114 Mr. James Edwards' Synopsis of 



11. Pediopsis virescens, Fab. 



Cicada virescens, Fab., Ent. Sys., iv., 46, 84. 



Jassus prasinus, Boh., Sv. Ak. HandL, 123 (1851). 



Pediop)sis prasinus, Fieb., Eur. Bythosc, 459, 7. 



P. virescens, Flor, PJiyn. Liv., ii., 188, 3 ; Marsh., 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., ii., 126, 4 ; Kirschb., Cicad., 175, 

 8 ; Fieb., I. c, 458, 5 ; Thorns., Opiisc. Ent., iii., 

 321, 9 ; J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 127, 8; Scott, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., x., 189, 4. 



Pale yellowish green, abdomen above in the male black, the hind 

 margins of the segments very narrowly pale. Elytra whitish 

 hyaline, nerves yellowish green. Length, 4 — 5 mm. 



Common on osiers, &c. A variety is said to occm- in 

 which the face has a small black spot in the middle of 

 the upper margin. 



iv. Idiocerus, Lewis. (PL II., fig. 4). 

 Lewis, Trans. Ent. See. Lond., i., 47 (1836). 



Crown widely rounded in front. Frontal suture reaching the 

 ocellus. Antennal seta in the male generally with an oval black 

 plate immediately before the apex (wanting in clistinguendus, 

 tremulce, vitreus, and aurulentus). 



Table of Species. 



1 (2). First and second apical areas of elytra sub- 



equal in length, i.e., their bases level or 



nearly so 1. adustus. 



2 (1). First apical area much longer than second. 



3 (4). First subapical area triangular or 5-sided, 



reaching the costa . . . . . . . . 2. varius. 



4 (3). First subapical area parallel-sided, not 



reaching the costa. 



5 (6). Cheeks pubescent, more conspicuously so in 



the male 3. Ilerrichii. 



(5). Cheeks bare. 



7 (IG). Elytra brownish, with a pale transverse band 



or bands. 



8 (11). Elytra with two pale bands. 



9 (10). Costa widely pale 1. dintingueruhis. 



10 (0). Costa not widely pale 5. tremuUe. 



11 (8). Elytra with one pale band. 



12 (15). First subapical area reaching much more 



than half us far backward as the second. 



