110 Mr. James Edwards' Synopsis of 



hyaline ; nerves brown, paler on the disc. Legs pale, hind pairs of 

 thighs black except at the apes, all the tibiae with a black spot on 

 the outside at the base. 



$ . Face above and the crown more or less yellow. Otherwise 

 as in the male. Length, 2 — 2^ mm. 



On short grass, Boxhill, July. 



3. Pediopsis scntellatus, Boh. 



Jassus scntellatus, Boh., Ofv., 162, 25 (1845) ; Sv. Ak. 



HandL, 53, 26 (1847). 

 Bythoscopus diadema, H.-Scff., Dents. Ins., 143, 11. 

 Pediopsis diadema, Kirschb., Cicad., 172, 3. 

 P. scutcllatns, Flor, Ehyn. Liv., ii., 191, 5 ; Marsh., 



Ent. Mo. Mag., ii., 125, 2; Thorns., Opusc. Ent. 



320, 6 ; J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., sii., 135, 15 ; Scott, 



Ent. Mo. Mag., x., 194, 9. 

 P.fuscinervis, Scott, I.e., 122, 7, sec. spec. typ. 



Head and pronotum pale greyish yeUow, the former with from 

 four to nine black spots, of which the uppermost pair are round, 

 and the dissimilar one when present takes the form of a short 

 double stripe, the latter more or less blotched with brown or black 

 so as to leave the sides and front margin irregularly pale. Scutellum 

 yellow, with a black triangle on each side at the base, and frequently 

 a pair of black points before the transverse channel. Elytra 

 hyaline with a faint brownish yellow tinge, claval suture and the 

 nerves brown or black. Abdomen black, hind margins of the 

 segments more or less widely yellow. Legs greyish yellow, hind 

 tibiae with a black spot on the outside at the base. Length, 

 4^ — 5j mm. 



On sallows, &c. 



4. Pediopsis tibialis, Scott. 

 Pediopsis tibialis, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., x., 195, 10. 



Verj- similar in appearance to the preceding, but the two upper- 

 most facial spots have a tendency to become comma-shaped, and 

 have the included space suffused with blackish ; the spot at each 

 ocellus, which is seldom developed in scutellatus, is almost in- 

 variably well marked, while the pan- of punctiform spots between the 

 base of the lower comma-shaped pair are wanting ; the hind tibiae, 

 too, in addition to the spot on the outside at the base, have two 

 short black streaks on the inner side, which latter markings are 



