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two broad black stripes, which also occupy pavt of the front, and are 

 united on the epistoma ; disk flat ; striae on each side very indis- 

 tinct : shield black on each side, and on each side of the disk with 

 two black spots, which are parted by a yellowish mark : scutcheon 

 yellow ; fore border with a black band, which is widened on each 

 side: abdomen black : legs pale yellow ; fore shanks pitchy, tawny 

 at the base: fore-wings black, with four more or less perfect bright 

 red stripes ; tips, hind borders, and hind-wings brown. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a ? 



60. Tettigonia scita. 



Flam ; fades nigro trivittata ; scutum nigro bifasciatum ; abdo- 

 men lufeum, apice fuscum ; tibice anticce lutece ; alee anticce 

 albcB^fusco quadrimaculatcB. 



Pale yellow, slender, shining : head short ; crown slightly con- 

 cave, with a black divided spot between the eyelets; face with three 

 black stripes which extend along two-thirds of the length, and taper 

 towards the epistoma, the side pair also occupy part of the front ; 

 disk almost flat ; sides with slight oblique ridges : tip of the mouth 

 tawny : shield with a short irregular black band on the fore border, 

 and on the hind border a broad black band which forms an acute 

 angle in the disk : abdomen luteous, pale yellow beneath and to- 

 wards the tip, which is brown: fore shanks luteous: fore-wings 

 white, with four brown spots, one near the base, the second on the 

 hind border at one-third of the length, the third triangular in the 

 middle of the disk, the fourth near the tip : hind-wings with a 

 slight lurid tinge. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



61. Tettigonia albigutta. 



Nigra ; fades ffavo bivittata ; scutum fiavo fasciatum ; pectus 

 flavo quadrimaculatum ; abdomen purpureo-rufum ; pedes 

 rufi ; alcB antic(B fuscce, flavo -alba quinquemaculatce. 



Black, rather slender, shining: head short; face with two broad 

 pale yellow stripes, which also occupy part of the front, and are 

 united towards the epistoma ; disk almost flat, very minutely 



