124 Mv. James Edwards' Synojjsis of 



14. Idiocerus fulgidus, Fab. 



Cicada fuhiida, Fab., Ent. Sys., iv., 44, 74. 



Jassus fuhildus, Fab., Sys. Ehyn., 87, 13 ; Germ., 



Mag.'d'Ent., iv., 84, 11. 

 Idiocerus oclvroleuciis, Kirscbb., Cicad,, 163, 22. 

 /. minki, Kirscbb., I. c, 163, 23. 



(?. Deep yellow. Antennal plate oblong-oval. Apex of the face 

 frequently tinged with red, its upper part generally with a wide 

 dusky central stripe. Scutellum with a black triangle on each side 

 at the base, and occasionally a pair of black spots on the disc. 

 Elytra yellowish hyaline, light yellow-brown towards the inner 

 margin, membrane smoky hyaline ; nerves dark yellow, those of the 

 membrane blackish, apex of the anal nerve white. Abdomen 

 above and the claws black. 



? . Similar to the male, but larger and paler, the colour of the 

 body pale green in fresh, yellowish grey in dried, examples, the 

 triangles at the base of the scutellum rust-red or wanting, the 

 upper side of the abdomen black only down the middle. Length, 

 5| — G^ mm. 



Abundant on poplars. Readily separated from its 

 allies by the structure of the sides of the face. The 

 insufficient descriptions by English authors of this species 

 and the two following render any reference to them 

 practically useless. 



15. Idiocerus pojmli, Linn. 



Cicada j^ndi, Linn., Faun. Suec, 242, 890; Sys. 



Nat., v., 463, 32. 

 Idiocerus 2)opuli, Flor, Ehyn. Liv., ii., 177, 8 ; Kirschb., 



Cicad., 163, 24 ; J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 149, 10. 



(J. Crown yellowish white. Face yellow, frons and clypeus 

 red. Pronotum fuscous, a large pale space on each side in front, a 

 short black transverse line near each anterior angle sometimes 

 joined to a short obhque line on each side of the disc. Scutellum 

 greyish yellow, a triangle on each side at the base and a pair of 

 l)()ints on the; disc black. Elytra subopaque, pale brown, darker 

 towards the inner margin ; nerves punctured, concolorous or paler 

 than the disc, those of the membrane blackisli ; inner marginal 

 nerve ])lack, its middle third and the apex of the anal nerve white. 

 Abdomen above black, beneath yellow. Legs red-yellow, claws 

 1)1 ack. 



