HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
563 
Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured, testaceous beneath. 
Head blackish above, rounded in front; hind part with two testaceous 
longitudinal streaks ; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceons, rather promi- 
nent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae, black towards the tip. An- 
tennae blackish, testaceous at the base; joints from the first to the fifth 
successively increasing in length; first joint not extending to the front of 
the head. Thorax broadly testaceous along each side (this hue changing 
to cinereous-green near the hind angles) and with a pale testaceous spot 
between two broad transverse black streaks near the fore l)order ; sides 
smooth ; hind angles slightly truncated, not prominent. Scutellum blackish 
towards the tip, which is much rounded. Pectus with a large black patch 
on each side. Abdomen black above; under side with a pale green spot 
on each side at the base, with several black points and with a transverse 
apical black spot; tip emarginate. Legs testaceous, stout ; four posterior 
femora and tibiae tinged with green, spotted with black; fore femora and 
fore tibite slightly marked with black ; tarsi black. Fore wings with a 
blackish spot in the disk beyond the middle; membrane dark brown, with 
six longitudinal veins, two of which are forked. Length of the body 
3^ lines. 
Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
StRACHIA LiETABlLIS. 
Purpurea, subglabra, subtus lutea ; thorax bifoveolatus, sulco medio trans- 
verso, vitta lutea antice dilalala, maculis duabus transversis gutlisque 
duabus Jlavis ; scutellum luteo quinque maculatum, basi tumidum ; 
pectus vittis duabus latlssimis purpureis luteo guttatis ; venter vittis 
duabus marginalibus purpureis luteo maculatis, plagis duabus posticis 
viridibus ; pedes purpurei ; alee anticce costa basi maculaque sub- 
apicali luteis, membrana albido marginata. 
Bright purple^ elliptical, mostly smooth, luteous beneath. Head 
rounded in front, reflexed on each side; lobes of equal length. Eyes 
piceous, large, prominent. Rostrum black, extending to the hind coxte. 
Antennae black ; first joint purplish black, extending beyond the head. 
Thorax with a transverse middle furrow, with an impression on each side 
in front, and with a luteous stripe, which is dilated along the fore border 
and is more slightly dilated on the hind border; a yellow dot on each side 
behind the furrow and a transverse yellow spot on each side of the hind 
border. Scutellum tumid at the base, roughly punctured beyond the 
middlCj attenuated towards the tip, which is rounded; a luteous spot on 
each side at the base, a large luteous spot in the disk, and a luteous apical 
spot. Pectus black about the coxse and on each side with a very broad 
purple stripe, which includes three luteous dots. Abdomen beneath with 
two purple marginal stripes which include luteous spots, and with two 
green patches, one subapical, the other apical. Legs purple, rather long; 
tibiae furrowed ; tarsi black. Fore wings thinly punctured, with a luteous 
subapical spot; costa luteous at the base ; membrane with a whitish pellucid 
border. Length of the body 5 lines. 
It belongs to the group which is represented by S. strangulata and by 
the four following species in the Catalogue. 
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