60 BRITISH CICADA. 



Pygofer deeply notched, and moderate in size. Styles 

 (fig. 2 a) flat, sinuous, and recurved. 



Brachypterous female with a greyish streak down 

 the dorsum, and with colouring very like the male. 



My specimens were from Mr. Edwards' cabinet, who 

 records that the species is common on sandy coasts. 



Size, from 2*50 to 3*00 millimetres, or 0*09 to 

 0-12 inch. 



LiBURNiA LiMBATA. Plate XVII., figs. 3 to 3 ^. 



Delphax limhata, Fab. ; Boh. ; Flor ; Marsh. ; Kirsch. 



,, signifcra, Boh. 



,, paUatci, Boh. 



,, anceps, Germ. ; Schiiff. 



,, pictipmnis, Curt. pi. 657, 7. 

 Conomelus limhatus, Fieb., G. D. t. 8, fig. 10, and 



C. E. pt. iii. 39. 

 Liburnia limhata, Sahl. ; Scott ; Edw. i. 89. 



Brachelytrous male. Form oval. Head and eyes 

 greyish ; antennse ochreous. Vertex nearly flat, with 

 three dark marks showingthe position of the keels, which 

 are carried through, and diverge on the yellow prono- 

 tum to the posterior edge. Scutellum long and grey. 

 Abdomen carinated on the dorsum, and well marked 

 into somites. Colour brown, with yellow or ochreous 

 spots down each side, and irregularly marked yellow 

 dots on the dorsum. Pygofer seen from above small, 

 and tri-partite. Elytra milky-grey, and not half the 

 length of the abdomen. Principal nervures punctured 

 with oblong brown dots. Legs brown. 



Brachelytrous female uniformly ochreous-brown, with 

 darker brown vertical streaks on the head and thorax. 

 Abdomen longer than seen in the male. Elytra smaller 

 and similarly spotted. Wings absent. 



Macropterous male. This prettily variegated insect 

 is rarely met with. Head and pronotum ochreous- 

 brown, and streaked as before described. Scutellum 



