LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



49. Tettigonia l.eta. 



Ferrugineo-fusca, nigra varia ; abdomen croceum, segmentorum 

 marginihus posticis fuseis, ventre flavo ; pedes Jlavi, femori- 

 bus anticis fusco strigalis, tibiis tarsisque anticis luteis, tibiii 

 posticis apice fuseis ; alte anticm luridie, viridi et fusco varice, 

 apices versvs limpidcc ; alee posliccB limpida. 

 Ferruginous brown, shining, rather stout : head short ; crown 

 black on each side, yellow along the hind border, and between the 

 eyes and the eyelets on the fore border ; face pale yellow, with two 

 broad black stripes, which taper towards the cpistoma ; their outer 

 sides serrated ; epistoma black ; a black stripe on each side extend- 

 ing between it and the eye : shield with a slender yellow band on the 

 disk, and another on the hind border: scutcheon with a yellow band 

 on the disk and with a yellow stripe on each side, extending from 

 the base to the band; tip yellow: breast pale yellow, with a large 

 black spot on each side : abdomen orange ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments brown ; underside yellow : legs yellow ; a brown streak on 

 each fore-thigh ; fore-shanks and fore-feet luteous ; tips of hind 

 shanks brown ; fore-wings lurid, wiih a pale green streak on the 

 hind border near the base ; a large triangular dark brown spot rests 

 on the fore border beyond the middle, and extends across the wing, 

 and includes an oblique pale green streak ; beyond it the wing is 

 colourless, with a lurid tinge at the tip : hind-wings colourless. 

 Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



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



50. Tettigonia longipes. 



Testacea ; caput luteum ; thorax luteo varius, sculclli disco rufo ; 



abdomen Jlavum, nigro notatum; pedes Jlavi, tarsis fulvis ; 



ales alba:. 

 Testaceous, slender, shining : head luteous, conical ; crown 

 flat, with a semicircular depression in the di.sk ; face flat on the disk, 

 with indistinct slightly oblif|ue ridges on each side ; epistoma pale 

 testaceous: mouth ferruginous: shield luteous along the fore bor- 

 der, and with a luteous band near the hind border : disk of the 

 scutcheon red : abdomen mostly yellow, with some black marks ; 

 legs yellow; feet tawny: fore-wings whitish ; veins luteous : hind- 

 wings milk-white. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 

 lines. 

 a. Quito. 



