738 LIST OF HOMOPTEBOUS INSECTS. 



28. Tettigonia obscura. 



Fulva, vigro-maculata ; thorax fernu/ineo varitis ; abdomen nigro- 

 purpureum, apiee fulviim ; pedes fulvi, nigra cincti; ala an- 

 ticw iutete, apice luridce ; <ilce pusticcB fuscce. 



Tawny, slender, linear: licad convex on the fore border, face 

 obtuse, witb a black spot at its base, some blackish streaks on each 

 side, and a black spot on the tip ; a black spot between ihe eyelets : 

 chest partly ferruginous, with five black spots, one on each side of 

 the shield, and three on the seulcheon : abdomen purplish black ; 

 tip tawny : legs tuwuy ; tips of the thighs and of the feet black ; 

 fore-thighs and fore-fccl mostly black: fove-wings luteous, lurid 

 towards the lips, which are pale brown : hind-wings brown, with a 

 bluish tinge at the base. Length of the body 5—6 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 — 14 lines. 



Var. B. Face with two black spots at its base, and with no 

 blackish streaks : shield with a black spot near its fore border, and 

 with a black band on its hind border ; fore-thighs tawny with black 

 tips ; tips of the fore- wings and of the hind-wings lurid. 

 a, b. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



29. Texiioonia duplex. 



Fulva, nigra maculata ; pectoris discus nigro-purpureus ; abdomen 



nigro-purpureum, segmentorum marginibus posticis albidis, 



apice fulva ; pedes albi nigra cincti ; alee anticce mneo-fulva ; 



ala; posiicce purpureo-fvscce. 



Bright pale tawny, slender, linear: head convex on its fore 



border ; face obtuse, with two black spots on its base, and with a 



black band at its tip ; a black spot between the eyelets: shield with 



a black .spot near the foie border, and with a black spot on each 



side of the hind border ; a black spot on the scutcheon, whose lip is 



black : breast with a purplish black disk, and with a black spot on 



each side : abdomen piuplish black ; hind borders of the segments 



whitish ; tip tawny : legs white ; hips and tips of thighs, of shanks, 



and of feet black : fore-wings tawny, with a slight amcous tinge : 



hind-wings purplish brown. Length of the body (> lines ; of the 



wings 12 lines. 



Var. ;3. Immature ? Abdomen ferruginous : hind-wings pale 

 gray. 

 a—d. ? 



