216 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Bright red, whitish beneath. Head with a black dot on 

 the vertex : hind part black. Prothorax with two black bands ; 

 scutellum black ; lip red. Fore wings with a black stripe along the 

 hind border, with two black streaks at the base, and with one bv the 

 exterior part of the costa. Hind wings blackish. Length of the 

 body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Tettigonia configurata. 



Oehraceo-rvfa, subttts albirla ; caput macnla transversa subquadrata 

 guttisque duabus nigris ; prothorax nigra bimactilatus et an- 

 iice fasciatus ; abdominis discus niger ; pedes rufescente-albi ; 

 alee anticcB vittis tribus plus minusve integris nigris ; posticce 

 nigricantes. 



Scarlet, whitish beneath. Head with a black transverse sub- 

 quadrate spot on the hind border, and with two black dots in front. 

 Prothorax black across the middle of the fore border, and with two 

 large black spots. Abdomen above with a black disk. Legs white, 

 tinged with red. Fore wings with a black stripe, a black hindward 

 streak and a black subapical dot. Hind wings blackish. Var. p. — 

 The black hue more prevalent on the head and on the thorax. 

 Fore wings with three irregular black stripes. Length of the body 

 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Tettigonia mactata. 



Nigra ; caput conicum, maculis quaiuor coccineis ; prothorax 

 fascia lurida rnaculisque tribus coccineis ; scutellum coccineo 

 biguttatum ; pedes fusci ; alee anticce maculis guttisque pluri- 

 mis coccineis ; posticce nigricantes. 



Black. Head with four crimson spots, conical in front. Pro- 

 thorax with a lurid band, and with three elongated crimson spots in 

 a transverse line ; scutellum with two crimson dots. Legs brown. 

 Fore wintrs with many crimson spots and dots, the largest along the 

 costa. Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the 

 wings 5 lines. 



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



