LIST OF homoptehous insects. 



41. Tf.ttigonia decora. 



Atra ; caput Jlavo unimaculatuyn, anlice lutcum ; thorax ftavo 

 quadnmantlatm ; abdomen hasi subtus luteum ; pedes lutei ; 

 tarsi nigri; alte anticie viaculis quinque caruleis unAqueJlavA 

 omatis. 



Deep black, rather stout, slightly shining: head short, with a 

 large yellow spot on the crown ; face shining, quite flat on the disk, 

 with ahout eleven oblique very slight furrows on each side ; epistoraa 

 and mouth luteous ; cliest with a transverse pale greeni.sh yellow 

 spot on each side of the shield, and with a pale yellow irregularly 

 triangular spot on each side of the scutcheon: abdomen luteous 

 towards the base beneath: logs luteous; feet black : wings black; 

 fore-wings with five pale greenish blue spots on each, and with a 

 transparent very pale yellow spot near the tip of the fore border. 

 Length of the body S^'lincs; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



42. Tettioonia cardinalis? 



Atra; caput rvf am, nigra varium ; thorax rufo maculatus ; viela- 

 ihorax ferruginem; abdomen apice ruftim ; pedes ruji, tarsis 

 fuhis; altefuscm; alee antic<e rufofutvoquenttatw. 



Cicada Cardinalis ? Fabr. Sijst. Rhyn. 71, 46. 



Deep black, not shining, rather short : head short, bright red ; 

 an irregular and angular black ringlet on the crown, including a 

 subquadrate black mark which proceeds from the hind border ; face 

 flat with two black stripes, which unite on the cpistoma ; sides 

 tawny, with nine distinct oblique ridges : mouth pitchy : chest with 

 two almost connected red spots on each side of the shield, and with 

 a smaller red spot on each side of the scutcheon, wliich has a red 

 stripe: hind-chest ferruginous: tip of the abdomen red: legs red; 

 feet tawny : wings brown ; fore-wings with red, and in some parts 

 tawny stripes along the longitudinal veins : hind-wings with a me- 

 tallic tinge. Length of the body 3 J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Nepaiil? Presented by Major General Hardwick. 



