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 APHRODES SABULICOLA. 



Order Homoptera. Fam. Tettigonidae. 



Type of the Genus, Aphrodes maculipes Curt. 

 Aphrodes Curt. 



Antenna inserted im cavities under the forehead and close to the 

 eyes, as long as the head and very slender, triarticulate, 2 basal 

 joints stout, 1st cup-shaped, 2nd oblong, 3rd a long seta, incras- 

 sated, composed apparently of several small joints at the base (4). 

 Lahrum short, lanceolate, inserted under the clypeus (3). 

 Mandibles and Maxillce 4 strong bristles. 



Labimn very short, not so long as the clypeus (2), linear, triar- 

 ticulate, basal joint transverse, 2nd quadrate, 3rd elliptical, 

 rounded and pilose at the apex (2*). 

 Head short and lunate, obtuse in profile (I.*); face orbicular, convex 

 but inclining ; clypeus oblong, not emarginate, the angles rounded 

 (3 c) ; with two plates on each side (1 g) united by a membrane (A) 

 and terminating in front in an acute lobe (p) which is fitted under 

 the labrum (1 front vieio of face, 1* head and thorax in profile) : 

 eyes small oval lateral, touching the thorax and scarcely projecting 

 beyond its sides : ocelli 2, very minute, remote and placed upon the 

 ?nargin of the forehead. Thorax transverse, ovate-lunate : scutel 

 trigonate cuspidate. Abdomen elongate-trigonate : ovipositor rather 

 short stout a little curved and obtuse, the sheaths very bristly outside. 

 Superior wings or elytra convex, deflexed, considerably longer than 

 the body, with several longitudinal nervures and a few cells at 

 the apex (9) .- inferior ample, with 3 cells at the apex, and a large 

 furcate one near the anal angle. Thighs, posterior spined at the 

 apex : tibiae, anterior with a few spines outside and pectinated inside 

 (6); posterior long, compressed, slightly curved, with series of long 

 spines externally and ciliated internally, except at the base: tarsi 

 rather short, triarticulate, basal joint the longest in the hinder pair. 



Sabulicola Curt. — Guide, Gen. 1059. 9. 



In the Author's Cabinet. 



My genus Aphrodes comprised two groups, one of which 

 had been previously establislied under the name of Acucephahis 

 by Germar, which was lately illustrated in pi. 620. The form 

 of the head, which in ouji* typical species is obtuse, is more or 

 less pointed and hollow above in Germar's genus; the thorax is 

 often longer and narrower, as well as the elytra m Aphrodes, the 

 cheeks are not dilated, the clypeus is not emarginate, the ros- 

 trum is shorter ; there are trifling differences in the neuration 

 of the wings, and the anterior tibiae are spined on the outside 

 as well as internally. The following species are described 

 from my Cabinet. 



1. concinna Curt. Ochreous, elytra with 2 bands and a lunate mark at 



the apex whitish, all margined with brown, 1st band interrupted at the 

 middle, leaving a spot on the costa, 2nd interrupted ; tips of tibias, 

 hinder thighs and tarsi brown, inside of hinder tibiae pitchy : 2 lines. 



2. Testudo Curt. Similar to the last but with 2 brown bands, one across 



the middle of the elytra, the other near the apex. 



