762 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



'9. Tettigonia crassa. 



Atra ; caput Jiavo luteoque varium ; scutum Jiavo bimaculatum ; 

 scutellum luteo unimaculatum ; pectus jiavo maculatum ; ab- 

 domen suhtus luteum, nigro fasciatum ; femora crocea^ ante- 

 riora apice nigra; alee anticce flavo-albo quinquemaculatce ; 

 alcB posticcB fusccB. 



Deep black, stout : head short ; crown semicircular iu front, 

 concave on the hind border, with an oblong luteous spot in the 

 middle, and a small yellow spot on each side of the hind border by 

 the eye, between which and the eyes there is a large yellow spot ; 

 disk of the face luteous, flat, with a rhomboidal black spot in the 

 middle ; epistoma with a luteous spot on each side : mouth pitchy : 

 shield with an elliptical transverse yellow spot on each side ; 

 scutcheon with a luteous spot in the disk: breast adorned with yel- 

 low spots: abdomen luteous beneath, with a black band on each 

 segment: thighs orange ; tips of anterior thighs black: fore-wings 

 with five more or less oblong yellowish white spots : hind-wings 

 brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



G, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



80. Tettigonia subflava. 



Nigro-cyanea, subtus Jlava ; abdomen apice subtus nigrum ; pedes 

 fiavi ; alee anticce maculis quatuor pallidis ; alee postica 

 fusccB. 



Deep bluish black, bright yellow beneath: head conical ; crown 

 depressed, concave on the hind border; face long, with a flat disk, 

 and on each side with indistinct oblique striae : tip of the mouth lu- 

 teous : abdomen rather attenuated ; underside black towards the 

 tip: legs bright yellow: fore-wings brown towards the tips; two 

 spots on the hind border, one pale yellow near the base, the other 

 white at two-thirds of the length ; beyond these on the fore border 

 there is an oblique white spot, and still nearer the tip a small tawny 

 spot : hind-wings brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 7 lines. 



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



