4th joint elongate, shorter thau the 1st; posterior pair with the 1st joint elon- 

 ^'ate, as lonp^ as the four following united, the 2nd rather short, as long as the 

 3rd and 4th together, these short and subequal, oth elongate. Tibiae ciliate. 



This genus appears to be allied to TacTiyusida Muls. et Eey, and is 

 remarkable in having a very long first joint to the posterior tarsi. 



Taclnjcliara discipennis, n. sp. 



Elongate-parallel, greasy lustrous ; head black, thorax and abdomen 

 pitchy-brown, elytra testaceous, the base and lateral margins brown ; first 

 three joints of the antennae and legs testaceous. Length 4 mm. Head trans- 

 verse, suborbicular, the eyes large and rather prominent, the temples rounded 

 and contracted behind to the broad neck ; the surface, except the anterior por- 

 tion, coarsely and very closely punctured. Antennae rather long, the 2nd and 

 3rd joints of equal length, the 4th to the 10th all longer than broad, the 5th, 

 6th, and 7tk a little longer than the 4th, the 8th, 9tli, and 10th gradually 

 decreasing in length, the 11th elongate, pointed, nearly as long as the two 

 preceding together. Thorax broader than the head, about one-third broader 

 than long, the sides rounded in front, contracted and a little sinuated behind, 

 the posterior angles obtuse and prominent ; the disc usually with a very tine 

 median line at the base, scarcely traceable beyond the middle, and on either 

 side with a minute fovea and another some distance anterior and external to 

 it; puncturation very close, but much finer, than that of the head. Scutellum 

 brown, closely punctured. Elytra as long as, but broader than, the thorax, 

 transverse, not sinuate at the postero-external angles ; testaceous, the base, 

 anterior part of the sutural region, and the reflexed borders brown ; punctura- 

 tion fine and close, finely pubescent. Abdomen parallel, closely and finely 

 punctured and pubescent, a little more sparingly behind. 



ILab. Dikoya, alt. 3800-4200 feet {G. Lewis). 

 {To be continued.) 



NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN SPECIES OP BEITISH CICADINA. 

 BT JAMES EDWARDS, F.E.S. 



Aphrojjhofa maculata, n. sp. 



It appears from field studies of our British Aphrophorae that two 

 species have been included by Flor and others under the name salicis 

 De Geer. These may be distinguished as follows : — 



Smaller (length 9-11 mm.). Less suddenly widened at the shoulders, more 

 gradually narrowed behind. Crown more pointed. Elytra greenish- 

 yellow punctured with black, the veins beyond the apex of the clavus 

 usually more or less dusky ; a-, pale, somethnes with a dusky streak near 

 the middle ; the pubescence depressed sahcis iJo Geer. 



