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the middle; testaceous at tlie tip and sliglitly testaceous on each side. 

 Abdonien black above; under side will) lour broad transverse black streaks 

 on each side, with three black subapical spots and with a black apical spot. 

 Legs testaceous, slightly tinged with red, rather long and slender; a blackish 

 dot on each of the femora; tibice furrowed. Fore wings with an elongated 

 hlack spot in the disk beyond the middle; membrane and hind wings 

 black. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



83. SriiACHIA PYROrHFLA. 



Late ochraceo-rufa, niteris, aspere jmnctata ; caput cyaneo himaculatnm, 

 lateribns vix re/lexis, lobis laleralibus lobum medium vix superanti- 

 hus ; rostrum litleuv), basi rufum ; antenncB nic/ra, corporis dimidio 

 lovyiores, arliculo \o rnfo, Qo luteo nigricante lineato ; thorax antice 

 glaber ; sculellum aiilice nigra manjinalum ; pectoris lafera nigro 

 atrigata ; venter albidus^fasciis quinque talis maculaque subapicali 

 jmrpureis ; alee anticce membrana nigricante. 



Bright orange-red, shining, elongate-oval, rather roughly punctured. 

 Head with two irregularly triangular blue spots on the hind border; sides 

 hardly reflexed ; lateral lobes hardly extending beyond the middle lobe. 

 Rostrum Inteous, extending to the hind cox;e; first joint bright red. 

 Antennae black, much more than half the length of the body ; first joint red, 

 not extending to the front of the head; second luteous, about thrice the 

 length of the third, with a blackish line on the outer side; fourth a little 

 more than twice the length of the third; fifth longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a large smooth space on each side in front of the slight trans- 

 verse furrow; sides reflexed in front; angles rounded. Scutellnm not 

 extending beyond the angle of the coriutn, with a very slight longitudinal 

 keel and with a semi-elliptical black band on the fore border. Prosternnm, 

 mesosternum and metasternum with a black streak on each side. Abdo- 

 men beneath whitish, with five broad purple bands and with a purple sub- 

 apical spot. Legs slender; tibiae furrowed; tarsi testaceous. Fore wings 

 with a blackish membrane. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species. 



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



84. Strachia reciproca. 



Nigro-ct/anea, nitens, purpurea varia, aspere punctata ; caput ochraceo- 

 riifum, margine postico nigro-purpureo, lobo medio apicem versus 

 liturisque nounuUis pallide lestaceis ; antenna nigra:, corporis dimidio 

 longiores, articula \o subtus luteo; thorax margine antico, lateribus 

 fasciaque ochraceis ; scuteUum disco ochraceo, apice albido ; pectus 

 albido transverse strigatum ; venter disio, margine fasciisque albidis ; 

 pedes riifo-0(hracei,f('7noribui basi albidis, tibiis svpra nigro-cyaneis, 

 femoribus posticis nigro-cyaneo unimaculatis ; al(e antica basi 

 maculaque mo.rginali magna trigona ochraceis, membrana. fusca. 



Blackish blue, elliptical, shining, roughly punctured, tinged with 

 purple. Head ochraceous-red, with an irregular blackish purple band 

 along the hind border, and wiiU some pale testaceous marks between the 



