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longitudinal veins also black ; flaps whitish at the base and along 

 the hind border. 



Var. /3. Fore-chest and middle-chest each adorned with two 

 oblique red stripes ; hind-scutcheon mostly red : vein between the 

 first and second cross-veins not clouded with brown ; fore border red ; 

 one black longitudinal vein on the hind-wing. 



Var. y. Like Var. /3 : a red interrupted stripe in the middle 

 of the fore-chest. 



Var. 8. First and second cross-vein veiy slightly clouded with 

 brown, the veins between them quite unclouded. 



Fern. — Head adorned with three red marks in front and with 

 three more behind : scutcheon of the fore-chest red with the excep- 

 tion of six black stripes ; middle pair uniting and forming a large 

 spot, the other four oblique : abdomen much longer than the chest, 

 very pointed towards the tip ; hind border of the segments red ; last 

 segment adorned with four red stripes, the inner pair slender, the 

 outer pair very broad and irregular ; under side red with a broad 

 black stripe : legs red ; thighs striped wdth black ; fore-shanks and 

 fore-feet black ; tips of the hind-feet pitchy ; middle-feet pitchy : 

 wings bright red along the fore border for two-thirds of the length, 

 pitchy thence towards the tips. 



■''^ Var. /S. The red marks on the body wanting excepting one 

 tawny dot on the head, two in a line on the fore- chest, and one on 

 each side of the scutcheon whose hind border is red : abdomen 

 nearly all black excepting a pale red stripe on each side beneath. 



Length of the body 9 — 12 lines ; of the wings 24 — 27 lines. 



a, b. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 c, d. Van Dieman's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 

 e. New Holland. From Mr. Shuckard's collection 

 /. New Holland. 



L/ 115. Cicada muta. 



Cicada muta, Oliv. Enc. Meth, v. 757, 48. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. 

 i. 3, 2098, 84. 

 7Tettigonia muta, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 681, 17. Sp. Ins. ii. 322, 21. 

 Mayit. Ins. ii. 267, 26. Ent. Syst. iv. 26, 35. Syst. Rhyn. 

 43, 53. 



a — g. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



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