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39. Tettigonia peuinosa. 



Pmyureo-fusca ; thorax fulvo varius ; abdominis segmentoriim 

 margines ferruginei ; pedes picei ; alee antica purpnrecp, ful- 

 vo varies^ apice fidvcB ; alcB posticcs cyaneo-fmcce. 



Allied to Proconia. Purplish brown : head above semicircular, 

 slightly concave ; face rather prominent, flat and minutely rugulose 

 on the disk, convex, and with nine distinct slightly oblique ridges 

 on each side : mouth ferruginous : chest transversely rugulose, some- 

 what tawny about the borders: breast mostly tawny : abdomen ta- 

 pering from the base to the tip ; borders of the segments mostly 

 ferruginous : legs pitchy ; knees ferruginous : fore-wings purple with 

 pale tawny dots, and beyond the middle with pale tawny streaks 

 also ; tips pale tawny: hind-wings brown, tinged with blue. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



o, h. Colombia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



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40. Tettigonia. gaudens. 



Miniata ; thoracis latera crocea ; pectus et abdomen cinerea, hujus 

 lateribus et segmentorum marginibns posticis fulvis; pedes 

 nigri, femoribus posterioribus fulvis nigro vittatis ; alee an- 

 ticcB incarnates, Jlavo trifasciata ; alee posticee fulvee, apice 

 fusceB. 



Red-lead colour, slender: head short; face slightly flattened 

 in front, paler on each side, without fuiTows or ridges : mouth fer- 

 ruginous : chest orange on each side, not shining : breast and abdo- 

 men gray ; sides and hind borders of the abdominal segments 

 tawny : legs black ; posterior thighs tawny, with Mack streaks : fore- 

 wings crimson, with three broad bright yellow bands: hind-wings 

 tawny with dark brown tips. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the 

 wings 13^ lines. 



a. Effa, on the Amazon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



