88 Mr. James Edwards' Synoj^sis of 



44. Liburnia paludosa, Flor. 



Delphax paludosa, Flor, Ehyn. Liv., ii., 82, 27 ; Fieb., 



Grundz. Delpb., t. 8, fig. 49. 

 Liburnia paludosa, Fieb., Cicad. d'Eiir., pt. iv., 52, 47 ; 



Scott. Ent. Mo. Mag., xii., 205. 



Palo yellowish or brownish yellow, apex of the 1st and base of 

 the 2nd joint of antenna narrowly black, tarsi darker towards the 

 apes. Elytra ovate-lanceolate, as long as the abdomen, slightly 

 narrowed towards the apex, nerves somewhat thickly and finely 

 granulate. Pygofer (male) brown, its outline, when viewed from 

 behind, lozenge-shaped with rounded angles, upj)er notch large, 

 semicu'cular, margined with yellow ; viewed from the side the 

 margins of both the upper and lower notches pass gradually into 

 the hind margin, thereby giving the latter the appearance of being 

 roundly produced at the middle of its height. Styles wide, nearly 

 reaching the teeth of the anal tube, obliquely truncate at the apex, 

 their inner margin with a large notch near the base. Teeth of 

 anal tube short, pointed, divergent. Length, 2^—8 mm. 



London district ; in June and July. 



45. Liburnia speciosa, Boh. 



Delphax speciosa, Boh., Sv. Ak. Handl., 59, 30 (1847). 



Euides speciosa, Fieb., Grundz. Delph., t. 8, fig. 7 

 (details) ; J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 403, 1 ; Fieb., 

 Cicad. d'Eur., pt. iii., 32. 



Delphax basilinea, Flor, Rhyn. Liv., ii., 83, 28. 



Dicranotropis basilinea, Kirschb., Cicad., 40, 1. 



Liburnia speciosa, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii., 27, 24. 



j^. Dirty yellow, pronotum and scutellum with a whitish 

 central stripe. Elytra yellowish hyaline, twice as long as abdomen, 

 with a large wedge-shaped basal spot, a broad curved baud at the 

 inner margin of the membrane, and a streak on the suture near 

 the apex of the clavus, black, nerves very finely gi'anulate. 

 Scutellum more than twice as long as pronotum. Abdomen 

 blackish brown, dorsal segments narrowly margined with whitish. 

 Upper notch of pygofer widely ai-cuate, its margin, seen from the 

 side, forming an obtuse angle with the nearly vertical hind margin ; 

 lower notch wide, shallow, obtusangular, and having in the middle 

 a short triangular tooth. Stjdes short ; viewed from behind their 

 apex is apparently expanded into a large rhomboidal plate. Teeth 

 of anal tube long, distant, curved forward at the apex. 



