1902] 



The sculpture and colour of the first two abdominal segments, 

 which bear a somewhat close resemblance to those of M. tiro, Reinb., 

 and the annulation of the hind tarsi, are remarkable. 



The type emerged from among larval of Nothris verbascella, S. 

 V., in LS99. Mr. Frank Norgate, who has kindly presented me with 

 the unique specimen, informs me he is not at all sure that it was 

 parasitic upon that moth, but if so, it certainly emerged from the 

 larvm ; the parasite's cocoon may, however, have been carried in 

 among the food plant (Verbascum pulverulentwm, Vill.), which, together 

 with the larval, was found in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. 



Ipswich : November 1st, 1901. 



STICTOCORIS FLAVEOLA, Bohm., AN ADDITIONAL SPECIES OP 

 BRITISH CICADINA. 



BY JAMES EDWARDS, F. E. S. 



Stictocoris plaveola, Bohm. 

 Thamnotcttix flaveola, Bohemau, Sv. Ak. Hand!., 1845, 33, 9; Fieber, 

 Cicad. d'Eur. (Thamnotettix), 90, 31. Jassus (Athysanus) flaveola, 

 Flor, Rhyn. Liv.. ii, 291, 9. Stictocoris flaveola, J. Sahlberg, Not. 

 Feun., xii, 259, 4. 



J . Upper-side deep yellow, inclining to orange, shining ; the frontal sutures 

 and a small spot at the base of each antenna, black. Crown as long as half its basal 

 width, one-fifth longer in the middle than at the sides, its fore margin broadly rounded. 

 Pronotum about one fourth longer than the crown. Abdomen above black, with 

 the sides narrowly yellow and the last segment yellowish-white, or black with the 

 sides broadly, the last segment, and a row of subquadrate spots down each side, 

 yellow : beneath yellow, with the sides narrowly, and an elongate triangular, more 

 or less interrupted middle stripe, black. Genital valve a little shorter than the 

 preceding segment, widely rounded behind ; genital plates five times as long as the 

 valve, their outer edges feebly sinuate towards their narrowly rounded apices. Legs 

 deep yellow with a reddish tinge, the hind tibiae with an external series of black 

 points. 



? . Pale sordid yellow, the black markings on the abdomen much reduced. 

 Crown one-sixth longer than half its basal width, one-third longer in the middle 

 than at the sides, its free margin broadly rounded. Pronotum about one-fourth 

 longer than the crown. Last ventral segment about half as long in the middle as 

 at the sides, the hind margin with a large rounded notch in the middle, the outer 

 posterior angles rounded. Length, 4 — 4-J mm. 



I am indebted to the industry and good fortune of Mr. W. West 

 for the opportunity of recording this addition to the British fauna ; 

 his specimens were taken in September amongst long grass in damp 



