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Uiree-fourtlis of the lenp:ili. Pectus slij^litly keeled. Abdomen black 

 above; imdev side will) four widely inleriupted greenish black bands, and 

 with a subapical greenish black spot on eacii side; tip black. Legs rather 

 long and slender. Fore wings reddish, greenish black along llie hind 

 border, and a greenish black snbcosial stripe which widens outward and 

 does not extend to the tip ; membrane blackish. licngth of the body 

 6 lines. 



a. Cerarn. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



88. StRACHIA INSIGNATA. 



Purpurea, longi-elliptica, nilens, aspere punctata, suhtus pallide Jiava ; 

 caput breve, transverse striatum, lubis latcralibus apice C()uti(/uis 

 lobiim medium superantibus ; thorax sulco traiisve)-so, callis duobus, 

 margine antico lateribusque pallide Jlavis vilta latissima ochracea ; 

 scutellum ochraceum, macula nigra magna conica subjissa ; pectus 

 nigro transverse strigatum ; venter viltis duabus maculuribus nigris ; 

 pedes nigri, femoribus pallide Jlavis apices versi(s nigris Jlavo 

 strigatis ; alec anticce vitla costali strigayn lanceolatam emittente 

 plagaque apicali magna ochraceis. 



Purple, elongate-elliptical, shining, roughly punctured, pale yellow 

 beneath. Head short, transversely and minutely striated ; sides reflexed ; 

 lateral lobes conniving beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum black, extending 

 to the hind coxte. Anteniiaj black, more than half the length of the body ; 

 first joint extending to the front of the head; second much shorter than 

 the third, which is shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a very broad 

 ochraceous stripe; a transverse middle furrow with a pale yellow callus at 

 each end ; sides and fore border pale yellow, slightly reflexed ; hind angles 

 rounded. Scutellum ochraceous, extending a little beyond the angle of 

 the corium, with a large conical black spot, of which the hind end is slightly 

 cleft. Pectus with transverse black streaks on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with a row of black spots on each side. Legs black ; coxa) and 

 femora pale yellow, the latter black and streaked with yellow towards the 

 tips; tibite furrowed, striped with yellow. Fore wings with an ochraceous 

 costal stripe, which extends along nearly half the length of the corium from 

 the base, and then emits a lanceolate streak towards a large ochraceous 

 apical patch ; membrane blue, with a whitish pellucid border. Length of 

 the body 5 lines. 



Like S. crucigera in structure. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Sauuders, E q. 



89. Strachia mauginalis. 



Pallide lutca, clli plica, glabra ; caput transverse striatum, poslice cyancum 

 et purpureum ; antcnncc nigrcc, busi cgayu a. ; l/iorax trtinsverse sul- 

 calus, pliigis duabus anlicis Itilcn uiiiuiacnlaiis plagisque duabus 

 poslicis tganco-purpureis, lilura antica (uhiacea furcata ; pectoris 

 segmenia cyaneo viarginata ; venter Jluvus, maculis cyautis sub- 

 quadratis biinllalus ; fiuioraJIaVd, cyaneo slriguta; tibia cyuncce i 

 aid anlicii macula custali oblunga cyanea, striga posticu purpurea. 



