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arising from the fore-margin and exterior to these, each side, 

 is a longer loop of the same color, the crux being also pale 

 fulvous. One male from Arizona is much smaller than any 

 other specimen, and the valves over the drums are narrower 

 and un symmetrical. 



2 C. grossa Fab. 



This species has recently been brought to light in the British 

 Museum, where, through the courtesy of Dr. G. R. Water- 

 house, I was permitted to examine the types of Fabricius in 

 the collection of Sir Joseph Banks. They proved to be two 

 specimens of the large form, of which I have specimens from 

 North Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, New York City, 

 northern New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. These largest 

 females have been taken in North Carolina, Arkansas, Texas 

 and southern Missouri ; those which I have met with in the 

 Atlantic States north of North Carolina are in varying de- 

 grees smaller. When collected in alcohol, their green color 

 becomes rusty or dark brown. This last is the color to which 

 Fabricius has given the term niger. These types were re- 

 ported to have come from Brazil ; but no collector has thus far 

 found the species in South America, nor has it been met with 

 in the West Indies or Central America. Incorrect localities 

 for species in the collections of authors of the last century 

 have been frequently remarked, as better knowledge has 

 accumulated. 



Variations in size, color and pattern of marking are, per- 

 haps, responsible for the exaggerated synonymy which has 

 accumulated upon this species. The synonymy stands as 

 follows: Tettigonia grossa Fab., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 16, Syst. 

 Rhyng. p. 33, No. 2 ; Cicada niarginata Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philada. v. iv, p. 330 ; Cicada auletes Germar. Silbermann, 

 Rev. Ent. v, ii, p. 65 ; Cicada grossa Germar. Thom, Ent. 

 Archiv. v. ii, p. 5 ; Cicada trupsilon Walker, Brit. Mus. List. 

 Homopt. V. i, p. 103; C. resonans Walk., Brit. Mus. List, 

 Homopt. p. 106 ; C. consonans Walk. , Brit. Mus. List. Homopt. 

 p. 106 ; C. vibrans Walk., Brit. Mus. List. Homopt. p. 107 G. 



The synonyms of Mr. Walker are given on the authority of 

 Dr. Stal, as I did not have the time to examine those speci- 



