BLATTA (PHORASPIS) PICTA. 



Plate L. fig. 3. 



Order : Orthoptera. Section : Cursoria. Family : Blattidae. 

 Genus. Blatta, iwm. ^c. (Subgenus: Phoraspis, Seruille.) 



Blatta (Phoraspis) Picta. Atra ; elytris vitta sanguinea thoracisque margine antico flavesceuti. (Long. 



Corji. 9 1in.) 

 Syn. Blatta picta, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 10. Sei-ville RevU. Ortlwp.p. 17. (Phoraspis p.) 

 Lampyris rufo-vittata, Schonh. Syn. Ins. 3. p. 66. Na. 47. 



Habitat: Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Antennae filiform, orbicular. Head dark brown, and retracted under the shield-like thorax, which 

 is black, the anterior margin being yellowish. Elytra black and margined, semi-coriaceous, and cross- 

 ing over one another, having a red streak from the shoulders to the apex. Abdomen black, having two 

 spines at the extremity near the anus. Legs black and cursorial, the tibia; being furnished with many 

 spines. 



FULGORA DIADEMA. 



Plate L. fig. 4. 



Order. Hemiptera. Suborder: Homoptera. Family: Fulgoridse. 



Genus. Fulgora, Limi. 



Fulgora Diadem a. Fusea, vertiee, pronoti medio, elytrorum fascia luteis; alls purpm-eis, apice nigris, capitis 



cornu in medio dentato apice dentibus tribus majoribus. (Long. Corp. cum capitis cornii, 1 uuc. 9 lin. 



Expans. Alar. 3 une. 6 lin.) 

 Syn. Fulgora diadema, Linn. Stjst. N. 1. -2. 703.2. Fabr. Syst. Rh. 2. 3. StoU, fig. 22. Donovan Nat- 



Repos. vol. h.fol. 145. 

 Fulgora armata, Drury, App. vol. 3. 



HABiT.tT : Cayenne (Drury). 



Head extending almost half an inch above the eyes, having many tubercles, like stubbed horns, on 

 the sides, trifurcate at the tip. It is likewise furnished with two short pointed and black horns that are 

 placed directly over the eyes, and two smaller ones a little below them. It appears as if it had four 

 eyes; two fixed, and of a grey colour like horn; just below which the other two (seeming eyes) are 

 placed. They are black and moveable, but are the antennae, and are perfectly round. Hemelytra 

 dirty green at the base, with some dusky red patches irregularly placed; but near the extremity having 

 a large patch of a dark orange colour. The wings are black, but next the body red, with some red 

 spots in the centre of them. Rostrum horny, lying between the legs, even with and close to the breast. 

 Tongue seeming to proceed from the mouth, and much smaller than the other instrument (labium), 

 being as small and fine as a hair. Feet fonned for walking. 



There is a confusion in the works of the earlier authors relative to the native country 

 of this species ; Linnaeus and Fabricius stating it to be India, whilst Stoll records Surinam, 

 Drury, Cayenne, during that it and others figured by him were collected by Mons. Mallouet, 



