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side in front of the eye, and willi a dot of the same hue on the hind horder; 

 sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of equal length ; under side orange-red, with 

 a black marginal stripe on each side. Rostrum black, extending rather 

 beyond the hind coxae. Antennaj black, about half the length of the body ; 

 joints successively increasing in length ; lirst not extending to the front of 

 the head. Thorax with four subquadrate black spots, two on the fure border 

 and two between the hind angles, which are much rounded ; the two hinder 

 spots are sometimes obsolete. Scutcllum extending beyond the angle of 

 the corium, black along each side, and with a large basal black spot, which 

 includes a lanceolate orange-red streak. Pectus with three large black 

 patches on each side. Abdomen beneath with five black bands, which are 

 attenuated on each side in the disk, and are dilated in the middle, and the 

 more so towards the tip. Legs black, stout, pubescent; femora at the base 

 and coxaj ochraceous-red. Fore wings black ; corium with an orange-red 

 costal stripe ; membrane with a cinereous border. Var. j3. — Head with a 

 broader streak on each side, and with the dot on the hind border prolonged 

 into a streak. Var. y. — Body yellow beneath. Var. S. — Ventral bands 

 interrupted on each side. Length of the body 4^ — j lines. 



Much like the European Strachicc in structure. 



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



b. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 

 f. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d. Bauda. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



e. Gilolo. Presented by W. W". Saunders, Esq. 



72. Strachia aspeesa. 



Lulea, fusiformis, pubescens, axpere punctata, subtus pallide lutea ; caput 

 nigrum, luteo trislrigatum; antennce nigrtB, corporis dimidio breviores ; 

 thorax rufo varius, plagis quatuor punctisque nigris; scutellum apicem 

 versus rufum, viltis duabus marginalibus strigisque dtiabus intermediis 

 lanceolatis nigris; pectus et venter maculis nigris quadriviltata ; 

 pedes nigri, basi pallide lutei ; alee antica villa costaii rufa nigra 

 varia. 



Luteous, fusiform, pubescent, shining, roughly punctured, pale luteous 

 beneath. Head elongate, black above, with a luleous streak extending 

 from the hind border and with one on each side in front; sides slightly 

 reflexed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum pale luteous, black towards the 

 tip, extending a little beyond the hind coxae. Antennie black, rather less 

 then half the length of the body ; joints successively increasing in length: 

 first joint not extending to the front. Thorax more or less red in the middle 

 of the disk, with four very irregular black patches, two in front and two on 

 the hind border; punctures black ; hind angles much rounded. Scutellum 

 with two irregular black marginal stripes and with two intermediate lanceo- 

 late black streaks proceeding from the base and varying in length ; hind 

 part mostly red, rather flat. Pectus and under side of abdomen with two 

 stripes of black spots, and with two intermediate stripes of l)bick dots. 

 Abdomen beneath witii a middle strijie composed of two lines of black dots ; 

 these lines are more or less unitt'd towards the tip. Legs black; coxa? aiul 

 femora pale luteous, the latter black towards the tips. Fore wings black, 



