268 [May. 
26. — JEupteryx urticoe, Lin. 
Eupt. aurato similis, scd minor, tibiis posticis nigris basi flavis. 
Differt etiam fronte nigro bipunetata. Vertex maculis 2 magnis 
rotundis, maculaque baseos media triangulari, nigris. Frons ntrinque 
nigro marginata. Pronotum maculis 7 nigris, 4 in margine antico saepe 
confluentibus, 2 parvis lateralibus, una basali maxima, irregulari, ssepe 
quadrifariam divisa — sed maculse omnes variant. Scutellum flavum, 
maculis duabus triangularibus apud angulos anticos. Hemelytra flava, 
clavi coriique ceUulis maximam partem infuscatis, nervis flavis. ^ ? . 
Long. 1^ ; alar. exp. 2f lin. 
Cicada urticce, Lin. ; Fab., S. E.., p. 77. 
Eii.])t. tarsalis, Curt., B. E., 640, No. 6. 
T. urticoe, Flor, R. L., 2, p. 428. 
Common everyvphere on JJrtica dioica. It is readily distinguished 
from its allies by tbe black binder tibiae, yellow at the base. 
27. — Eupteryoc melissce, Curt. 
Pallide viridi-flavus ; abdomen nigrum. Frontis maculse 2, verticis 
3, nigrse. Pronotum ad marginem anticum punctis 2, punctis etiam 4 
(utrinque 2) lateralibus, nigris ; disco indeterminate fuscum. Scutellum 
angulis anticis, punctisque 2 ante liueam trausversam depressam nigris. 
Pedes pallidi. (^ 5 . Long, li ; alar. exp. 2| lin. 
Eupteryx melissce, Curt., B. E., 640, No. 7. 
T. collina, Flor, E. L., 2, p. 433. 
Taken by Curtis in August and October upon balm in a garden at 
Niton, Isle of Wiglit, and by me last year in a similar locality in this 
neighbourliood. It is very distinct from urticce in colour, being of a 
delicate sea-green instead of yellow ; the hemelytra are shorter ; the 
scutellum has four instead of two black spots ; the hinder tibias are not 
black ; and the nettle is not the plant uj^on which it lives. 
To the above species of Eupteryx I am now enabled to add the 
following, which is not in the Synopsis at p. 200. 
28. — Eupteryx stachydearum, Hardy. 
Eivpt. urticce simillimus, segre distinguendus. Membranse cellula 
4ta (intima) basi non solum 3tiae 4tfeque contigua, sed etiam corii 
cellulse 2d8e. Tarsi postici longiores. Tibiae posticae tantum apice ipso 
nigrae. $ ? . 
