742 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



37. Tettigonia rufa. 



Crocea; pedes fulvi, tibiis apice tarsisque piceis ; alee posticce 

 lactece. 



Bright orange, sleuder, tapering from the chest to the tip of 

 the abdomen : head small, short, semicircular above ; face with a 

 flat disk, with some impressions at the base, and with cross ridges 

 along each side : mouth ferruginous : legs tawny ; feet and tips of 

 shanks pilchy : hind-wings milk white. Length of the body 4^ 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Var. /3. Fore-legs black above. 



a. h. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



38. Tettigonia vespiformis. 



Lutea^nigro varia ; metathorax niger,Jlavobimaculatiis; abdomen 

 ferrugineum, fusiforme, segmentorum marginibus posticis 

 flavis ; femora fiava; al(B antica luridce, vittis duabus limpi- 

 dis ; alcB posticce siiblimpidce,fiisco marginatm. 



Luteous, slender: head smooth, shining, with a black band 

 along the hind border, and a short black band between the eyes ; 

 face convex, with a black border, and with a black stripe on each 

 side, where there are slight, parallel, and directly transverse striae ; 

 epistoma black in front, and. with a black spot on the disk ; mouth 

 ferruginous : chest with two black bands in front, the second irre- 

 gular; behind it are three very short stripes, the middle one pitchy, 

 the side pair black, oblique, and communicating with two longer 

 black stripes, which diverge and are parallel to a quadrangular 

 dorsal spot ; behind them are two other black stripes converging 

 towards the scutcheon, which has a black band and a yellow tip : 

 hind chest black, with a yellow spot on each side : abdomen pale 

 ferruginous, spindle-shaped ; hind borders of the segments yellow : 

 thighs yellow ; fore-wings lurid, with two short colourless stripes, 

 one on the fore border at the base, the other before the middle of the 

 hind border : hind-wings almost colourless, tinged with pale brown 

 along the borders. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



