LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



39. Tettioonja pruinosa. 



Purpureo-fusca ; thorax fulvo varius ; abdominu segmmtorum 

 margines fenuffinei ; pedes picei; alec anticte purpurea, ful- 

 vo'jvari<B, apicefulvcE ; alte posticm cyaneo-fmcte. 



Allied to Proconia. Purplish brown : head above semicircular, 

 slightly concave ; face rather prominent, flat and minutely rugulose 

 on the disk, convex, and with nine distinct slightly oblique ridges 

 on each side : mouth feri-uginous : chest transversely rugulose, some- 

 what tawny about the borders: breast mostly tawiiy : abdomen ta- 

 pering from the base to the tip ; borders of the segments mostly 

 ferruginous: legs pitchy ; knees ferruginous : fore-wings purple with 

 pale tawny dots, and beyond the middle with pale tawny streaks 

 also ; tips pale tawny : hind-wings brown, tinged with blue. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 «, h. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



40. Tettioonia gaudens. 



Miniata ; thoracis latera crocea ; pectus et abdomen cinerea, hujus 

 laleribus et segmentorum marginibm posticis fulvis; pedes 

 nigri, femoribus posterioribus fulvis nigra vittatis ; alee an- 

 tic<B incarmtte, fiavo trifasciatw ; al<e posticre fulme, apice 

 fusc<B. 



Red-lead colour, slender: head short; face slightly flattened 

 in front, paler on each side, without fuiTows or ridges ; mouth fer- 

 ruginous : chest orange on each side, not shining : breast and abdo- 

 men gray; sides and hind borders of the abdominal segments 

 tawny: legs black ; posterior thighs tawny, with Mack streaks: fore- 

 wmgs crimson, with three broad bright yellow bands: hind-wings 

 tawny with dark brown tips. Length of the body 6* lines • of the 

 wings 13J lines. 



«• Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



