214 LIST OF HO.MOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



exteud a little more than half the len^jtli, and liave beyond ihem an 

 oblique luteous band ; tips and the hind winsrs dingy vitreous, the 

 latter with browu tips. Length of the body 3h lines ; of the wings 

 8 Hues. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Tettigonia albicans. 



Alba,tomentosa : caput breve, latum; abdomen cj/aneacente-nigruin ; 

 pedes fulri ; alcc anticct apices versus subobscuriorcs ; posticcc 

 n igrican te-vitrece . 



White, tomenlose. Head short, broad. Abdomen bluish 

 black. Legs tawny. Fore wings slightly darker towards their tips. 

 Hiud wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 4 hues; of the 

 wings 7^ lines. 



a. Santiirem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Tettigonia auriplena. 



2\igra ; caput fascia vitiaque l(€te flavis ; prothorax fascia inter- 

 rupta fiava ; abdomen coccineum ; pedes pa Hide rnfi^ tihiis 

 piccis, tarsis nigris ; ala anliciB mxiculis quinqiie Uete Jiavis, 

 4rt, baque exterioribus elongatis tramversis. 



Black. Vertex of the head with a bright yellow band, which 

 is curved on each side ; front with a yellow stripe. Prothorax with 

 an interrupted yellow band. Abdomen bright crimson. Legs pale 

 red: tibice piceous ; tarsi black. Fore wings with live bright yellow 

 spots; the fourth and fifth exterior, elongated and transverse. 

 Hind wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 31 lines ; of 

 the wings 7^ lines. 



a. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Tettigonia melanopyrrha. 



Nigra^ nitens ; caput breve ; abdomen ba^i et metathorax rufes- 

 centia ; pedes albidi, tibiis tarsisque apice nigris ; aia anticcB 

 vittis duabus fasciisque tribus coccineis. 



Black, shining. Head short. Abdomen at the base and meta- 

 thorax reddish. Legs whitish : lips of the tibia? and of the tarsi 

 black. Fore wings with two crimson stripes, which are connected 



