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The genus of cicadae is divided by Limnrus into fire 
tribes or families, viz. into thole whofe thorax is com- 
pveffed, membranous, and larger than the body ; thofe 
which have their thorax armed on each fide with a fpinc 
or horn ; the third, the manniferae, whofe feet are not 
formed for leaping ; the fourth confills of thofe whofe 
hind feet are made for that purpofe ; the laft family com- 
prehends tlioCe whofe wings are wrapped round the 
body *. 
The cicada fanguinolenta of Linnaeus is the moll beau- 
tiful of all our froghoppeis : It is of a fhining black, both 
above and below ; the elytra have each three large fpots 
of a fine critnfon. 
9 Syftema Nat. ubi fuprs. 
