LIST OF HOMOPTEfiOUS INSECTS. 



125. Tettioonia quadhata. 



Flava ; scutellmn fulvum, basi nigrn bimaculatum, apice Jlavum ; 

 alee anticm subfulva ; ala posticcc limpidce. 

 Yellow, paler beneath : head short, punctured, as broad as the 

 chest, rounded in front; crown equally long across the whole breadth, 

 which, excluding the eyes, is about four limes the length; face co- 

 nical: shield transversely striated, very convex along the fore bor- 

 der, hardly concave behind ; scutcheon tawny, punctured, yellow, 

 and minutely striated beyond the transverse section, with a black 

 spot on each side at the base : abdomen wanting : legs yellow ; 

 fore-wings slightly tawny; veins tawny: hind-wings colourless: 

 veins brown. Length of the body 2^ ? lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a. Van Dieman's Land. 



126. Tettioonia pallida. 



Flava ; fades piceo bivittala ; pectus et abdomen nigra, flavo mar- 

 ginala ; pedes nigra varii ; alceatiticee albo-Jlav<e, apice fwcm ; 

 aim poslicee albido fusac. 

 Yellow : head short, a little narrower than the chest, almost an- 

 gular in front, concave along the hind border ; front flat, shorter on 

 each side than in the middle, where its length is about half its 

 breadth ; eyelets very near the fore border ; face truncate-conical, 

 with two pitchy stripes which diverge towards the epistoma, and 

 with short brown slightly oblique bands on each side ; epistoma sub- 

 quadrate, black towards the mouth : shield transversely striated, very 

 convex in front, hardly concave along ihe hind border : breast black ; 

 segments with yellow borders : abdomen black, bordered with yel- 

 low ; tip yellow beneath : a black spot on each of the anterior 

 thighs ; hind-shanks striped with black, beset with black spines and 

 yellow bristles: fore-wings slightly yellow, tinged with white to- 

 wards the tips, which are pale brown : hind-wings whitish brown. 

 Length of the body 2} lines; of the wings S lines, 

 a. Sicily. 



127. Tettioonia ? dusia. 



Nigra, nitens ; caput piceum; pedes ferruginei, tarsis posticis 

 piceis ; aim posticce fuscce. 

 Black, shining : head a little narrower than the chest, pitchy, 

 short, slightly rounded in front; eyes very near the fore border of 

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