LIST Ol- HOMOI'TEUOUS INSECTS. 



79. Tettigonia ciussa. 



Atra ; caput ftavo lutenque varium ; scutum Jlavo bimaculatum ; 

 scutellum luteo unimaculatum ; pectus Jlavo maculatum ; ab- 

 domen subtus luteum, nigro fasciatum ; femora crocea, ante- 

 riora apice nigra; aim anticte flavo-albo quinquemaculata: ; 

 alw postica fusc/e. 



Deep black, stout : head short ; crown semicircular in front, 

 concave on the hind border, with an oblong luleous spot in the 

 middle, and a small yellow spot on each side of the hind border by 

 the eye, between which and the eyes there is a large yellow spot; 

 disk of the face luteous, flat, with a rhomboidal black spot in the 

 middle ; epistoma with a luteous spot on each side : mouth pitchy : 

 shield with an elliptical transverse yellow spot on each side ; 

 scutcheon with a luteous spot in the disk : breast adorned with yel- 

 low spots: abdomen luteous beneath, with a black band on each 

 segment: thighs orange ; lips of anterior thighs black; fove-wings 

 with five more or less oblong yellowish white spots : hind-wings 

 brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines, 

 n, i. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



80. TeTTIOONIA SUItl'LAVA. 



Nigro-cyanea, sttbtus flava ; abdomen apice sublus nigrum ; pedes 

 fiavi ; alee anticte maculis gualuor pallidis ; al<B poslicm 

 fuscce. 



Deep bluish black, bright yellow beneath : head conical ; crown 

 depressed, concave on the hind border; face long, with a flat disk, 

 and on each side with indistinct oblique stria; : tip of the mouth lu- 

 teous : abdomen rather attenuated ; underside black towards the 

 tip: legs bright yellow: fore-wings brown towards the tips; two 

 spots on the hind border, one pale yellow near the base, the other 

 white at two-thirds of the length ; beyond these on the fore border 

 there is an oblique while spot, and still nearer the tip a small tawny 

 spot: hind-wings brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 7 lines. 



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



