334 CATALOGUE OF 



with a costal red black-varied stripe ; membrane blackish brown. Length 

 of the body 4^ lines. 



Very nearly allied to the preceding species. 



a, b. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



73. Strachia secubigera. 



Ochracea, nitens, aspere punctata^ subtus pallide Jiava ; caput transverse 

 striatum, poslice nigrum ; an tennce nigra, basi lulece ; thorax fasciis 

 duabus niyris abbreviatis, ]o callos duos pallide Jiavos includente ; 

 scutellum nigrum, apice fiavo marginatum, lilura lata cyathiformi 

 maxima; pectus el venter maculis nigris vittata ; alee anticce villis 

 duabus nigris, \a excavala, 2a apud medium coarclata. 



Ochraceous, oval, shining, roughly and thinly punctured, pale yellow 

 beneath. Head transversely and finely striated, irregulnrly black along the 

 hind border; sides slightly reflexed ; middle lobe hardly extending beyond 

 the lateral lobes. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending rather beyond 

 the hind coxae. Antennae black, slender, full half the length of the body; 

 joints from the first to tlie fourth successively increasing in length; first 

 luteous, extending to the front of the head; fifth a little shorter than the 

 fourth. Thorax reflexed on each side along the fore border, with two 

 abbreviated black bands ; fure band containing a pale yellow callus on each 

 side; hind band slightly interrupted, occasionally thrice interrupted ; hind 

 angles rounded. Scutellum black, with a luteous transverse very lar^e 

 cyathiform mark ; tip rather broad, bordered with pale yellow. Pectus and 

 under side of abdomen with four stripes of transverse blick spots, the latter 

 with a middle stripe of large black spots. Legs stout; tihiie towards the 

 tips and tarsi piceous. Fore wings with two black stripes; first stripe sub- 

 coslal, excavated on the inner side, commencing at onc-sixth of the length 

 and extending nearly to the tip, contiguous to the second at its base; 

 second much contracted in the middle, commencing very near the base, not 

 extending beyond the angle of the coriumj membrane blackish. Length 

 of the body 4 — 4 J lines, 



Like S. velala in structure. 



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

 b — e. Birmah. From Mrs. Wallace's collection. 



74. Strachia partita. 



Ockracea, longi-ovata, aspere punctata ; caput poslice nigrum, lobis late- 

 ralibus contiguis lobum medium superantibus ; antennee nigra, corporis 

 dimidio longiores, arliculis \o et 2o ochraceis ; thorax fasciis duabus 

 nigris subconnexis, 2a latissima abbreviata ; scutellum vittis duabus 

 nigris, poslice connexis, lateribus apiceque pallide flavis ; pectus 

 nigrum, segmentis fiavo pallida marginalis ; venter segmentorum mar- 

 ginibus et connexivo viridibus ; alee antica vittis duabus nigris clavatis, 

 la subcostali lineam ochraceam includente, membrana alisque posticis 

 nigricantibus. 



Ochraceous, elongale-oval, thinly and roughly punclured. Head 

 sbiuiag in front; a black band on the hind border; sides refiexed ; lateral 



