"38 LIST or HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



28. Tettigonia obscuea. 



Fulva, nigro-maculata ; thorax ferrugineo varius ; abdomen nigro- 

 purpureum, apice fulvum; pedes fulvi, nigro cincti; alcB an- 

 ticcB lutece, apice luridce ; aim posticcB fuscce. 



Tawny, slender, linear: head convex on the fore border, face 

 obtuse, with a black spot at its base, some blackish streaks on each 

 side, and a black spot on the tip ; a black spot between the eyelets : 

 chest partly ferruginous, with five black spots, one on each side of 

 the shield, and three on the scutcheon : abdomen purplish black ; 

 tip tawny : legs tawny ; tips of the thighs and of the feet black ; 

 fore-thighs and fore-feet mostly black : fore-wings luteous, lurid 

 towards the tips, which are pale brown ; hind-wings brown, with a 

 bluish tinge at the base. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 — 14 lines. 



Var. Q. Face with two black spots at its base, and with no 

 blackish streaks : shield with a black spot near its fore border, and 

 with a black band on its hind border ; fore-thighs tawny with black 

 tips ; tips of the fore- wings and of the hind-wings lurid. 



a, h. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



29. Tettigonia duplex. 



Fulva, nigro maculata ; pectoris discus nigro-piirpureus ; abdomen 

 nigro-purpureum, segmentorum margiuibus posticis albidis, 

 apice fulvo ; pedes albi nigro cincti ; alee antics ceneo-fulvce ; 

 alee posticce purpiireo-fusca . 



Bright pale tawny, slender, linear: head convex on its fore 

 border ; face obtuse, with two black spots on its base, and with a 

 black band at its tip ; a black spot between the eyelets : shield with 

 a black spot near the fore border, and with a black spot on each 

 side of the hind border ; a black spot on the scutcheon, whose tip is 

 black : breast with a purplish black disk, and with a black spot on 

 each side : abdomen purplish black ; hind borders of the segments 

 whitish ; tip tawny : legs white ; hips and tips of thighs, of shanks, 

 and of feet black : fore-wings tawny, with a slight aeneous tinge : 

 hind- wings purplish brown. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Var. ^. Immature ? Abdomen ferruginous : hind-wings pale 

 gray. 



a—d. ? 



