80 Mr. James Edwards’ Synopsis of 
at the sides), and the scutellum, dark brown; elytra with a stripe 
along the suture, one in the brachial area, and another along the 
costa, yellow; on the inner margin just behind the middle a large 
ill-defined dark brown spot.—Length, 23-3} mm. 
By beating various trees and bushes ; common. 
ii. Dicranrura, Hardy. (Pl. IIL., fig. 19). 
Hardy, Trans. Tynes. F. C., 1., 428, 1850 (Dikraneura). 
Body small, linear. Head obtusely produced in front. Elytra 
much longer than the abdomen; nerves of the membrane sub- 
parallel; appendix wanting. Submarginal wing-nerve complete ; 
first and second wing-nerves confluent before the apex, and 
running into the submarginal nerve as one nerve; third wing- 
nerve forked and joined to the second by a transverse nerve. 
This genus is equivalent to Notus and EHrythria, Fieb. 
All the species live amongst grasses and other low 
plants. 
TaBLE OF SPECIES. 
1 (8). Wing-nerves pale. 
2 (3). Front of crown angular (more conspicuously 
in the 9) “¢ 5 a 3° -. 1. flavipennis. 
3 (2). Front of crown not angular. 
4 (7). Genital plates subcylindrical, curved, ap- 
proaching at the base and apex. 
5 (6). Genital plates wide and stout, their apices 
(viewed from the side) truncate, bounded on 
each side by an erect blackish tooth .. 2. citrinella. 
6 (5). Genital plates long, slender, their apices 
pointed; on the inner margin just below 
the apex a strong triangular tooth .. cee Oe SUMS 
7 (4). Genital plates elongate-triangular, flat, their 
inner margins subcontiguous. Penis black, 
resembling the claw-joint of a Carabus. 
Lobes of pygofer in the male each with a 
large blackish horn on the inner side near 
the apex as -. 4. mollicula. 
8 (1). Principal wing-nerves funiiee or Hletic, 
9 (10). Scutellum with a distinet black pee? at the 
apex .«. 46 : . 5. pygmea. 
(9). Scutellum ceknaeniate: 
11 (12). Elytra membranous, more than three times as 
long as wide; suprabrachial area and the 
apical half of the subcostal area hyaline .. 6. 
12 (11). Elytra subcoriaceous, about 24 times as long 
as wide, opaque throughout 
variata. 
for) 
. aureola, 
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