4?|5 THE FLEA LOCUST, 



The genus of cicadas is divided by Linnceus Into fiv^ 

 tribes or families, viz. into thole whofe thorax is com- 

 preffed, membranous, and larger than the body ; thofp 

 which have their thorax armed on each fide with a fpine 

 or horn ; the third, the manniferae, whofe feet are not: 

 formed for leaping ; the fourth confifts of thofe wliofe 

 hind feet are made for that purpofe ; the laft family -com- 

 prehends thofe whofe wings are wrapped round the 

 body *. 



The cicada fanguinolenta of Linnc^tts is the moft beau- 

 tiful of all our froghoppers : It is of a fhining black, both 

 above and below ; the elytra have each three large fpots 

 of a fine crimfon. 



* Syftema Nat. ubi fupra. 



