98 BKITISH CICADiE. 



Bythoscopus rufusculus, Fieb. Plate XXVIII., 

 fig. 2 to 2 c. 



Bythoscopus rufusculus, Fieb. ; Scott. 

 Pediopsis fruticola and frontalis, Flor. 



,, brcvicauda, Thorns. 

 Bythoscopus nifusculus, Edw. pt. i. p. 106. 



General colour rnfons-yellow. Vertex somewhat 

 pointed, and less than one-fifth of the length of the 

 pronotum. Two small dots near the eyes. Striations 

 Ijlackish. Scutellnm with faint mask-mark. Abdomen 

 fusiform and pointed, obscurely barred with brown. 

 Legs yellowish. Hind tibia with a fine black line near 

 to the tarsus. Elytra with a brown fascia. The two 

 discoidal and the three subapical areas white and 

 transparent. Head, viewed from the front, very flat, 

 and showing a fine carina from eye to eye. Under- 

 side all rufous. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Expanse 0-320 8-13 



Size of body 0-18 4-56 



This insect is rather variable as to colour. Taken 

 on willows and birches near Haslemere, &c. 



Bythoscopus flavicollis, Linn. Plate XXVIII., 

 figs. 3 to 3 a. 



Cicada Jiavicollis, Linn, ; Edw. pt. i. p. 106. 



Jassus reticnlatus, ferrugincus, flavicollis, pidchellus, 

 fenestratiis, and personalis, Curt. 



Pediopsis fruticola, Flor; Marsh.; Kirschb. ; Thoms. 



,, flavicollis, Sahl. 

 Bijthoscopus fruticola, Fieb. ; Scott. 



The variability of this species is shown by the large 

 synonymy which I have taken from Mr. Edwards's 



