122 BRITISH CICADA. 



Not common at Haslemere, but plentiful on grasses 

 and low plants in the Romney Marsh and elsewhere ; 

 August. 



The female is very like the male, but the markings 

 are less pronounced. Sometimes a black spot occurs 

 on each side of the abdominal rinofs. 



Agallia PUNCTICEP8, Gevm. Plate XXXVI., 

 fiffs. 2 to 2/^. 



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Jasmts puncticeps, Germ. 



Agallia consohrina, Curt. ; Marsh. 



,, versicolor, ¥\oy; Kirschb. ; Sahl. 



,, puncticeps, Scott; Edw. pt. i. p. 126. 



Rather larger than A. venosa. Head and pronotum 

 without the rusty-red marks. Vertex with a large 

 brown mark on each side, between which a grey blotch 

 occurs, which is continued a short distance over the 

 frons. Frons dirty yellow, with two broadish wavy 

 brown lines. Pronotum with a tine brown perpendicu- 

 lar line, crossed by two thicker ones. Scutellum with 

 two triangular marks. Abdomen rusty-brown, long, and 

 widely spread, each segment with a broad dorsal stripe. 

 Legs ochreous, and less striped than in A. venosa. 

 Elytra brownish, with dark blotches and brown veins. 

 Wings iridescent. Pygofer complex. 



The female is very similar to the male. 



