830 CATALOGUE OF 



Scutellum extending rather beyond llie angle of the coiium, somewhat 

 broad at its tip; lour blackish spots; two on the fore border, transverse, 

 subquadrate; two elongate- triangidar, much larger than the others. Pectus 

 and under side of abdomen with two stripes of blackish spots on each side; 

 the latter red at the base and with a middle stripe of three black spots. 

 Legs rather stout. Fore wings red, pale testaceous along the costa, with a 

 subcostal black streak and with three large black spots; membrane pale 

 cinereous. Length of the body 3^ lines. 



The antennjB in the specimen here described are mutilated. It is like 

 S. varia in structure. 



a. Ceylon, Presented by G, H, K. Thwaites, Esq. 



64. Steachia pardalis. 



Ochraceo-rufa aut lutea, lata, ovata, aspere punctata, subtus pallide fiava 

 aut alba ; caput transverse striatum, margine postico maculis Iribiis 

 maculaque antica elongata nigris ; antenme picea, basi rufce, corporis 

 dimidio longiores ; thorax maculis iluabus anlicis transversis qua- 

 tuorque posticis guttisque duabus nigris flavo aut albo marginatis ; 

 scutellum fascia arcuata vitiaque rujisjtavo variis aut albis ; pectus e 

 maculis nigris quadratis sexvittatum ; venter maculis nigris quinque 

 vitlatus ; alee anticcE maculis tribus magnis strigaque lanceolata nigris. 



Bright orange-red or luteous, broad, oval, shining, thinly and roughly 

 punctured, pale yellow or while beneath. Head transversely and very finely 

 striated, vviih three black spots, which are connected with the black line 

 along the hind border; an elongated black spot on the middle lobe, which 

 extends somewhat beyond the lateral lobes ; sides slightly reflexed. Kostrura 

 black towards the tip, extending to the hind coxiB, Antennae piceous, 

 more than half the lengih of the body; first and second joints bright red ; 

 first not extending to the front of the head; third bright red towards the 

 base, nearly twice the length of the second ; fourth a little longer than the 

 third and a little shorter than the fifth. Thorax with six elongated black 

 spots, which are partly bordered with pale yellow or wholly bordered with 

 white; first and second spots transverse on the fore border; the other four 

 near the hind border; a black dot on each hind angle, which is rounded ; 

 sides slightly reflexed, pale yellow or white in l^ont. Scutellum broad and 

 pale yellow or white at the tip; a curved red band, pale yellow on each side 

 where it joins the fore border, sometimes wholly white ; a slender red stripe, 

 pale yellow towards the tip or wholly white. Pectus with six stripes of 

 quadrate black spots. Abdomen above black, with pale yellow spots on the 

 connexivum; under side with two rows of large black spots on each side, 

 a black dot on the second segment, an abbreviated black baud, which is 

 excavated on the hind border on the third segment and another on the 

 fourth, a large black spot on the fifth and a transverse smaller one on the 

 sixth. Legs bright red, stout. Fore wings with three large black spots; a 

 lanceolate black streak on the hind border; membrane brown, with a 

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



a. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



b, c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



d. Siam. Presented by W, W. Saunders, Es^q. 



e. Burru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



