Plate XXXVIII. fig. 5. Natural Size.--6. Magnified.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Homoptera. FAMILY: Cercopidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. TETTIGONIA, _Latr. Germ._ (nec _Fabr._) Cicada, _Linn. Drury_.
TETTIGONIA SANGUINEA. Capite thoraceque luteo-fuscis, elytris sanguineis
apice stramineis, alis fuscentibus. (Expans. Alar. 9 lin.)
SYN. Cicada sanguinea, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
{82}Head yellowish brown. Antennæ small, and thread-like; being shorter
than the thorax. Rostrum extending along the breast to the abdomen,
exceedingly small like a hair. Thorax yellowish brown. Abdomen black.
Hemelytra red, the tips being yellow. Wings blackish brown. Under side of
the insect ash-coloured.