LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



51. TeTTIGONIA. CAUDATA. 



Lutea ; caput nigro varium, sublus Jlavum ; thorax ferrugineus, 

 luteo et flavo maculntus ; metaihorax niger ; pectus Jlavum, 

 pieeo bimaculalum ; abdomen rufum, nigra vittatum, sublus 

 el apice Jlavum ; ulce anticce ferruginetc, luteo guttatce, apice 

 luridce ; ala postica: lurid<B,fusco marginatai. 



Luteous, latlier stout : head almost truncate-conical ; crown 

 flat, somewhat concave on each side by the eyes, with a slender black 

 discal band, which has three black stripes behind it, and two in front ; 

 face yellow ; its disk flat, minutely rugulose lenffthwise ; sides 

 convex, with about nine slight, hardly oblique ridges; tip and 

 epistoma deep black : mouth yellow : hind jjart of the shield fer- 

 ruginou.s, but mostly occupied by six luteous spots ; scutcheon fer- 

 ruginous, with four round luteous spots on the disk, with a yellow 

 oblong spot on each side at the base, and with a large round yellow 

 spot near the lip, which is luteous : hind-chest black : breast pale 

 yellow, with a pitchy spot on each side : abdomen dark red, with a 

 black dorsal stripe, bright red at the base, tip and underside pale 

 yellow : fore-wings pale bright ferruginous, with numerous luteous 

 dots of various size, lurid towards the tips, where there are some co- 

 lourless streaks on the borders of the veins: hind-wings pale lurid, 

 brown at the tips and along the hind borders. Lenglh of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 12 liues. 



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52. Tettioonia siipata. 



Rufa, robusta, Jlavo varia ; thorax albo varius; metaihorax nigro 

 fasciatus ; pedes nigro cincti ; alte anlicte hirid(r, nlbo guttata, 

 rufo marginata: ; alee poslicte cupreo-fuscw. 



Bright red, rather stout: head short; crown semicircnlar, flat, 

 with a heart-shaped pale yellow spot in the disk ; face flat on the 

 disk, convex, and with ten oblique pale yellow bands on each side: 

 shield with some irregular yellow marks towards the fore border, 

 which is white; a conical white spot near the fore border connected 

 by a slender white stripe with the hind border, which has a conical 

 white spot on each side : scutcheon whitish, with a large red spot on 

 each side ; tip black : hind-chest mostly yellow, with a short black 

 band on the hind border: abdomen tinged with purple benealik: 



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