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E. T. Atkinson— JVoic5 nn Indian Rhynchota. [No. 1, 



Genus Strachia, Hahn, Stal. 

 Halin, pt., Wanz. Ins. i, p. 180 (1831) : Dallas, pt., List Hem. i, p. 262 (1851) ; 

 Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 257 (1867) : Stal, Stettin Ent. Zeit. xxiii, p. 105 (1862) ; 

 Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 520 (1867) ; En. Hem. v, p. 61, 87 (1876). 



Head triangular ; juga somewhat contiguous at the apex, eyes very 

 briefly stylate : ocelli about twice as far from each other as from the 

 eyes : antennae 5-jointed, long ; basal joint scarcely extending beyond the 

 apex of the head, second joint a little shorter than the third : pronotura 

 sexangular, anterior and anterior lateral margins reflex ed, the latter 

 sinuate : feet unarmed : femora, in c? , incrassate ; tibiee above broad- 

 ly sulcate, last tibiae, in d*, slightly curved ; basal joint of the last tarsi 

 shorter than the two apical taken together {Stal). 



Type, Strachia cruciger, Hahn. 



208. Strachia crucigera, Hahn. 



Strachia cruciger, Hahn, Wanz. i, p. 184, t. 29, f. 95 (1831). 



Strachia jlammula, Ellenr. Nat. Tijds. v, Ned. Ind. xxiv, p. 153, f. 23 (1862). 



Strachia crucigera, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 262 (1851); Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 

 332 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 87 (1876) ; Distant, J. A. S. B. xlviii, (2), p. 37 

 (1879) ; A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 45 (1879). 



Above black, punctured, shining : pronotum with a red and yellow 

 cruciform mark ; the red, yellow in the middle : sides and apex of the 

 scutellum, black ; the coriaceous portion of the hemelytra posteriorly, 

 towards the end, with a yellow transverse band : the abdomen reddish 

 yellow, spotted black on the sides beneath : all the femora black with 

 above a narrow yellow, longitudinal streak. 



Hahn describes an Indian specimen thus : — Head black, above with 

 a blueish tinge : antennae black, outwardly finely pilose : eyes brown-yel- 

 low, black in the middle : ocelli small, brown-yellow, shining : ros- 

 trum black, shining : pronotum narrowed forwards, with a transverse 

 protuberance through the middle ; both the outer corners produced in 

 a sharp point ; above, black, shining, with a red cruciform mark which 

 turns into yellow posteriorly : pectus shining, black, with a white spot at 

 each foot and near it a small red spot outwards : scutellum finely punctur- 

 ed, shining, red, yellow in the middle, black on the sides and at the apex : 

 coriaceous portion of the hemelytra black, above on the inner margin, 

 and beneath on the outer margin, a white longish ]ine, then, before the 

 end, a red yellow transverse band ; membrane brownish, lighter at the 

 tip, reaching beyond the abdomen which is above yellow- red, shining ; 

 each incisure on the outer margin with a narrow black streak : beneath 

 yellow-red, black in the middle, and each segment with a black punc- 

 ture on the margin : feet and tarsi are glossy black, and each femur is 

 marked above by a narrow yellow longitudinal line. 



