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vescens. Scutellum flavescens. Abdomen supra nigri^m, subtus flavum. 

 Hemelytra Itete viridia, subcaerulea, nervis saturatioribus, margine 

 costali et inembraua jDellucidis. Alae fuscse, nervis fortibus nigei'riinis. 

 Pedes flavi, nigro lineati, $ . 



cJ differt abdomine subtus nigro, bemelytris nigro creruleis, costa 

 et merabrana concoloribus. Paulo minor. 



Long. (J 2f -3^ ; alar. exp. 5| : ? 3^-4| ; alar. exp. 6^ lin. 



Cicada viridis, Lin., S.N., 5, p. 466. Tettig. viridis, Cuvier, 

 Eegne Anim., pi. 99, fig. 6, ? . Flor, E.L. 2, p. 145. Germ., 

 Mag., 4, p. 72, and Tettig. arundinis, ibid, p. 71, Amhlyce- 

 phalus viridis, Curt., B.E., 572, text, No. 1. 



Pound on rushes and rank grasses in damp situations throughout 

 the whole of Europe, and also in Siberia. The larva and pupa are ex- 

 ceedingly elegant while alive, but shrivel and lose their colours after 

 death. The former is lemon-coloured, or very pale green, marked with 

 longitudinal black stripes ; and in its more advanced stages the two 

 black spots of the vertex are also visible. The pupa has its rudimen- 

 tary hemelytra marked with a large black stria. 



Gen. EUACANTiius, Germ. 



* Hemelytra flavissima, longitudinaliter nigro 



bivittata U. interrujptus, Liu. 



** Hemelytra fusco-testacea, pallida, cellulis 



p.p. infuscatis E. acuminatuSjiPah. 



1. — Euacanthus interruptus, Lin. 



Lsete flavus, supra niger, subnitidus. Hemelytra abdomine longiora 

 ( ? ), vel breviora ( $ ), vittis 2 atris elougato-triangularibus, quarum 

 exterior paulo ante corii medium orta, in apicem sese latiorem eftundit ; 

 interior a basi ad apicem usque clavi extenditur ; clavi margo suturalis 

 flava. Membrana nigricans. Pedes flavi ; tarsi apice nigri. ^ $ . 



Long. 2^-3J ; alar. exp. 5 lin. 



Cicada interrufta, Lin., S.N. 5, p. 463. Panz., Fn., 32, 8 fig. 

 Plor, R.L. 2, p. 149. Aniblycephalus interruptus, Curt., B.E. 

 572, text. No. 2, &c. 



This handsome insect is common on various plants, and well known 

 in Kent for the injury it inflicts in the hop-gardens, by piercing with 

 its rostrum the young and succulent shoots. It is called " Skip- Jack" 

 and " Dolphin " by the farmers. 



