748 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



49. Tettigonia l^ta. 



Ferrugineo-fusca, nigro varia ; abdomen croceum, segmentorum 

 marginihus posticis fuscis, ventre jiavo ; pedes JIavi, femori- 

 bus anticis fusco sirigatis, tibiis tarsisque anticis luteis, dbiis 

 posticis apice fuscis ; alcB anticcs luridcB, viridi et fusco varieB, 

 apices versus limp idee ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Ferruginous brown, shining, rather stout: head short; crown 

 black on each side, yellow along the hind border, and between the 

 eyes and the eyelets on the fore border ; face pale yellow, with two 

 ])road black stripes, which taper towards the epistoma ; their outer 

 sides serrated ; epistoma black ; a black stripe on each side extend- 

 ing between it and the eye : shield with a slender yellow band on the 

 disk, and another on the hind border : scutcheon with a yellow band 

 on the disk and with a yellow stripe on each side, extending from 

 the base to the band; tip yellow-, breast pale yellow, with a large 

 black spot on each side: abdomen orange; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments brown ; underside yellow : legs yellow ; a brown streak on 

 each fore-thigh; fore-shanks and fore-feet luteous ; tips of hind 

 shanks brown ; fore-wings lurid, with a pale green streak on the 

 hind border near the base ; a large triangular dark brown spot rests 

 on the fore border beyond the middle, and extends across the wing, 

 and includes an oblique pale gieen streak ; beyond it the wing is 

 colourless, with a lurid tinge at the tip : hind-wings colourless. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



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



50. Tettigonia loxgipes. 



Testacea ; caput luteum ; thorax luteo varius, scutelli disco rufo ; 

 abdomen jiavum, nigro notation; pedes Jlavi, tarsis fulvis ; 

 alcB albcB. 



Testaceous, slender, shining : head luteous, conical ; crown 

 flat, with a semicircular depression in the disk ; face flat on the disk, 

 with indistinct slightly oblique ridges on each side ; epistoma pale 

 testaceous: mouth ferruginous: shield luteous along the fore bor- 

 der, and with a luteous band near the hind border : disk of the 

 scutcheon red: abdomen mostly yellow, with some black marks: 

 legs yellow; feet tawny: fore-wings whitish ; veins luteous : hind- 

 wings milk-white. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a. Quito. 



