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51. Tettigonia caudata. 



Lutea ; caput nigro varium, subtus Jlavum ; thorax ferrugine us, 

 luteo et Jlavo maculatus ; metathorax niger ; pectus Jlavuni, 

 piceo himaculatum ; abdomen rufum, nigro vittatum, subtiis 

 et apice Jiavum ; alee aniicce ferruginece, luteo guttata, apice 

 luridce ; alee postica luridcB,fusco marginata. 



Luteous, rather stoat : head ahiiost truncate-conical ; crown 

 flat, somewhat concave on each side by the eyes, with a slender black 

 discal band, which has three black stripes behind it, and two in front ; 

 face yellow; its disk flat, minutely rug-ulose lengthwise; sides 

 convex, with about nine slight, hardly oblique ridges ; tip and 

 epistoraa deep black : mouth yellow : hind cart of the shield fer- 

 ruginous, but mostly occupied by six luteous spots; sculcheon fer- 

 ruginous, with four round luteous spots on the disk, with a yellow 

 oblong spot on each side at the base, and with a large round yellow 

 spot near the tip, which is luteous •. hiud-chest black: breast pale 

 yellow, with a pitchy spot on each side : abdomen dark red, with a 

 black dorsal stripe, bright red at the base, tip and underside pale 

 yellow : fore-wings pale bright ferruginous, with numerous luteous 

 dots of various size, lurid towards the tips, where there are some co- 

 lourless streaks on the borders of the veins: hind-wings pale lurid, 

 brown at the tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Bolivia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



52. Tettigonia stipata. 



Rufa, robusta, Jlavo varia ; thorax albo varius ; metathorax nigra 

 fasciatus ; pedes nigro cincti ; ala anticce luridce, albo guttatce, 

 rufo marginatce ; alee posticee cupreo-fuscce. 



Bright red, rather stout: head short; crown semicircular, flat, 

 with a heart-shaped pale yellow spot in the disk ; face flat on the 

 disk, convex, and with ten oblique pale yellow bands on each side: 

 shield with some irregular yellow marks towards the fore border, 

 which is white ; a conical white spot near the fore border connected 

 by a slender white stripe with the hind border, which has a conical 

 white spot on each side : scutcheon whitish, with a large red spot on 

 each side ; tip black : hind-chest mostly yellow, with a short black 

 band on the hind border : abdomen tinged with purple beneath : 



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