764 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



83. Tettigonia leucomelas. 



Nigro-cBuea ; caput flavo fasciatum et vittatum ; scutum albido 

 fasciatum ,' scutellum Jiavo unimaculatum ; abdomen luteum, 

 basi nigrum ; pedes fiavi ; tibia postica apice nigra ; tarsi 

 picei ; tarsi postici Jiavo fasciati ; alee anticce nigro-cuprece, 

 viridi-albo bimaculata, ad costam 7'ufo-luridce, apice fuscce ; 

 alee posticcB fuscce. 



Brassy-black, shining: head short; crown slightly convex, 

 concave on the hind border, along which there is a pale yellow band 

 which joins a pale yellow stripe, extending along each side of the 

 face to the epistoma ; disk of the face finely shagreened, slightly 

 convex : mouth brown : shield with a whitish band along the hind 

 border ; a pale yellow spot on the scutcheon : abdomen luteous, 

 partly black tow^ards the tip: legs yellow; tips of hind-shanks 

 black; feet pitchy; a broad yellow band on each hind-foot: fore- 

 wings coppery-black, lurid, and partly red along the fore border ; 

 tips brown ; two oblong, oblique, greenish white, sometimes inter- 

 rupted, spots on the disk: hind-wings brown. Length of the body 

 2^ lines ; of the wings 5^ lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



84. Tettigonia teliformis. 



Rufa; caput luteum, antice tiigro marginatum, subtus Jiavum ; 

 scutum viride, rufo fasciatum ; abdomen subtus basi Jiavum ; 

 pedes lutei; femora jiava; alee antica virides, rufo bivittata ; 

 alcB posticce fuscce. 



Head luteous, rather long, flat and conical above, bordered 

 with black in front of the eyes, pale yellow beneath like the breast ; 

 face almost flat on the disk, convex and wilh six slight oblique 

 ridges on each side: shield deep green, with a red band near the 

 fore border, which is yellow ; scutcheon red : abdomen bright red, 

 yellow beneath towards' the base ; legs luteous ; thighs yellow : fore- 

 wings deep green with two bright red stripes ; veins yellow : hind- 

 wings dark brown. Length of the body 3^- lines ; of the wings 6| 

 lines. 

 a. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented bv the Entomological 



Club. 

 6, c. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



