﻿me to locate it close to that genus ; and allhougli it seems in 

 that situation to intersect two natural groups, yet it is difficult 

 to find a place where it interferes less with the natural affini- 

 ties of the allied groups. 



It is remarkable that this curious and striking species should 

 never have been figured or described ; but it does not appear 

 to be known upon the continent, otherwise Wolff or Panzer 

 would have figured it, and it has not yet been published in 

 any of Hahn's fasciculi in my possession. It is probably the 

 insect called Azijicccrn disjutr in Stephens's Catalogue, and as 

 such I marked it in the Guide ; but as I have no means of as- 

 certaining that they are identical, I have named it Harpocera, 

 in allusion to the antenna', which resemble a reaping-hook or 

 sickle, and the specific name is given in honour of Professor 

 Burmei.ster of Berlin, whose talents are now devoted to the 

 investigation of the Homoptera. 



It does not seem to be a rare species, lor 1 have met with it 

 in several localities; in May in Coomb-wood, Surrey, upon 

 grass; on the foliage of oak-trees in the plantations at Arno's 

 Grove, Southgate, in abundance ; also in a garden near Lon- 

 don, as well as in Bagley-wood or at Shotover near Oxford in 

 July. The following is the description of 

 II. Burmeisteri Curf. Brit. Eni. pi. 709. 



Male dark piceous, with short ochreous pubescence ; a line 

 down the crown yellow, a broader one on the disc of the thorax 

 not reaching the anterior margin, orange ; apex of the scutel 

 oranjje and vellow, base of abdomen ochreous: antenniv dull 

 pale brown, darkest at the apex: elytra fuscous-ochre a little 

 clouded; stigma piceous, the internal margin whitish; the 

 membrane iridescent and pale fuscous, with a red spot or line 

 at the apex of the ceil : thighs orange, hinder piceous, except 

 at the base ; tibia? ochreous, the tips, bristles and tarsi piceous. 



Female lighter : head yellow with 2 shining oval black spots 

 on the crown : thorax ochreous, the sides more orange, with 

 2 transverse oval black rings in front : abdomen entirely ociu'e- 

 ous: hinder thighs slightly fuscous only at the apex. 



The plant is Alopecurus prateusis, Meadow Fox-tail-grass. 



