﻿sweet nature. The perfect insects jump when disturbed, in 

 wliicli the authors oi" the Int. to Ent. think they are assisted 

 by the short spines attached to the hiniier coxa?. One of the 

 most remarkable appearances in this group is the singukar 

 situation of the rostrum or promuscis as it is called, which 

 seems to spring from ihe breast, in consequence of the face 

 being obIi(jue, and tlie head so closely united to the antepectus 

 as to render their separation diflicult. 



Latreille says that some species in piercing vegetables in 

 order to suck the sap, cause in parts, especially on the leaves 

 and buds, monstrosities like galls in appearance. Both lleau- 

 mur and DeCicer have illustrated this group, and the list in 

 my Ciuide will be found in Gmelin's Syst. Nat. 

 5. P. Pyri Limi.—DcG. v. 3, pi. 9./. 1 — 16. 



The following accurate observations in a letter I received 

 from T. A. Knight, Esq., of Downton, seem to apply to this 

 species. " Tiie insect first appears in April and ]\Iay, soli- 

 tarily on the lower surfaces of the leaves in the Pear, inclosed 

 in a globule of honey, and subsecjuently retires to the bases 

 of the leaves and dej)osits much honey upon the buds. The 

 gardener is first made acquainted with its presence by the 

 number of Humble-bees which are attracted by its lioncy, but 

 in a short time the tlimini><hed growth of the iiuit and the 

 sickly appearance of the ibliage point out to him the injurious 

 operation of his minute enemy." 

 15. Fraxini Linn, — Curt. Brit. Ent. pL 565 <S • 



Beginning of July, plantations near Dover and Killarney ; 

 end of August on Ash-trees in Skye. 



5*. Visci Curt. — Breadth '6i lines: })ale green, becoming 

 ochreous alter death: antcniue as long as the body, black at 

 the apex, each joint, excepting the two basal ones, tipped 

 with the same colour: superior wings slightly tinged with 

 brown, with a darker undefined spot on the inferior margin. 

 This 1 bred the middle of May from jmpie ioiuul on the 

 Misseltoe at Kougham by Mr. Ralph Bennet. 

 22". Ulicis 0/;7. — Breadth 3 lines: green, sometimes spotted 

 with red and black, forming dots and lines on the head and 

 thorax: superior wings with a brown line along the centre 

 and dots on the posterior margin, alternating with the ner- 

 vures. The male is generally more rufous. 

 Abundant the middle of August on Eurze-buslics in Brodick- 

 bay, Isle of Arran. 



25. Ericse Curt. — Breadth 1 line: very short and broad; green 

 or tawny ; antenna.' shorter than the thorax: ocelli ruby-co- 

 lour: superior wines frreenish or tawnv, nervures not darker. 

 This diminutive species is found on heath, generally in 

 plantations. I have taken it in the Isle of Bute and near Kil- 

 larney in July, and Mr. F. Walker has met with it. 

 The Plant is Fraxinus excelsior (Common Ash). 



