12G [November, 
postice ssepe fusco-nubeciilosum. Sctitellum apud angulos anticos 
nigrum, vel medio tantum flavum, vel denique totum nigrum. Heme- 
lytra flavo-hyalina, plus minus fusco irregulariter longitrorsum notata. 
Pedes flavi : femora antica nigro-varia : tibiae posticse ad basin spinarum 
nigro-punctatse ; tarsi nigro annulati. ^J $ . 
Long. 1-1^ ; alar. exp. 3f lin. 
Cicada Q-notata, Fall., Act. Holm., 1806, p. 34 ; Hem. 2, p. 47. 
Enpteryx Q-notata, Curt., B.E., 640, No. 10. 
lassus Q-notatus, Flor, R. L., 2, p. 341. 
Variations from the typical form are numerous ; the black spots 
on the vertex often coalesce, or are absent ; in dark examples the 
hemelytra are almost entirely fuscous ; and in one specimen the pro- 
notum is black, with a pale medial line. See also No. 32, I. variatus. 
Perhaps the commonest of British Homoptera. It may be found 
everywhere in grassy places, often in prodigious numbers. It has been 
observed throughout Europe, from Lapland to the Mediterranean. 
30. — Iassus (I.) STBIOLA, Germ. 
Post mortem fusco-flavus. Vertex brevissimus, fere ut in Bytlio- 
scopis, medio vix longior quam lateribus. Prope verticis apicem linea 
tenuis nigra oculos connectit, sub qua linea altera, bis arcuata, frontem 
supra determinat, Prons tenuiter nigro cancellata et circumcincta. 
Clypeus medio niger. Abdomen caeruleo-nigrum, incisuris flavis ; ? 
ad latera etiam flavescens. Pedes pallidi. ^ ? . Long. If lin. 
Cicada striola, Pall., Act. Holm., 1806, p. 31 ; Hem. 2, p. 44. 
I.striola, Grerm., Fn., 15. Flor., R. L., 2, p. 315. 
I.frenatus, Germ., Mag., 4, p. 86. 
Not common, but taken by Mr. Douglas in the London district, 
and by Mr. Bold near Newcastle. 
31. — Iassus (I.) septem-notatus. Fall. 
Aureo-flavus ; abdomen supra medio nigrum. Vertex pronoto 
triente brevier, nigro 4-maculatus : maculre 2 majores in ipso apice, 
sub-quadrata;, 2 minores ad marginem prouoti posticum sit?e. Frons 
apice nigra. Scutellum ad augulos anteriores nigro-bimaculatum. 
Hemelytra albida, pellucida ; clavus ad marginem interiorem, et corii 
spatium discale elongatum, aureo-flava. Clavi sutura tenuiter fusca. 
Pedes flavi ; tibiae posticae nigro-punctatse. ^ ? . 
Long. 1^; alar. exp. 3i lin. 
Cicada 1 -notata, Fall., Act. Holm., 1806, p. 35 ; Hem. 2, p. 49. 
? Iassus 7-notatus, Flor, E. L., 2, p. 339. 
