62 Mr, James Edwards' Synopsis of 



1. Cixius pilosus, 01. 



Fulgora pilosus, Oliv., Enc. Meth., vi., 575, 41. 



Flata contaminata, Germ., Mag. d'Ent., iii., 196, 7. 



F. albicincta, Germ., I. c, 199, 9. 



F. ciinicularia, Fall., Hem. Suec, ii., 72, 2. 



Cixius contaminatus, Flor, Rhyn. Liv., ii., 24, 2 ; 



Marsh., Ent. Mo. Mag., i., 155, 2 ; Scott, Ent. 



Mo. Mag., vii., 190, 5 ; Kirscbb., Cicad., 49, 9 ; 



J. Sabl., Not. Fenn., xii., 383, 4 ; Fieb., Cicad. 



d'Eur., pt. ii., 170, 2. 



Crown and face black, with brownish-yellow keola. Pronotum 

 brownish yellow, suffused with black behind the eyes. Scutellum 

 black. Elytra pale grey, with feeble traces of various fuscous 

 marks, entirely dark brown, save a pale spot at the stigma, or with 

 a dark brown stripe occupying the sutural half (var. albicincta). 

 On the costa are three short black lines, which are very constant in 

 their occurrence. Stigma inconspicuous. Legs brownish yellow, 

 thighs darker. Length, 4 — i^ mm. 



Common. 



2. Cixius stigmaticus, Germ. 



Flata stigmatica, Germ., Mag. d'Ent., iii., 199, 8. 

 Cixius musivus, Marsh., Ent. Mo. Mag., i., 155, 3. 

 C. distinguendus, Kirscbb., Cicad., 48, 6 ; J. Sabl., 



Not.Fenn., xii., 382, 3. 

 C. stigmaticus, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii., 191, 6, 



figs, a, h, c, p. 193 ( ^ genitalia) ; Fieb., Cicad. 



d'Eur., pt. ii., 183, 12. 



Crown scarcely twice as broad as long. Face between the keels 

 black. Pronotum pale, scutellum black. Elytra entirely brown, 

 nerves somewhat paler ; granules roundish, black. Stigma in- 

 conspicuous. Thighs piceous, their extreme apex, the tibiae, and 

 tarsi, brownish yellow; apical joint of the latter black. Apical 

 lobes of styles bluntly triangular, their stalks strongly incxirved. 

 Length, 'ih — 5 mm. 



Inverness-sbiro ; Deal, amongst TTippojyhde ; Isle of 

 Wigbt ; Norfolk. 



