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together by three crimson bands ; third band sometimes interrupted 

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

 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 late rufum ; pedes fuscescentes, 

 femoribus pallidioribus ; ala cupreo -nigra subpurpurascentes ,' 

 antica maculis tribus 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. Win^s 

 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 3£ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

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



Tettigonia reversa. 

 Atra ; caput vitta furcata guttisque duabus coccineis ; prothorax 

 coccineo bimaculatus ; pedes fuscescentes; ala antica basi 

 apud costam, apice fasciisque duabus coccineis ; postica 

 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. 

 Fpre wings crimson, black at the base of the costa, at the tips, and' 

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

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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

 Clark. 



Q Tettigonia extricans. 

 Late rufa, subtus albida ; caput margine postico guttaque nigris ; 

 prothorax nigro bifasciatus ; scutellum nigrum, apice rufum '; 

 ala antica vitta, strigis duabus basalibus unaque costali exte- 

 riore nigris ; postica nigricantes. 



