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3. Cixius cunicularius, Linn. 



Cicada cunicularia, Linn., Sys. Nat., ii., 711, 44. 

 Flata cunicularia, Fab., Sys. Rliyn., 55, 48 ; Germ., 



Mag. d'Ent., iii., 195, 6. 

 Cercopis Dionysii, Panz., F. G., 34, 24. 

 Cixia cunicularia, Burm., Handb., ii., 157, 8. 

 Cicada ncrvoso-pimctata, DeGeer, Abb. Gescb. Ins., 



iii., 117, 4, t. 12, figs. 1—5. 

 Flata nervosa, var. ft. Fall., Hem. Suec, iii., 71, 1. 

 Cixius Dionysii, Curt., Brit. Ent., G73. 

 C. nervosiis, Kirscbb., Cicad., 47, 2 ; Flor, Rbyn. 



Liv., ii., 22, 1 (partim) ; Marsb., Ent. Mo. Mag., 



i., 154, 1, var. a. 

 C. cunicularius, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii., 122, 1 ; J. 



Sabl., Not. Fenn., xii., 380, 1 ; Fieb., Cicad. 



d'Eur., pt. ii., 181, 10. 



Head and pronotiim brownish yellow ; crown between the keels, 

 and the scutellum, black. Face more or less suffused with black in 

 its upper half. Elytra hyaline, a narrow band before the middle 

 (more or less interrupted and sometimes entirely obliterated), a 

 broad curved band before the apex, a roundish spot on the costa 

 beyond this, and some of the angular nerves, fuscous ; or entirely 

 reddish brown, except a pale space before the base of tho stigma 

 (var. Dionysii). Length, 4 — 7 mm. 



Widely distributed. 



4. Cixius simplex, H.-S. 



Flata simplex, H.-Scbaff., Nom. Ent., 1, 04 (1835). 



Cixius distinguc7idus, Kirscbb., Cicad., 48, 6. 



C. simplex, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii., 191, 7, fig. i, 



p. 193 (styles) ; Fieb., Cicad. d'Eur., pt. ii., 



184, 13. 



Face blaok, keels brownish yellow. Prouotum black, side keels 

 and hind margin pale brownish yellow. tScutellum black, side 

 margins at the base and at the junction with the side keels 

 narrowly clear brown. Elytra whitish hyaline, nerves pale 

 yellowish white, their granules eye-shaped ; the angular nerves, the 

 apex of the claval sutm-e, and a short streak on the inner margin, 

 black. Thighs pitch-black, apex narrowly yellow ; tibia) yellow, 

 with a fine piceous stripe, base of all the pairs with a narrow 



