LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 74', 



47. Tettigonia opulenta. 



Ferruginea ; caput rufum, siibtus utrinque fidvum ; scutum Jlavo 

 trifasciatum ; abdomen rufum ; pedes ruji, tarsis anteriorihus 

 fuscis ; al(S anticte purpin-eo-riifa, flaw interrupti trifas- 

 ciattE, apice fusccB ; ahe postica fuscce. 



Ferruginous, shining, rather stout : head red, short ; face flat 

 and minutely rugulose on the disk, tawny, and with about eighteen 

 pale brown bands on each side; epislonia angular: mouth brown, 

 red on each side at the base ; shield with three pale yellow bauds ; 

 first on the fore border, short and narrow ; second broad, very near 

 the first; third narrow on the hind border, uniting on each side with 

 the first, and extending to the breast : a slight yellow mark on each 

 side of the shield : abdomen and legs bright red ; anterior feet 

 brown : fore-wings purplish red, with three slight irregular and in- 

 terrupted yellow bands ; tips and hind-wings brown. Length of 

 the body 4^ lines; of the wings IH lines. 



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



48. Tettigonia dilecta. 



Crocea, testaceo varia ; scutum postice purpurea fasciatum ; tibia 

 posticce fuscce ; ala anticte lutea, purpureo fasciatte et vittatcB 

 apice luridce ; alee posticce purpureo-fusccc. 



Orange, slender, shining : head testaceous, almost conical ; 

 crown somewhat depressed, with two orange stripes which con- 

 verge, traverse the eyelets, and form an acute angle on the disk ; 

 sides partly orange ; face with a flat disk, and with indistinct and 

 oblique striae on each side ; epistoma partly orange : shield trans- 

 versely striated, testaceous towards the fore border, with a purple 

 band on the hind border: scutcheon testaceous towards the base: 

 abdomen testaceous beneath and towards the base above ; hind bor- 

 ders and hind-shanks brown : fore-wings luteous, with an oblique 

 purplish red stripe near the base, and with two slightly oblique pur- 

 plish red bands, these converge as they approach the hind bor- 

 der, along which the space between them is occupied by a purplish 

 red stripe ; tips lurid : hind-wings purplish brown. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



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