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77. Tettigonia decoeata. 



Atra ; caput Jiavo varhnn ; scutum alhido bimaculatum ; scutellum 

 luteo trimaculatum ; pectus alhido maculutum ; abdomen ma- 

 culis subtus apiceque luteis ; pedes crocei, piceo larii ; aUe 

 antic(B albido trivitlatce et unimaculatce ; alee posticce sub- 

 fuscee. 



Deep black : head short; crown semicircular in front, concave 

 on the hind border, with a luteous spot in the middle, and two pale 

 yellow^ spots on each side ; disk of the face almost flat, yellow, with 

 a black spot in the middle, and with soaie black streaks along the 

 sides; epistoma yellow^, black towards the tip : moulh pitchy: shield 

 with a large whitish spot on each side : scutcheon with three luteous 

 spots, a small one on each side, and a larger one in front: breast 

 with whitish spots : abdomen beneath with luteous spots along each 

 side; tip luteous, much keeled in the female : legs orange: anterior 

 thighs with pitchy streaks; anterior shanks and feet pitchy; hind- 

 feet pitchy, tawny at the base : fore-w ings with three whitish stripes ; 

 first on the fore border, short ; second on the hind border, longer ; 

 third on the disk, longer than the second, and extending to a trans- 

 verse whitish spot near the tip : hind-wings brownish. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the w'ings 7 lines, 

 fl, b. Quito. Presented by W. Hewitson, Esq. 



78. Tettigoma extrema. 



Flava ; caput luteum, nigra unimaculatum ; scutum nigro trima- 

 culatum; scutellum et abdomen nigra; pedes lutei ; alee an- 

 ticce nigro-fusco bivittatee ; alee posticce f usees. 



Yellow: head luteous, short; crown semicircular in front, 

 hardly concave on the hind border, with a slight keel on the disk, 

 which is mostly occupied by a large black spot; face smooth, shin- 

 ing, with a slight keel, and on each side with indistinct oblique 

 striae : shield with an obconical black spot in the middle, and with a 

 rounded black spot on each side: scutcheon and abdomen black: 

 legs luteous : hips yellow : fore-wings with two irregular blackish 

 brown stripes in the disk : hind-wings dark brown. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 6^ lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



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