1879.] 85 



blackish next the middle : mesonotum bi'ownisli, anterior portion {dorsulitm of 

 F. Low) with pale greenish-grey margins, and a narrow line of the same colour 

 down each side of the centre ; posterior portion brownish, with four longitudinal 

 greenish-grey lines standing one on each side the centre and the other a little 

 remote ; scutelliform process greenish-grey. Elytra milky-white, between the 

 costal margin and the radius more transparent, length scarce three times that 

 of the breadth ; costal margin brown, except at the base, and forming from the 

 latter to the apex a continuous curve; stigma wanting; radius and cubital 

 nerves pale, the former running almost parallel with the anterior margin until 

 before joining it, where it is distinctly rounded, junction a little befoi*e the apex ; 

 anterior arm of the cubitus convex towards the radius, but not running parallel 

 with it ; base of the furcation about in a line with the outer nerve of the pos- 

 terior furcation ; cell small ; posterior furcation low, somewhat elongate, breadth 

 in the middle not equal to half the length measured on the dorsal margin ; a 

 broad brown streak, dentate on the inner margin and bounded exteriorly by the 

 petiole of the cubitus, extends from the base to the apex, leaving the clavus, an 

 arc below the anterior arm of the cubitus, and a spot in each of the cells ad- 

 joining the dorsal margin, white ; from the apex of the radius to a little way 

 within the cell formed by the arms of the cubitus, is a triangular brown patch, 

 having its base on the costal margin. Legs greenish-yellow. Thighs : inner 

 margin with a longitudinal blackish-brown streak, not reaching either the base 

 or the apex. 

 Abdomen above somewhat black, posterior margin of the segments narrowly greenish- 

 yellow ; beneath green, basal segment blackish, posterior and side margins of 

 the remainder dark brown : genitalia : upper genital plate black at the base, 

 apex brown ; lower genital plate brown, apex darker. Length, 1^ line. 



Most nearly allied to F. vittipenneUa, Eeut., but it is larger than 

 that species, and tlie characters on the elytra differ. 



I have only seen a single $ , taken in Hungary by Dr. Horvath, 

 after whom I have much pleasure in naming the species. He does 

 not know from what plant it was beaten, but I strongly suspect it 

 lives on the broom (^Spartium scoparium) ,dijev & weed (Genista tinctoria), 

 I needle whin (Genista anglica'), or some closely allied plant, as all the 

 other species of this group are attached to one or other of this section 

 j of the Papilionacece. 



1, St. Mildred's Terrace, Bromley Eoad, Lee, S.E. : 

 August 15th, 1879. 



DESCEIPTION OF THE NYMPH OF SPANIONEURA FONSCOLOMBEI, 

 FOESTER, FAMILY FSYLLID^. 



BY JOHN SCOTT. 



Pale green. Head large, anterior margin convex, palisli, and with a few longish pale 

 hairs. Anteyina whitish or with a slight green tint, 5 — 8 joints sometimes ex- 



