British Honwpt^ra-Cicadina. P7 



i. Triecphora. Am. ct Scrv. (£1. L, fig. 22). 

 Am. et Serv., Hem., 561, 458 (1843). 

 Ocelli mncli nearer to each, other than to the eyes. Rostram 

 2-jointed. not reaching beyond the middle coxse. The free side 

 margins of the pronotum as long as the scutellmu. 



1. Tri<:cph<)ra i^nhicrata, Illig. 



Cercopis sanauinoktita, Panz., Fami. Germ., 33, 12 ; 



Burm., Haudb., ii., 125, 7, var. c. 



C. I'uhicraUi. Illig., Germar's Majj. d'Eut., iv.. 45. 15 ; 



Curt., Brit. Eut., p. and pi. 461 : Fieb., Ent. 



Mon., 7, 1, t. 1, figs. 1, 2 ; Kirschb., Cicad., 63. 8. 



Triacphora sanquinolenta, Marsh., Ent. Mo. Mag., ii., 



54, 1. 

 Black, the basal third of the clarns. an abbreviated band across 

 the middle of the coriimi, and an ontwardly cnrved band just before 

 the apex of each elytron, blood-red. Pnbescenee pale and very 

 fine. Panctuation very close and fine. Side keels of the face 

 indistinct, the centi-al one wanting. Length, 10 — 11 mm. 



Woods in the south, on alder; very abundant in 

 Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, usually on long grass. 



ii. Apheophora, Germ. ^Pl. I., fig. 23). 

 Germar, Mag. d"Ent., iv., 50 (^1821). 

 OceUi as ui the last genus. Eostnun 3-joinied, reaching or 

 nearly reaching the hind coxiE. The free side margins of tiie 

 pronotum much shorter than the scuiellum. 



We possess two species of this genus, which may be 

 thus distinguished : — 



Costa with an oblique hand-like spot near the middle and 



another (triangnlar) behind . . . . . . . . 1. altii. 



Costa vrithout distinct white markings . . . , . . 2. g.iUcis. 



1. Aphrophora alni, Fall, 



Cercopis alni, Fall., Hem. Suec, ii., 11, 2. 

 C. bir'asciata, Fab., Ent. Sys., iv., 56, 40. 

 Aphrophora spumaria, Germ., Mag. d"Ent., iv., 50, 1 ; 



Bm-m., Handb., ii.. 121, 1 ; Am. et Serv.. Hem., 



536, 1. 



