762 list of homopterous insects. 



79. Tettigonia crassa. 



Atra ; caput Jiavo luteoque varium ; scutum Jiavo himaculatum ; 

 scutellum luteo unimaculatum ; pectus Jiavo maculatum ; ab- 

 domen suhtus luteuni, nigro fasciatum ; femora crocea, ante- 

 riora apice nigra; alcB anticcB flavo-alho quinquemaculatce ; 

 alee postica fusees. 



Deep black, stout : head short ; crown semicircular in front, 

 concave on the hind border, with an oblong luteous spot in the 

 middle, and a small yellow spot on each side of the hind border by 

 the eye, between which and the eyes there is a large yellow spot ; 

 disk of the face luteous, flat, with a rhomboidal black spot in ihe 

 middle ; eplstoma with a luteous spot on each side : mouth pitchy : 

 shield with an elliptical transverse yellow spot on each side ; 

 scutcheon with a luteous spot in the disk : breast adorned with yel- 

 low spots: abdomen luteous beneath, with a black band on each 

 segment: thighs orange ; tips of anterior thighs black: fore-wings 

 with five more or less oblong yellowish white spots : hind-wings 

 brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



80. Tettigonia subflava. 



Nigro-cyanea, subtus Jlava ; abdomen apice subtus nigrum ; pedes 

 Jlavi ; alee anticee maculis qualuor pallidis ; alee postices 

 fusees. 



Deep bluish black, bright yellow beneath: head conical ; crown 

 depressed, concave on the hind border; face long, with a flat disk, 

 and on each side with indistinct oblique stria : tip of the mouth lu- 

 teous : abdomen rather attenuated ; underside black towards the 

 tip: legs bright yellow: fore-wings brown towards the tips; two 

 spots on the hind border, one pale yellow near the base, the other 

 white at two-thirds of the length; beyond these on the fore border 

 there is an oblique white spot, and still nearer the tip a small tawny 

 spot: hind-wings brown. Lengthof the body 3 lines ; of the vvings 

 7 lines. 



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



