102 Mr. James Edwards' Synopsis of 



Ulopa, Fall. (PL L, fig. 26). 

 Fall., Hem. Suec. Cicad., 65 (1826). 

 Legs subsimilar. Tibiae triangular-prismatic. Front margin of 

 crown acute. 



Of the five described European species only two have 

 been detected in Britain, and they may be distinguished 

 as follows : — 



Front margin of crown forming an obtuse but distinct 

 angle near each eye, straight or faintly concave in 

 the middle . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. reticulata. 



Curve of front margin of crown continuous . . . . 2. trivia. 



1. Ulopa reticulata, Fab. 



Cercoyis reticulata, Fab., Sys. Rhyn., 98, 64. 

 C. erica, Germ., Faun. Ins., iii., t. 24. 

 Ulopa ohtecta, Fall., Hem. Suec, ii., 66, 2 ; Germ., 

 Mag. d'Ent., iv., 55, 1 ; Burm., Handb., ii., 106, 

 1 ; Flor, Ebyn. Liv., ii., 140, 1 ; Marsh., Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., ii., 59, 1 ; Kirschb., Cicad., 69, 2. 

 Eulopa ericetorum, St. Farg. et Serv., Enc. Meth., x., 



765, 1. 

 Ulopa macroptera, Kirschb., Cicad., 69, 3. 

 U. reticulata, J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 372, 1. 

 Brown with a reddish tinge, elytra with two oblique white bands 

 nmning from the suture to nearly the same point on the costa. 

 Fore parts strongly punctured. Crown with a large depression 

 near each eye. Pronotum with a horseshoe-shaped impression on 

 each side. Elytra convex, parallel-sided, narrowed and doflexod 

 behind, ooellate-punctate ; nerves strongly raised, claval suture not 

 apparent. 



Macropterous form. — Pronotum wider and more convex behind^ 

 Elytra pellucid, not deflexed behind, claval suture distinct, the 

 white bands obsolete. Length, 3 — 3f mm. 



Common. 



2. Ulopa trivia. Germ. 



Ulojya trivia, Germ., Faun. Ins., iv., pi. 21, <? ; Mag. 



d'Ent., iv., 56, 4 ; Burm., Gen. Ins., i., pi. 3 ; 



Kirschb., Cicad., 68, 1 ; Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., 



vii., 272, 2. 



U. decussata, Germ., Mag. d'Ent., iv., 55, 2 ( $ ). 



Similar in form to the preceding, but somewhat smaller. Male 



