54 Mr. James Edwards’ Synopsis of 
Crown distinctly shorter than its basal width, about one-half 
longer in the middle than at the sides, free sides feebly arcuate, 
angle blunt; yellowish white, the markings when present rust- 
brown, ill-defined, and frequently coalescent. Frons pale brown, 
the lower half and the side-lines yellowish white. Pronotum a 
little shorter than the crown, pale brown, with three or five linear 
white stripes. Elytra much longer than the abdomen, greyish 
yellow, with a few isolated black spots, of which the following are 
the most constant, viz., one on the basal third of the clavus next 
the claval suture, one at the base of the supra-brachial area, and 
one at the apex of the third subapical area, inner margin of the 
clavus, except the basal third, narrowly black, and the third apical 
area more or less filled up with the same colour; nerves milk- 
white, the transverse ones dilated. Abdomen black, sides and 
apex more or less widely yellow. Legs greyish yellow, with a 
few black points. Genitalia very similar to those of the next 
species. Length, 4mm. 
Very common on coast-sands. 
16. Deltocephalus striatus, Lin. 
Cicada striata, Lin., Faun. Suec., ed. ii., 241, 887; 
Schrank, Enum. Ins. Aust., 256, 492; Fab., 
Sys. Rhyn.,77, 74; Fall., Hem. Suec., i1., 35,17 ; 
Zett., Ins. Lapp., 291, 13. 
Jassus striatus, H.-Seff., Deuts. Ins., 130, 10 ; Thoms., 
Opuse. Ent., i., 70, 53. 
J. strigatus, Germ., Mag. d’Ent., iv., 92, 33. 
Deltocephalus striatus, Flor, Rhyn. Liy., i1., 259, 14; 
Marsh., Ent. Mo. Mag., i1., 250, 5; Kirschb., 
Cicad., 182, 96; Fieb., Syn. Eur. Delt., 18, 32, 
fig. 82; J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xi., 339, 28 ; 
Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 272, 18; Ferrari, 
: Cicad. agri Ligust., 71, 16, and 74, 153. 
Crown and pronotum as in D. sabulicola. Frons brown, the 
apex narrowly, a linear middle stripe, and the side-lines, whitish. 
Elytra greyish yellow, much longer than the abdomen, the areas 
of the inner half more or less distinctly margined with fuscous, 
the third apical area frequently filled up with the same colour ; 
nerves white, the transverse ones not conspicuously dilated. 
Abdomen black, sometimes yellow at the sides and apex. Legs 
greyish yellow, with some black points; hind tibie narrowly 
striped with black. g; genital plates very small and short, 
