72 Mr. James Edwards' Synopsis of 



19. Lihurnia melcmopachys, Scott. 



Lihurnia mclanopachys, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii., 

 70, 17; Fieb., Cicad. d'Eur., pt. iv., 3G, 31. 



Crowu clear brown, tlie keels acute and prominent. Face 

 (except the forehead) black. Pronotum clear brown, keels acute 

 and prominent, hinder angles broadly black. Scutellum clear 

 brown, keels distinct, sometimes the middle keel and a narrow 

 margin on either side, especially towards the apex, blackish, beyond 

 the side keels black. Elytra about two-thirds as long as abdomen, 

 shining lacquer-yellow, somewhat transparent, hind margin rounded, 

 nerves prominent, uupunctured. Breast black. Legs yellow, front 

 pairs of tarsi brown, hind pau" yellow. Abdomen above pitchy 

 brown, beneath black. Pygofer (male) black, seen from behind, 

 shghtly arched outwardly below the middle, obtusely narrowed 

 towards the base, widely rounded at the top, viewed from the side 

 forming a triangle, of which the longest side is formed by the 

 oblique hind margin, which is continuous with the margin of the 

 upper notch. Anal tube large, semicircular, not exserted, occupying 

 the entire width of the uj^per part of the pygofer, but not reaching 

 the middle. Styles brownish yellow, shaped like a pruning-knife, 

 narrow at the base, widened towards the top, strongly arched 

 outwardly above the middle, and ending in a slightly incurved 

 point, which reaches the lower side of the anal tube ; their points 

 contiguous. Length, 2 mm. 



Gosforth, October. Female undescribed. Larger 

 than L. venosa, to which it is said to bear a great 

 resemblance. 



20. Lihurnia similis, Kirschb. 



Delphax similis, Kirschb., Cicad., 30, 22. 

 Lihurnia similis, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., ix., 240, 13 a; 

 Fieb., Cicad. d'Eur., pt. iv., 10, 8. 



Brownish yellow, last tarsal joint, the saw-case, and a row of 

 spots on the sides of the abdomen above, darker ; face, except the 

 keels, black. Facial keels filiform, the middle one distinct on the 

 forehead. Keels of the crown strong, the impressions deep, the 

 basal ones brownish, about one-third as long as the crown. Pro- 

 notum not half so long as the scutellum, keels of the latter distinct. 

 Elytra half as long as abdomen, rounded behind, dkty brownish 

 yellow with white margins, nerves strong, with dense concolorous 



