LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 765 



85. Tettigonia viridescens. 



Flava ; caput nigro varium ; scutum viride, Jlavo marginatum ; 

 scutellum luteum, fusco notatum ; abdomen supra croceum ; 

 alee aniicce ferruginece, ad costam testacecB ; alee posticce 

 fuscce. 



Head yellow, as are also the breast and the underside of the 

 abdomen, conical and almost pointed above, with a slight black lon- 

 gitudinal ridg-e, on each side of which it has black labyrinth -like 

 tracings, which converge towards the tip ; a black band along the 

 edge in front of the eyes beneath : tip of the mouth pitchy : shield 

 deep green, yellow on each side and along the fore border ; scutcheon 

 luteous, figured with brown : abdomen orange above : legs yellow : 

 fore-wings ferruginous, testaceous along the fore border and near 

 the tip along the hind border; hind-wings brown, almost colourless 

 beneath the fore border towards the base. Length of the body 3| 

 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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





 86. Tettigonia pallipes. 



Testacea; caput notatum^ rufo fasciatum ; scutum plumbeum,rufo 

 fasciatum ; scutellum apice luteum, ; pectus Jlavum ; abdomen 

 fuscum, subtus Jlavum, ; pedes Jlavi ; alee anticce plumbece, rufo 

 trivittatce ; alee posticce subfuscce. 



Testaceous : head flat and almost conical above, concave along 

 the hind border, with a brown spot on each side about the eyelet, 

 and with a pale red band along the fore border ; face rather long, 

 flat on the disk, with a black dot, and on each side with some slight 

 black streaks adjoining ihe front : shield lead-colour, adorned along 

 the fore border with a pale red band, which is interrupted by a tes- 

 taceous interval ; tip of the scutcheon luteous ; disk of the abdomen 

 brown above : breast, legs, and underside of abdomen yellow : fore- 

 wings lead-colour, adorned with three pale red, slightly oblique 

 stripes, very pale brown along the fore borders and at the tips : hind- 

 wings very pale brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 

 a — c. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



