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second, the seta being placed at the hinder edge of 

 the same. Elytra large, with fuscous nervures. Tibiae 

 with two rows of bristles. Colour greenish brown. 

 Anterior margin of the head produced into a blunt 

 triangular apex. Inferior margin of the pronotum 

 truncated, for the attachment of the tegular. Elytra 

 much punctured and elaborately netted ; apical veins 

 seven, without any limbus. 



This genus is scattered over a great part of Europe, 

 from whence Fieber notes thirty-two species. It is 

 not common in England ; but I have specimens from 

 Shiere, near Guildford, which were beaten out of yew 

 trees {Taxus haccata) in February, by Dr. Capron, 

 where they seem to have hybernated. They also have 

 been taken on Juniperus communis in September. To the 

 above habitats Mr. Edwards notes sandy soils, Fresh- 

 water Bay, Isle of Wight, and Folkestone Warren, from 

 a root of Teucrium in August. 



Length 4*50 millimetres, or 0*157 inch. 



Fieber notes two varieties, viz. concolor and fasciata. 

 He describes the male as living in woods on the 

 *' buissons," and in grass. He names twenty-seven 

 European species. 



IV.— ISSID^. 



Ocelli wanting. Pronotum hardly larger than the 

 head ; hind margin nearly straight. Tegulag obvious 

 and large. Hind tibias with two strong spurs on the 

 lower half ; tarsi armed with spurs. 



Genus I.— ISSUS, Fah, 

 Only represented in Britain by one species. 



Issus COLEOPTRATUS, Gcoff. Plate III., figs. 1 to 7. 



Fulgora gihbosa, Oliv. 



Cicada coleoptrata, Geoff. 



Cercopis coleoptrata, Fab. 



Issus colcoptratus, Fab., Germ., Am. & Serv., Fall., 



Curt. PI. 449, Marsh,, Kirschb., Sahl., Fieb. C. E., 



pt. ii. 253 ; Edw. 49. 



