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The insect by whosc larva the fluid is sccrcted, is described at length 

 by M. Goudot as a specics ot thc gcnus Cercofis of Latrcillc, and 

 ncarly relati^d to the Cercopis spt())iaria [Cicada Linn.) of Europe; 

 which latter recalls in miniature what takes places in the large Mada- 

 gascar larva, secreting, likc it, large quantities of white froth, and 

 suspending itself, with its foamy mantle, from the blades of grass 



Fio. 2. — Pytelux Clomloti adultes, vus en deésus ; à droite et à gaïuhe, les ailes 

 fermées; au milieu, les ailes étendues (Grand, nat.). 



on which it fecds. It appears to bc cntircly new, and as M. Goudot had 

 neglected to namc^ it, Mr. Bennett stated that he embraced with plea- 

 surc the opportunity of dedicating it to its discoverer, under thc name 

 of Afhro-phora Goudoti, the former name having been generically 

 applied by M. Germar to tliat subdi\-ision of I.atreille's genus 

 Cercofis, to which the insect in ([uestion belongs. Ile characterized 

 it as follows : 



Aphrophora Goudoti (i). — Aph. nigra; thorace flavescente, punctis 

 4 nigris anticis transversim positis, duobus intermediis impressis ; 

 capite scutelloque flavis, hoc punctis 4 (2-2). 

 Long. corj). i une. i lin. 



The size above given is that of the spécimens communicated to 

 the Society by Mr. Telfair ; but M. (ioudot stated that the insect 

 attains a length of 36 millimètres, which is little short of an inch and 

 a half. He adds, that cven aftrr liaving attained its perfect states, 

 it rcmains upon the trcc, fixcd to tlu^ sm;ill liranches, but in a statc 

 of isolation ; and th;it, having, ()]:)scr\"fd >cver;il individuals in this 

 condition, he ])erceiv(d that tlicy continued to émit, from time to 

 time, minute drops of clear and lim]ud watcr. He describes the lariui 



(1) Le nom générique jjIus ancien de Ptyelus a été créé par Lkpeletier 

 DE Saint-Fargeau et Serville en 1825. 



