LIST OF HOMOPTEROnS INSECTS. 



47. Tettigonia opulenta. 



Ferruginea ; caput rufum, stcbtits utrivque fulvum ; scutum Jlavo 

 Irifascialum ; abdomen rufum ; pedes rufi, tarsis anlerioribus 

 fuscis i alee antiow purpureo-rufce, Jlavo interruple trifas- 

 ciatcje, apice fusca ; alee posHca fuscte. 

 Ferruginous, shining, rather stout : head red, short ; face flat 

 and minutely rugulose on the disk, tawny, and with about eighteen 

 pale brown bands on each side; epistoma angular: mouth brown, 

 red on each side at the base ; shield with three pale yellow bands ; 

 first on the fore border, short and narrow ; second broad, very near 

 the first; third narrow on the hind border, uniting on each side with 

 the first, and extending to the breast : a slight yellow mark on eacli 

 side of the shield ; abdomen and legs bright red ; anterior feet 

 brown : fore-wings purplish red, with three slight irregular and in- 

 terrupted yellow bands ; lips and hind-wings brown. Length of 

 the body 4i lines ; of the wings I IJ lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



48. Tettigonia dilecta. 



Crocea, testaceo varia ; scutum postici purpurea fasciatum ; libia 

 posticie fuscce ; alie antica luteee, purpureo fasciatte el viltalat 

 , apice luridee ; alie posticw purpureo-jusca:. 

 Orange, slender, shining : head testaceous, almost conical ; 

 crown somewhat depressed, with two orange stripes which con- 

 verge, traverse the eyelets, and form an acute angle on ihe disk ; 

 sides partly orange ; face with a flat disk, and with indistinct and 

 oblique striae on each side ; epistoma partly orange : shield trans- 

 versely striated, testaceous towards the fore border, witli a purple 

 band on the hind border: scutcheon testaceous towards the base : 

 abdomen testaceous beneath and towards the base above ; hind bor- 

 ders and hind-shanks brown : fore-wings luteous, with an oblique 

 purplish red stripe near the base, and with two slightly oblique pur- 

 plish red bands, these converge as they approach the hind bor- 

 der, along which the space between them is occupied by a purplish 

 red stripe ; tips lurid : liind-wings purplish brown. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of llie wings 12 lines. 

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



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