744 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



41. Tettigonia decora. 



Atra ; caput Jiavo unimaculatum, antice lutenm ; thorax flavo 

 quadrimaculatus ; abdomen basi suhtus luteum ; pedes Intel ; 

 tarsi nigri; alee anticte maculis quinque cceruleis undque Jiava 

 ornatis. 



Deep black, rather stout, slightly shining : head short, with a 

 large yellow spot on the crown ; face shining, quite flat on the disk, 

 with about eleven oblique very slight furrows on each side ; epistoma 

 and mouth luteous : chest with a transverse pale greenish yellow 

 spot on each side of the shield, and with a pale yellow irregularly 

 triangular spot on each side of the scutcheon: abdomen luteous 

 towards the base beneath: legs luteous; feet black : wings black; 

 fore-wings with five pale greenish blue spots on each, and with a 

 transparent very pale yellow spot near the tip of the fore border. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr, Stevens' collection. 



42. Tettigonia caedinalis? 



Atra ; caput rufum, nigra varium ; thorax rufo maculatus ; meta- 

 thorax ferrugineus ; abdomen apice ntfum ; pedes riifi, tatsis 

 fulvis; alcefusccB; alee anticcB rvfo fiUvoque vittatce. 



Cicada Cardinalis? Fahr.Sijst. Rhyn. 71, 46. 



Deep black, not shining, rather short : head short, bright red ; 

 an iiTegular and angular black ringlet on the crown, including a 

 subquadrate black mark which proceeds from the hind border ; face 

 flat, with two black stripes, which unite on the epistoma ; sides 

 tawny, with nine distinct oblique ridges : mouth pitchy : chest with 

 two almost connected red spots on each side of the shield, and with 

 a smaller red spot on each side of the scutcheon, which has a red 

 stripe : hind-chest ferruginous : tip of the abdomen red : legs red : 

 feet tawny : wings brow^n ; fore-wings with red, and in some parts 

 tawny stripes along the longitudinal veins : hind-wings with a me- 

 tallic tinge. Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Nepaul? Presented by Major General Hardwick. 



