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eyes; lobes of equal lenstli ; middle lobe pale testaceous towards tiie tip : 

 sides slightly reflexed. lloslriuii pale teslaccoiis, txiendiii},' a little beyond 

 the hind coxae. Anteniue bhuk, slender, a little more than half llie length 

 of the body; first joint hileous beneath, not extending to the front of the 

 head; second nearly twice ihe length of tlie third; fomth much longer 

 than the third ; fifth longer than the fourth. Thorax ochraceous along ilie 

 fore border and more broadly ochraceous on each side, with an ochraceous 

 band in front, on which there is an oblitiue livid callus on each side; sides 

 reflexed; angles slightly rounded. Scutellum not exteiidting beyond the 

 angle of the cerium; disk ochraceous; tip whitish. Pectus with whitish 

 transverse streaks on each side. Abdomen beneath with a whitish disk, 

 with whitish borders and with a slender whitish band on the hind border of 

 each segment. Legs reddish ochraceous; femora towards the base and 

 coxfe whitish ; tibiaj furrowed, mostly blackish blue above, as are also the 

 tarsi; hind femora with a blackish blue spot beyond the middle. Fore 

 wings ochraceous at the base and with a large triangular ochraceous spot 

 on the exterior border ; membrane brown. Length of the body 7 Hues. 



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



b. New Guinea. From Mr. VV'allace's collection. 



85. Strachia megaspila. 



Pallide lulea, longi-elliplica, aspcre punctata ; caput subproJurlum, pns/ice 

 CT/aneum ; antenna: nif/rce, corporis dimidio breviore.i, basi pallide 

 lutete ; thorax fasciis duabun abbrevialis purpureo-cijaneis ; scnlelluni 

 fascia posfinedia purpurea lalissiina siibinterrupta ; pectoris latera 

 purpurea transverse slrigatn ; femora purpurea unimaculata ; tibi<e 

 supra purpurea; ; ala: anticce purpurea, macula marginali ocliracca 

 viagna triyona. 



Pale luteous, shining, elongate-elliptical, roughly punctured, paler 

 beneath. Head slightly elongated, irregularly blue along the hind border; 

 sides not reflexed; lobes of equal length; middle lobe smooth. Eyes 

 proiriiueut. Rostrum stout, extending a little beyond the hind co\a;. 

 Antennae black, slender, a little less than half the length of the body; 

 first joint pale luteous, not extending to the front of the head; second 

 piceous, tawny beneath, very much longer than the third ; fourth as long 

 as the second. Thorax with two puipli>h blue abbreviated bands; second 

 extremely broad, joining the liind border, slightly interrupted by a luteous 

 line; sides slightly reflexed ; hind angles rounded. Scutellum extending 

 to the angle of the corium, paler at tlie tip, with a very slight forked keel, 

 and with a purple very broad slightly interrupted band beyond the middle. 

 Pectus with transverse purple streaks on each side. Legs stout; femora 

 with an irregular purple spot beyond the middle; tibiae keeled, purple 

 above. Fore wings purple, with a large triangular ochraceous spot on the 

 exterior border; membrane black, with a whitish pellucid border. Length 

 of the body 61 lines. 



This may be a mere variety of S. reciproca. 



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



