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Macropterous male. Rather linear in shape ; general 

 colour dark ochreous-yellow. Vertex square between 

 the eyes. Pronotum brownish, with dark marks 

 indicating the keels. Scutellum half as long again 

 as the pronotum. Elytra long, with brown bands 

 extending from the shoulders, along the suture, 

 nearly to the point of the clavus. A somewhat 

 semicircular band, broadest near the costal edge, 

 runs with a curve towards the apex. Nervures finely 

 granulate and brown. Two rather conspicuous dots 

 appear at the apex of the clavus. Antennae and 

 legs concolorous yellow. Abdomen dark brown, with 

 pale somatic edges. Styles short. " Viewed from 

 behind, their apices are expanded into large rhomb- 

 oidal plates." — Edw. 



The Brachypterous female is very large and almost 

 concolorous yellow. The elytra are hyaline and with- 

 out brown bars. 



Size 3*50 to 5'00 millimetres, or 0*14 to 0'19 inch. 



Found on Phragmites communis. 



My example is from Mr. Douglas's collection. 



LiBURNiA Reyi, Fieh. Plate XV., figs. 9 to 12. 



Lihimiia Beyi, Fieb., C. E. pt. iii. 23 ; Fieb., G. D. 

 t. 8, fig. 31 ; Edw., Ent. Mon. Mag., Feb. 1888, 

 p. 198. 



Brachelytrous male. Frons projecting beyond the 

 eyes. Colour dirty brown, with yellowish keels. Scu- 

 tellum one-third longer than the pronotum. Abdomen 

 brown, with ochreous borders. Pygofer truncated with 

 a black anal style, and curved, pointed, and claw-like 

 claspers. Elytra oval, and about equal in length to the 

 abdomen, with a central brown patch and paler nervures. 

 Legs yellowish, with dark femora. Eyes brown, 



Brachelytrous female. Frons prominent and square. 

 Eyes yellow, with a partial black pigmental spot. 



