214 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



extend a little more than half the length, and have beyond them an 

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

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

 8 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



. Tettigonia albicans. 



Alba, tomentosa ; caput breve, latum; abdomen cyanescente-nigrum ; 

 pedes fulvi ; alee anticce apices versus subobscuriores ; posticce 

 nigricante-vitrece . 



White, tomenlose. Head short, broad. Abdomen bluish 

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

 Hind wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 1\ lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



\j Tettigonia aukiplena. 



Nigra ; caput fascia vittaque Icete Jlavis ; pro thorax fascia inter- 

 rupta Jlava ; abdomen coccineum ; pedes pallide rufi, tibiis 

 piceis, tarsis nigris ; aim anticce maculis quinque Icete Jlavis, 

 4a, baque exterioribus elongatis transversis. 



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 ; tibiae piceous ; tarsi black. Fore wings with five bright yellow 

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

 Hind wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of 

 the wings 1\ lines. 



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



t Tettigonia melanopyrrha. 



Nigra, nitens ; caput breve ; abdomen basi et metathorax rufes- 

 centia ; pedes albidi, tibiis tarsisque apice nigris ; alee anticce 

 vittis duabus fasc Usque tribus coccineis. 



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

 thorax reddish. Legs whitish ; tips of the tibiae and of the tarsi 

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



