THAMNOTETTIX PRASINA. 75 



Thamnotettix cruentata, Panz. Plate LV., 

 figs. 2 to 2 &. 



Cicada cruentata, Panz. ; Fall. 

 Jassus cruentatus, Flor ; Marsh. ; Kirschb. ; Thorns. 

 Thamnotettix cruentatus, Zett.; Sahib. ; Scott; Ferrari; 

 Fieb. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 68. 



Head, pronotum and sciitellum warm ochreous- 

 yellow, and abundantly speckled with blood-red dots. 

 Vertex round in front, with or without two roundish 

 black spots. Eyes small. Pronotum with two pale 

 greyish spots, darker within. Abdomen black, with 

 orange sides and segmental edges. Apex tufted. 

 Elytra creamy-ochreous, rounded at the tips. Limbus 

 not much developed. The blood-red dots are most 

 crowded at the base of the elytra, and they principally 

 follow the direction of the nervures. Legs setose ; 

 colour pink or reddish. The hind tibia with a single 

 stripe. First tarsal joint about equal to the second 

 and third taken together. Wings ochreous-grey ; 

 nervures black. 



For its size, and for its colour, this is a striking 

 insect, and it is easily recognised. 



Local, but not rare. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Expanse 0*42 10-67 



Size of body 0-18 4-57 



Thamnotettix prasina. Fall. Plate LI., figs. 3 to 3 c. 



Cicada prasina. Fall. 

 Jassus simplex, H.-Schaff. 



,, jirasinus, Floi ; Marsh.; Kirschb.; Thorns. 

 Aphrodes sidphureus, Curt. 

 Athysanus prasimis, Scott. 



„ simplex, Eeut. ; Ferrari. 



