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together by three crimson hands ; third band sometimes interrupted. 

 Hind wings black. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5j 



lines. 



a. Constancia, Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Tettigonia argentigutta. 



Nigra^ subtus alba; caput fascia vittaque antica albis ; prothorax 

 albo fasciatus ; abdomen Icete rufum ; pedes fuscescentes , 

 femoribus pallidioribus ; alee cupreo-nigrce subpurpurascentes ; 

 anticcB macuiis Iribus fasciisque duabus exterioribus abbre- 

 viatis albis. 



Black, white beneath. Head with a white stripe in front and 

 with a white band on the vertex. Prothorax with a white band. 

 Abdomen bright red. Legs brownish; femora paler. Wings 

 cupreous-black, with a purplish tinge. Fore wings with three white 

 spots, and with two abbreviated exterior white bands; the anterior 

 spot elongated. Length of the body 8^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Constancia, Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Tettigonia reversa. 



Atra ; caput vitta furcata guttisque duabtis coccineis ; prothorax 

 coccineo bimaculatus ; pedes fuscescentes; alee anticce basi 

 apud costaw, apice fasciisque duabus coccineis ; posticcB 

 nigricantes. 



Deep black. Head with a crimson stripe, which is forked 

 between the eyes ; a crimson dot on each side. Prothorax with two 

 large crimson spots, forming an interrupted band. Legs brownish. 

 Fore wings crimson, black at the base of the costa, at the tips, and 

 with two irregular black bands. Hind wings blackish. Length of 

 the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Petropolis, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet 

 Clark. 



Tettigonia exteicans. 



L(ste rufa, subtus albida ; caput margine postico guttaque nigris ; 

 prothorax nigro bifasciatus ; scutellum nigrum, apice rufum ; 

 alcB anticcB vitta, strigis duabus basalibus unaque cosiali exte- 

 riore nigris ; posticce nigricantes. 



