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band. Legs partly testaceous ; hind legs mostly black. Fore wings with 

 three orange spots, whose borders are partly vitreous. Hind wings 

 vitreous-gray. Length of the body 1| line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Colombia. 



Subtiibe SERRIPEDES. 



Group TETTIGONIDES. 



Genus TETTIGONIA, Germar. 



Tettigonia sistens. 



'Nigra ; caput luteum, guttis tribus viltisque duabus anteriorihus nigris ; 



prothorax fasciis duabus interruptis guUisgue tribus luteis ; pectus 



et abdomen lutea ; pedes fulvi, femoribus pallidis, tibiis anticis 



tarsisque nigris ; alee anticce rufescetites, maculis duabus basalibus 



vittis duabus strigaque costali subapicaii pallide Jiavis, apice fusces- 



cenles ; posticce nigricante-vitrece. 



Black. Head luteous, with three black dots on the vertex, and 



in front with two black stripes, which are connected at each end. 



Prothorax with two interrupted luteous bands, the fore one with a 



very wide interruption, which contains three luteous dots. Pectus and 



abdomen luteous. Legs tawny ; femora pale ; tarsi and fore tibiae black. 



Fore wings reddish ; two basal spots, two stripes, and a costal subapi- 



cal streak pale yellow ; tips brownish. Hind wings blackish vitreous. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines, 



Monte Video. 



Tettigonia laudata. 



Pallide lutea ; caput nigra quadriguttatum ; scutellum et abdominis dor- 

 sum rufa ; alee anticce rvfce maculis duabus maximis albis nigra 

 maryinatis, apices versus cinerea-vitrece, apice nigricantes ; posticce 

 cinereo-vitrecB. 

 Pale bright luteous. Head with two black dots on the vertex 

 and two in front. Abdomen above and scutellum red. Fore wings red, 

 grayish vitreous towards the tips, which are blackish ; two very large 

 while black -bordered spots. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of the 

 body 2j lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Honduras. 



