. 



60. Strachia signata. 



Cyaneo-nigra, longi-ovala, aspere punctata; caput lalerlhus nifis re/lexis ; 

 anlennce corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax vilta margineque rufis ; 

 scutellum viiiis duahus rufis postice conjunclis ; pectoris et venlris 

 latera rufa; venter vittis duabus rufis latis indeterminatis ; tibice 

 posteriores testaveo strigatce ; alee anticce vitta costali fasciaque post- 

 media rufis abbreviatis. 



Bluish black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured. Head with 

 bright red reflexed borders ; lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle 

 lobe. Rostrum black, reddish at the base, extending to the hind coxs. 

 Antenns black, less than half the length of the body; first joint extending 

 to the front of the head; second much longer than the third; fourth as 

 long as the second; fifth shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a bright 

 red stripe and with a border of the same hue, Scutellum with two oblique 

 bright red stripes, which are united beyond the middle and are continued 

 in a single stripe to the tip. Pectus bordered with bright red on each side. 

 Abdomen beneath with bright red sides and with two broad irregular bright 

 red stripes. Legs black; tibite furrowed ; posterior tibia) with a pale tes- 

 taceous streak. Fore wings with a red costal stripe along more than half 

 the length from the base, and with an abbreviated red band which joins the 

 hind part of the exterior border; membrane black, with a whitish pellucid 

 border. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines. 



a—c. Japan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



61. Steachia mabginifeea. 



Nigra, longi-ovata, aspere punctata ; caput lateribus anticis rufis reflexis ; 

 antenncE corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; thorax vilta antice dila- 

 tata margineque rufis; scutellum vittis duabus rufis pnstice con- 



junctis ; pectus et venter vittis duabus nigris latis macularibus ; venter 

 vitta intermedia nigra lata maculari ; pedes kasi rufi, tibiis testaveo 



fasciatis; alee anticce vitta costali fasciaque abbreviata rufis. 



Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured. Head in front with 

 red reflexed borders ; lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle lobe ; under 

 side red about the base of the antennae. Rostrum red at the base, extending 

 to the hind coxje. Antenni3B a little more than half the length of the body ; 

 first joint not extending to the front of the head; second a little longer 

 than the third; fourth a little longer than the second; fifth a little longer 

 than the fourth. Thorax red-bordered, with a smooth space on each side 

 in front, and with a red stripe which is dilated in front. Scutellum with 

 two converging red stripes, which are united at two-thirds of the length and 

 f(nm one stripe which is dilated at the tip. Pectus and under side of the 

 abdomen red, with a broad macular black stripe on each side; under side 

 of the abdomen with a broad middle macular black stripe. Legs hiack ; 

 femora at the base and coxce red; tibia) furrowed, with a pale testaceous 

 band. Fore wings with a red costal stripe, which is attenuated beyond the 



