344 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale luteous, elliptical, sliiniii"-, mostly smnotli. Head wiih a few 

 punctures, blue and purple about the hind border, transversely and very 

 minutely striated in front; lateral lobes reflexed ffu each side, conniving 

 beyond the middle lo!)e. Eyes raiher prominent. Rostrum black, pale 

 yellow towards the base, extending nearly to the hind coxae. Antennae 

 black, a little more than half the length of the body; flrst joint blue, 

 extending nearly to the front of the head; second a little more than half 

 the length of the third; fourth a Utile longer than the third. Thorax with 

 a transverse punctured furrow across the middle, and with a rectangular 

 furrow on each side in front; two purple partly blue patches on each side, 

 each of those in front including a luteous spot; a forked ochraceous mark 

 in front; sides reflexed in front; hind angles rounded. Scutellum roughly 

 and thinly punctured on the hind half, which is less convex than the fore 

 half. Segments of the pectus bordered with blue. Abdomen ochraceous, 

 yellow beneath, where there is a row of subquadrate blue spots on each side. 

 Legs pale yellow, stout; femora streaked with blue; tibiae blue, furrowed; 

 tarsi black. Fore wings with a blue oblong costal spot and with a purple 

 streak near the hind border; membrane blackish blue, with a pellucid 

 whitish border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Perhaps a variety of the preceding species. 



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



90. StEACHIA STRANG ULATA. 



JEneo.7iigra, longi-elliplica, nilens, a'^pere punclala ; caput glubrum, lobis 

 luteraiibus apice conlignis lobum medium siiperaniibus ; aiitenme 

 nigne, corporis dimidio longiores, articulo lo lalo ; thurax anlice 

 coarclalus, siilco transversa, villa paUide jlava antice dilalala, margine 

 antico lateribusque pallida leslaceis ; scutellum villa pall ide jlava 

 poslice abbreviala, plagis quatuor rufis ; pectus apud coxas albiduni ; 

 venter vitlis diiabus flavis indelcrminatis ; pedes longi, femoribus 

 subinci-assatis ; alte antico: striga alba transversa, subapicali, mem- 

 brana nigra albido niarginata. 



Jilneous-black, elongate-elliptical, shining, thinly and roughly punc- 

 lured. Hea'd smooth; sides slightly reflexed; lateral lobes conniving 

 beyond the middle lobe. Eyes prominent. Koslrum black, extending to 

 the hind coxs. Antennce black, more than half the length of the body; 

 first joint broad, extending to the front of the head ; second as long as the 

 third; fourth longer than the third; fifth shorter than the fouith. Thorax 

 much narrower in front of the transverse furrow, with a pale yellow stripe, 

 which is broadest ou the fore border; a nearly round callus on each side in 

 front; sides and fore border pale testaceous, slightly rellexed. Scutellum 

 with a pale yellow stripe, which is abbreviated hindward and lias a red 

 patch at each side of it at its base and at its lip. Pectus whitish about the 

 coxae. Abdomen beneath with an irregular yellow stripe on each side. 

 Legs long; femora slightly incrassated. Fore wings with a while trans- 

 verse streak joining the exterior border near the angle of the corium ; 

 membrane black, with a whitish pellucid border. Length of the body 

 4^ lines. 



Very nearly allied to S. bicolor. 



a, b. Penang. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



