760 list of homopteeous insects. 



75. Tettigonia multicolor. 



Lutea ; caput nigrum, flavo varium ; thorax nigro Jlavoque varius ; 

 abdomen suhtus Jlavum, apice piceum ; pedes jiavi ; alee an- 

 ticcB luridce, basi lutecE, ad costam rufce, maculis duabiis cants 

 unaque Jiava ornatcB ; ala posticee sublimpidce, apice fuscce. 



Luteous, in structure like T. cephalotes : head black ; crown 

 with several tawny marks ; front and sides of the disk of the face 

 with yellow streaks ; sides of ihe face yellow : fore part of the shield 

 mottled with yellow and black ; a black band on the hind border: 

 breast yellow, wiih a black disk : abdomen mostly yellow beneath, 

 pitchy towards the tip : legs yellow : fore-wings lurid, luteous at the 

 base, dark red along near three-fourths of the fore border, with 

 a large oblong hoary spot in the disk, and with a yellow spot on the 

 fore border near the tip : hind-wings almost colourless, with pale 

 brown tips. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6^ lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



b. ? 







76. Tettigonia cyanescens. 



Cupreo-albida, nigro varia ; abdomen basi apiceque nigrum ; pedes 

 nigri ; alee anticce subglaucce, fusco varies ; alee posticce sub- 

 limpidee apice cinereee. 



Dingy white, with a coppery tinge: head short; crown concave 

 behind, semicircular in front, depressed on the disk and on each 

 side ; three black spots on the front, side pair a little in advance of 

 the middle one ; face long, flat, with a club-shaped black spot in 

 the disk, and with about twelve oblique indistinct sirisB on each side; 

 epis^oma keeled, with a black stripe : mouth black : shield with a 

 black spot in front, with a black band on the disk, and another on 

 the hind border ; scutcheon with black angles: abdomen black at 

 the base and at the tip : legs black ; hind-knees lurid : fore-wings 

 with a glaucous tinge, dark brown on one-fourth from the tips, with 

 dark brown borders, and with an oblique dark brown stripe, which 

 proceeds from the base, and joins a dark brown band in the middle ; 

 or, dark brown, with two long and one round whitish spots : hind- 

 wings almost colourless, with gray tips. Length of the body 3 

 lines ; of the wings 6^ lines. 



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



