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CICADA SPUMERTA.—-FOAMY FROG 
HOPPER. | 
A\monest the fpecies found in this country, of 
this genus, thisis one of the largeft. Itis a brown, 
tinged with green. ‘Ihe head, breaft and elytra, are 
beautifully dotted ; on the laftare two white fpots. 
_ Before the infect has metamorphofed itfelf, the larva 
which produces it, lives and refides upon plants: But 
it is not perceived, unlefs the fpot of its devouring 
is certainly known; for by,emmitting, from every 
part of its Beas, foamy bubbles, refembling fpittle, 
under which it conceaisitfelf, the larvz is not eafily 
difcovered: But when this froth 1s removed, the larvn 
is found: But it is foon covered again, by a frefh e- 
miffion of froth. Thus the larve is enabled by na- 
ture to preferve itfelf againft the injury of the weather, 
and from being deftroyed by other infects. This is 
another inftance of the variety of means adopted by 
the creator to preferve the ballance of all things. - As 
the larv2 of this infect is liable to be preyed upon by 
different animals, *it is provided with the power of e-. 
mitting this foam, as the only protection againit its 
enemies. 
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CICADA SANGUINOLENTA.——-CRIM- 
'SON FROG HOPPER. 
‘Tis is thought the fineft fpecies which we, in this 
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country, poflefs of this genus. The elytra alone have i 
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