770 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



part of the shield yellowisli, with black dots : breast and legs yel- 

 low: abdomen black, yellow beneath on each side and towards the 

 tip : fore-wings colourless along the fore border and at the tips : 

 liind-wiiigs brownish. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 4 lines. 

 a. North America. 



97. Tettigonia tenella. 



Nigra ; caput flavo varium, subtiis ferruginmm nigra vittatum ; 

 scutum nigro-mneum, fiavn trifasciatum ; scutellmn fiavum, 

 nigra maculatum ; pectus et abdomen picea, hoc Jlavo bivitta- 

 tum ; alcB antica Jlavo octo-villalcB ; alhie postica fuscm. 



Black, shining : head very short, rounded in front, with a yel- 

 low band along the concave hind border, and in front another which 

 is divided, and incloses a triangular space on each side ; two black 

 dots on the fore border ; face and epistoma ferruginous, with a black 

 stripe, which is widened in front ; two yellow streaks on each side 

 of the face; mouth yellow, with a pitchy tip: shield brassy black, 

 with a yellow curved band, and with two dingy yellow, straight 

 bands, one on the disk, the other along the hind border : scutcheon 

 yellow, with a black, transverse spot on the disk : brea.st and abdo- 

 men pitchy, the former witli a short yellow stripe on each side : fore- 

 wings with eight yellow stripes, brown towards the tips : hind-wings 

 brown. Length of the body Ij line; of the wings S\ lines. 

 a. North America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



98. Tkttigonia innotata. 



Flava; scutum ferrugineo fasciatum, nigra unimacutatum ; abdo- 

 men supra fuscum ; altn anticte virides, apicc et ad coslam 

 limpidte ; aim posticce timpidte. 



Yellow: head wanting: shield with a broad ferruginous band 

 in the disk, and with a black spot in front, where it joins the head : 

 abdomen brown above : fore-wings grass-green, colourless along the 

 fore Ijorder and towards the tips : hind-wings colourless. Length 

 ■of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



