BritisJt Homoptera-Cicadina . Ill 



occasionally present on the inner siile of the two front pairs. 

 Length, 3i — 4i- mm. 



Dartford Heath, Headley Lane, and Bexle}^ road, on 

 poplars in July and August. Not uncommon near 

 Norwich in mixed hedges, especially amongst brambles. 

 Specimens in which the markings on the inner side of 

 the hind tibiae and the upper part of the face wholly or 

 partially disappear are sometimes difficult to separate 

 from sciitcllatus. 



5. Pediopsis nassatus, Germ. 



Jassus nassatus, Germ., Faun. Ins. Eur., 17, 13; 



H.-Scff., Deuts. Ins., 143, 8. 

 BytJioscopus nitididus, H.-Scff., I. c, 143, 12. 

 Pediopsis jdanicollis, Thoms., Opusc, Ent., i., 320, 8. 

 P. nassatus, Flor, Ehjm, Liv., ii., 189, 4 ; Kirschb., 



Cicad., 174, 6 ; J.'SaliL, Not. Fenn., xii., 131, 11 ; 



Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., x., 193, 8. 



(?. Face yellow, the uppermost pair of black spots small and 

 round, with the space between them freqnentl,y dusky but no dis- 

 similar spot, the lower comma- shaped pair very large, the pair of 

 points between the bases of the latter distinct, and the spot at each 

 ocellus occasionally present. Pronotum yellow with an ovate 

 black spot behind each eye, its disc more or less suffused with 

 brown or black. Scutellum yellow with a large black triangle on 

 each side at the base. Elj'tra hyaline with a brown tinge, claval 

 suture and the nerves pale brown. Abdomen above black, hind 

 margins of the segments very narrowly paler. Thighs generally 

 piceous, tibiae with a black stripe on the inner side, hind pair with 

 a black spot on the outer side at the base. 



5 . Similar to the male, but with a strong green tinge in the 

 only example which I possess. Length, 4^ — 5 mm. 



On sallows, &c. Apparently scarce. 



6. Pediopsis fuscincrvis, Boh. 



Jassus fuscinervis. Boh., Sv. Ak. Handl., 57, 29 (1847). 

 Pediopsis fuscinerris, Thorns., Opusc. Ent., i., 321,10. 

 P. nassatus, J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 132, var./. 



(?. Face (PL II., fig. 11) greyish yellow with from three 

 to five black spots, of which the subtriangular dissimilar spot 



