5& NOTES ON JAMAICAN HEMIPTERA 



Pediopsis elegans n. sp. 



Closely allied to virescens in form but a little smaller; front broader 

 and shorter, as in viridis, but with its sides straighter and apex broader; 

 vertex longer, not as thin and sharply angled as in virescens; Pronotum 

 minutely and almost transversely striate; face punctured rather than striate. 

 Ultimate ventral segment of the female long, cylindrical, distinctly carinate 

 along the median line; the middle of the hind edge on either side drawn out 

 into a slender subacute appendage resembling the "tails" on some Papilios. 

 Valve of the male very small but obvious, plates long, convex, triangular, 

 their sides nearly straight, scarcely sinuated toward their smooth acute apex. 

 Length, male 3^ mm; female 4 mm. 



Color in fully developed examples clear bright grass green with red 

 markings on the pronotum. Face clear light yellow above fading to green- 

 ish toward the mouth, superior surface of the vertex and pronotum deeper 

 green, the latter with the anterior margins and median line posteriorly clear 

 blood red,- the hind edge narrowly pale reddish; scutellum tinged with yel- 

 low on the basal angles and apex. Elytra somewhat smoky, the costa and 

 commissural nervures green. Connexivum light yellow. 



Described from nine examples, representing both sexes, 

 taken at Mandeville, March 29th to April 3d. These were 

 beaten from bushes the names of which I did not learn. When 

 fully colored this is a most beautiful little insect. In immature 

 examples the red color is barely indicated by paler marks. The 

 males are smaller with darker elytra than the females. The 

 form of the ultimate ventral segment of the female is very dis- 

 tinct from anything I have before seen in this genus. 



Family Tettigonidae 



Tettigonia histrio Fabr. 



This seemed to be a common species at some localities. I 

 took it in numbers, in a dry ravine at Montego Bay and in 

 smaller numbers at Kingston, Some of these individuals are 

 suffused with red as indicated by Stal in his description in the 



rather deeper colored with the pale nervures heavier and more conspicuous. 

 Last ventral segment short, cut almost square off behind, but little longer at 

 the middle than at the sides; pygofers rather thick toward their apex, 

 unarmed. 



Described from one pair taken on the island of Trinidad by 

 Mr. Chipman. This genus appears to be well represented in 

 the tropics. Messers Uhler, Osborn, Ball and Baker have 

 described quite a large number from Mexico and the West 

 Indies and five more are here added, all of which seem to be 

 sufficiently distinct. 



