36 BRITISH CICADiE. 



Brachypterous female stout. Head broad, showing 

 the carinations distinctly ; the middle keel being 

 carried through to the apex of the scutellum. Abdo- 

 men brown or rusty red, with sundry brown segmental 

 spots. Legs greenish. Elytra not more than half the 

 length of the abdomen. Nervures coarse ; edges of 

 the elytra bordered with white. 



The Brachypterous male is smaller than the female, 

 with a square truncated pygofer and curiously hooked 

 styles. 



The Macropterous male figured in my plate was 

 taken on Malvern Beacon in July. 



Size, with elytra, 3*0 millimetres, or 0*12 inch. 



Very generally scattered over the North of Europe. 

 Habitats in Germany, France, Austria, Styria, and 

 Switzerland. 



LiBURNiA ELEGANTULA, Boh. Plate XI., figs. 7 to 11. 



DelpJiax elegantula, Boh.; Flor; Marsh.; Kirschb. ; 



Fieb., G.D. t. 8, fig. 22 (<? genitalia). 

 Lihurnia elegantula, Scott; Sahh; Fieb., C.E. pt.iv. 7; 



Edw. pt. i. 68. 

 Lihurnia cemulator, Scott. 



Long. Dark brown. Head and eyes broad. Vertex 

 greyish white. Keels distinctly seen on the crown. 

 Prouotum white, with two dark dashes behind the eyes 

 more or less confluent. Scutellum black. Abdomen 

 ochreous, with brown transverse streaks, and a dark 

 lateral band carried on each side to the apex of the 

 pygofer. Elytra of the brachypterous forms greyish 

 white, with yellowish punctate nervures, and of a 

 length about half that of the abdomen. Antennae and 

 legs yellow and concolorous. Pygofer of the male, as 

 seen below, with a semilunar valve and rounded dorsal 

 plates. Styles sharp and divergent. 



I have not met with the Macropterous form. Mr. 

 Edwards describes it, '' Scutellum twice the length of 



