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longitudinal veins also black ; flaps wliitisli at the base and along 

 the hind border. 



Var.13. Fore-chest and middle-chest each adorned with two 

 oblique red stripes ; hind-scutcheon mostly red : vein between tbe 

 first and second cross-veins not clouded with brown ; fore border red ; 

 one black longitudinal vein on the hind-wing. 



Var. y. Like Var. ^ : a red interrupted stripe in the middle 

 of the fore-chest. 



Var. 8. First and second cross-vein very slightly clouded with 

 brown, the veins between them quite unclouded. 



Fern. — Head adorned with three red marks in front and with 

 three more behind : scutcheon of the fore-chest red with the excep- 

 tion of six black stripes ; middle pair uniting and forming a large 

 spot, the other four oblique : abdomen much longer than the chest, 

 very pointed towards the tip ; hind border of the segments red ; last 

 segment adorned with four red stripes, the inner pair slender, the 

 outer pair very broad and irregular ; under side red with a broad 

 black stripe : legs red ; thighs striped with black ; fore-shanks and 

 fore-feet black ; tips of the hind-feet pitchy ; middle-feet pitchy : 

 wings bright red along the fore border for two-thirds of the length, 

 pitchy thence towards the tips. 



Var. ^. The red marks on the body wanting excepting one 

 tawny dot on tbe head, two in a line on the fore-chest, and one on 

 each side of the scutcheon whose hind border is red : abdomen 

 nearly all black excepting a pale red stripe on each side beneath. 

 Length of the body 9 — 12 lines ; of the wings 24 — 27 lines. 



a, b. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by K. Butler, Esq. 

 c, d. Van Dieman's I^and. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



e. New Holland. From Mr. Shuckard's collection 



f. New Holland. 



115. Cicada muta. 



Cicada muta, Oliv. Enc. Meth, v. 757, 48. Gmel. Ed. St/st. Nat. 



i. 3, 2098, 84. 

 Tettigonia muta, Fabr. Si/st. Ent. 681, 17. Sp. Ins. ii. 322, 21. 



Mant. Ins. ii. 267, 26. Ent. Si/st. iv. 26, 35. Si/st. Rhyn. 



43, 53. 



a — g. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



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