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lohes conniving beyond tlio niidtlle lobe. E3'es prominent. Roslinin 

 extending a little Ijcjond tlie hind coxae ; tip black. Antennae black, a 

 little more tban ball' the lenglb of ibe body ; Jirst and second joints ocbra- 

 ceons; first extending almost to the front of the bead; second a little 

 shorter than the third ; third much shorter than the fourth ; filth ratbtr 

 shorter than the fourth. Thorax with two lilack bauds, v\hich are slightly 

 connected in the middle; bind band ahbreviaied, more than twice liie 

 breadth of the other one; hind angles rounded. Scutelliim with two black 

 lateral stripes, which are united near the tip; sides and tip pale yellow. 

 Pectus and abdomen black. Pectus with a slifjlu keel, and with the borders 

 of the segments pale yellow. Conncxivum and hind borders of the vential 

 segments pale green. Lef;s ocbraceous; tibia? furrowed. Fore wings with 

 two clavale black stripes ; the first subcostal, including an ocbraceous line ; 

 some intermediate black speckles ; membrane and hind wings blackish. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines. 



Much like S. securigera in structure. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



75. Steachia subcostalis. 



Nigra, nitens, aspere punctata ; caput ochraceum, postice nigrum ; 

 antenna nigra, basi ochracea, corporis dimidio longinres ; thorax 

 callis duohus anticis, linea transversa vitlaque postica flavis, plagis 

 duahus posticis ochraceis ; scutellum macula nigra busali Irigmia 

 maxima strigam lanceolatam emitlente ; segmenta venlralia Jlavo 

 vmrginata, pedes ochracei ; tibiis apice larsisque piceis ; alee anticcB 

 inargine, striga stibjlexa atomisque ochraceis. 



Black, oval, shining, thinly and roughly punctured. Head ocbraceous, 

 irregularly black along the hind border; sides slightly reflexed ; lobes of 

 equal length, llostrum black, extending to the bind coxee. Antenna; black, 

 a little more tban half the length of the body ; first and second joints ocbra- 

 ceous ; first extending nearly to the front of the head; second much shorter 

 than tlie third; fourth much longer than the third, rather longer than the 

 fifth. Thorax with an irregular yellow stripe, extending from the hind 

 border to an irregular transverse yellow line, iu front of which there is a 

 transverse elongated yellow callus on eacb side ; a large ocbraceous patch 

 on each hind angle, which is rounded ; sides and fore border yellow, slifjbtly 

 reflexed. Scutellum with a very large triangular ocbraceous spot joining 

 the fore border, and emitting a lanceolate streak towards the tip. Abdomen 

 beneath with an irregular yellow band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Legs ocbraceous; tibiae towards the tip and tarsi piceous ; tibiae furrowed. 

 Corium of the fore wings bordered with ocbraceous along the costa and 

 along the hind border, and more broadly with ocbraceous along the exterior 

 border; an ocbraceous slightly bent streak proceeding from the exterior 

 border to the disk, where there are some ocbraceous speckles ; membrane 

 black. Length of the body 4 lines. 



The markings of this species distinguish it from S. securigera, with 

 which it agrees in structure. 

 a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



