744 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 







41. Tettigonia decoea. 



Atra ; caput fiavo unimaculatum, antice luteum ; thorax Jiavo 

 quadrimaculatus ; abdomen basi sub tus luteum ; pedes lutei ; 

 tarsi nigri; alee anticce maculis guinque cceruleis unaque Jlavd 

 omatu. 



Deep black, rather stout, slightly shining: head short, with a 

 large yellow spot on the crown ; face shining, quite flat on the disk, 

 with about eleven oblique very slight furrows on each side ; epistoma 

 and mouth luteous : chest with a transverse pale greenish yellow 

 spot on each side of the shield, and with a pale yellow iiTegularly 

 triano-ular spot on each side of the scutcheon: abdomen luteous 

 towards tlie base beneath: legs Inteous ; feet black : wings black; 

 fore-wings with five pale greenish blue spots on each, and with a 

 transparent very pale yellow spot near the tip of the fore border. 

 Length of the body b\ lines; of the wings IT lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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42. Tettigonia caedinalis ? 



Atra; caput ruf urn, nigro varium ; thorax rufo maculatus ; meta- 

 thorax ferrugineus ; abdomen apice rufum ; pedes ruji, (arsis 

 fulvis; alcefusccB ; alee anticce rufo fulvoque vittatce. 



Cicada Cardinalis ? Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 71 , 46. 



Deep black, not shining, rather short : head short, bright red ; 

 an irregular and angular black ringlet on the crown, including a 

 subquadrate black mark which proceeds from the hind border ; face 

 flat, with two black stripes, which unite on the epistoma ; sides 

 tawnv, with nine distinct oblique ridges : mouth pitchy : chest with 

 two almost connected red spots on each side of the shield, aiul with 

 a smaller red spot on each side of the scutcheon, which has a red 

 stripe : hind-chest ferruginous : tip of the abdomen red : legs red ; 

 feet tawnv : wings browai ; fore-wings with red, and in some parts 

 tawnv stripes along the longitudinal veins : hind-wings with a me- 

 tallic tinge. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Nepaul? Presented by Major General Hardwick. 



