74 Mr James Edwards' Synoj)sis of 



? . Similar to the malo, but paler and wants the pair of black 

 spots at the base of the scutellum. 



This sjiecies at first sight bears some resemblance to 

 the macropterous form of L. Fairmairei, but it is at least 

 one-third smaller. 



23. Liburnia lepida, Boh. 



Delphax lepida, Boh., Sv. Ak. HandL, 39, 10 (1849) ; 



Kirschb., Cicad., 35, 34 ; Fieb., Grundz. Delph., 



t. 8, fig. 36 {^ genitalia). 

 D. tristis, Boh., Sv. Ak. Handl., 60, 25 (1849). 

 Liburnia lepida, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii., 27, 26; 



J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 466, 29 ; Fieb., Cicad. 



d'Eur., pt. iv., 32, 28. 



Blackish brown, face spotted with white; keels of pronotum and 

 scutellum, three broad rings on the tibiaj, and the chief part of the 

 tarsi, pale yellow. Apical impression of crown continued on to 

 the frons. Pronotum distinctly shorter than crown. Middle keel 

 of pronotum and scutelltmi stout. Scutellum three-fourths longer 

 than pronotum ; side keels straight, diverging. Elytra (male) one- 

 third (female) one-half as long as abdomen ; apex truncate with 

 rounded angles, dark brown, paler at the base, two large semi- 

 circular spots on the hind margin, a small spot at the apex of the 

 clavus, and a streak on the inner margin, white ; nerves with large 

 brown granules. Abdomen above black, generally with three lines 

 of small white spots. Pygofer (male), seen from behind, wide, 

 oval ; upper notch widely triangular, its margin, seen from the side 

 forming an obtuse angle with the hind margin, which is straight 

 and dkected obliquely inwards, lower margin produced into a 

 blunt lobe. Styles erect, approximating at the base and apex, 

 widened above, outer apical angle widely rounded, inner drawn out 

 into a fine sharp point. Length, 2^ — 3 mm. 



Macropterous form. — Scutellum two and a half times as long as 

 pronotum ; side keels diverging, slightly curved. Elytra nearly 

 twice as long as abdomen, whitish hyaline ; nerves strong, with 

 large brown granules, an oblique band before the middle, a band 

 on the angular nerves, a streak at the apex of the clavus, and some 

 small spots at the apex of the nerves of the membrane, brown. 

 Length, 3 A mm. 



