12 BRITISH GICADJE. 



Body very broad. Elytra angularly dilated towards 

 the middle of the costal edges. Ocelli none. Head 

 and eyes rarrower than pronotum. Outer edges of 

 hind tibiae with two spines on the lower half. Very 

 variable as to colour and markings. General tint dull 

 green, or else leaden grey, with black reticulations. 

 Head and pronotum small and narrow. Abdomen 

 much dilated. Elytra short and rounded, so as to 

 show some resemblance to a CoccineUa, whence its 

 beetle-like name. Colour greenish, with numerous 

 cross-veinings and reticulations ; limbus absent. First 

 antennal joint pyriform ; second small and globular, 

 ending in a black seta. Pygophore complex. Hind 

 tibiae dilated at the tarsal end, and spurred. 



The male is smaller than the female, and usually of 

 a brighter colour. 



Plentiful near Shiere, Godalming, and at Brocken- 

 Imrst. It is pretty generally distributed also over the 

 South of England. 



Inch. Millinif'tres. 



Expanse of wings 0-62 15-0 



Body 0-280 xO-170 7-00 x 4-3 



Pupa honey-yellow in colour. Frons very tuber- 

 culate, and covering almost the entire face below. 

 Clypeus black. Eyes black. The head and entire 

 pronotum cut up longitudinally and transversely by 

 strongly-marked carinae. Anterior part of pronotum 

 and the spaces behind the wing-covers studded with 

 circular tubercles. Abdomen strongly ringed and 

 marked by a dorsal carina. 



Legs short and stout. Anal segment, seen from 

 behind, scutiform. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Size 0-16 X 0-12 4-06 x 3-04 



This insect, taken at Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, is 



so different in form from the imago of Issus coleoptrafns 



that, except from the rudimentary wings and i)artially 



developed pygofer, it might be regarded as specifically 



