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73. Tettigonia am<ena. 



Nigrum ; caput nigro umfasciatum et trivittatum ; scutum ftavo 

 fasciatum ; abdomen apice testaceum ; pedes fiavi, tibiis lar- 

 sisque anticis fulvis ; alee anticce luridcB viridi hifasciatce. 



Black, shining : head luteous ; crown almost semi-eirciilai' 

 slightly concave on the hind border, with a broad black band send- 

 ing forth three short black stripes to the front, where they are united ; 

 face rather large and swelling, shagreened, and almost flat on the 

 disk, convex, shining, and with indistinct oblique stria on each side : 

 epistoma keeled : mouth pitchy : fore borders of the shield with a 

 yellow band, which is widened on each side, and extends to the 

 fore-hips: tip of the abdomen testaceous: legs yellow; fore-shanks 

 and fore-feet tawny : fore-wings lurid, slightly gilded, with two pale 

 green bands, one near the base, the other at two-thirds of the length : 

 hind-wings coppery-brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



74. Tettigonia cephalotes. 



Lutea ; caput nigro varium ; scutellum ferrugineum, apice Jiavo 

 maculatum ; pectus Jlavum, disco fulvo ; abdomen subtus fla- 

 vum ; pedes fiavi ; alee anticcB luridoe, basi et ad costam fuscce , 

 macula una viridi alteraque fulva ornatce ; alcB posticce lim- 

 pid(B apice fuscce. 



Luteous: head a little broader than the chest ; crown flat, con- 

 cave on the hind border, depressed on each side by the eye, with a 

 black T-shaped mark in the disk ; face yellow, rather large and 

 swelling, with a broad black stripe, which on the front is united to a 

 black band, the latter contains many yellow curved streaks ; disk al- 

 most flat, minutely shagreened ; epistoma black : shield bordered 

 with black, and with some black impressions near the fore border ; 

 scutcheon ferruginous, blackish, and with a triangular yellow spot 

 towards the tip : breast yellow ; disk tawny : abdomen yellow be- 

 neath : legs yellow : fore-wings lurid, brown at the base and along 

 the fore border, with a long pale dull green spot, which occupies the 

 disk, and joins a tawny spot near the base : hind-wings colourless, 

 with brown tips. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6^ 

 lines. 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



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