246 [April, 
AN ESSAY TOWAEDS A KNOWLEDGE OF BRITISH HOMOFTEBA. 
BY THE BEV, T. A. MAESHALL, M.A. 
(Continued from page 221 J 
10. — Eupteryx hlandulus, Rossi. 
Elavus ; vertex et pronotum lineis 2 longitudinalibus, antice ssepe 
confluentibus, rubris vel rufofuscis. Scutellum apud angulos anticos 
rufo vel fusco bimaculatum. Hemelytra pellucida, vitta suturali, 
angulata, rufa vel sanguinea. Abdomen interdum dorso plus minus 
nigrum. Pedes flavi. Long. \\ ; alar, exp, 2f lin. 
Cicada hlandiila, Eossi, Fn. Etrusc, 2, 217, 1263; Fall., 
Hem., 2, p. 57. 
T. Mandula, Flor, E. L., 2, p. 400. 
T. flammigera. Curt., B. E., 640, no. 2. 
T. quercus, H. Sch., D. Ins., 124, 7. 
G. tilicB, Geoffr., Ins., 1, 426, 24. 
The bead, pronotum, and hemelytra are often destitute of red or 
brown markings, probably in immature specimens. Common in most 
parts of the country on oaks, hawthorn, wild rose, &c. 
11. — Eupteryx scutellaris, H. Sch. 
Flavus ; abdomen nigrum, marglnibus lateralibus anguste pallidis. 
Frons utrinque fusco cancellata. In vertice linea transversa brunnea 
oculos connectit ; vel vertex apice maculis 2 nigris rotundis. Pronotum 
antice maculis paucis obscuris in lineam transversam dispositis ; postice 
vitta obscura transversa rufescente — sed hsec pictura seepe obsolescit. 
Scutellum apud angulos anticos maculis 2 triangularibus nigris ; apex 
niger. Hemelytra hyalina ; clavus, corii margo externus et internus, 
vensDque lougitudinales basi, flavo-virides. Pedes pallidi, unguibus 
fuscis. Long. 1 ; alar, exp. 2 lin. 
T. scutellaris, H. Sch., D. Ins., 164, 13 ; Flor, E. L., 2, p. 405. 
In Swithland woods, Leicestershire ; rare. 
12. — Eupteryx rosce, Lin. 
Totus albidus vel pallide flavescens, tenerrimus, oviscapto feminsG 
brunneo. Alarum nervi lougitudinales 3, in ipsum marginem incur- 
rentes : nervus externus prope basin bifurcatus, 2 interiores nonuihil 
apicem versus approximate ^ $ . Long. 1^ ; alar. exp. 3^ lin. 
Cicada rosce, Lin., S. N., p. 467, 50. 
T. rosce, Flor, E. L., 2, p. 407. 
Coinuiou throughout the country on roses in gardens, and on the 
wild rose : also on lime trees, according to Flor. Extremely delicate 
and di£B.cult to preserve ; should be mounted upon black paper, or the 
nervurea cannot be seen. 
