British Homoptera-Cicadina. 107 
Zygina parvula, Leth., Cat. Hem. Nord., ed. ii., 75; 
Fieb., Cicad. d’Eur. (Typhlocybini), 73, 6; Ferrari, 
Cicad. agri Ligust., 85. 
Head yellow, sides and apex of the frons and two round spots 
on the crown black. Pronotum fuscous, with three oblong oval 
yellow spots on the front margin; hind margin broadly whitish. 
Scutellum yellow, with a large black triangle on each side of the 
base. Elytra whitish hyaline, a broad stripe in the clavus and 
another in the brachial area fuscous; second and fourth apical 
areas fumose. Abdomen black; hind margins of the segments 
very narrowly whitish. Legs whitish, claws fuscous. Length, 
3mm. 
Amongst rushes and long grass in damp places; not 
very common. A female taken in spring at the roots of 
ling had the stripes on the elytra rather strongly tinged 
with pink. 
6. Zygina scutellaris, H.-S. 
Typhlocyba scutellaris, H.-Scff., Deuts. Ins., 164, 18 ; 
Flor, Rhyn. Liv., ii, 405, 16; J. Sahl., Not. 
Fenn., xii., 182, 11. 
T. pullula, Boh., Sv. Ak. Handl., 45, 20 (1847). 
Eupteryx scutellaris, Marsh., Ent. Mo. Mag., iii., 
246,11. 
Zygina pullula, Leth., Cat. Hem. Nord., ed. ii., 75; 
Cicad. d’Eur. (Typhlocybint), 71, 5. 
Z. scutellaris, Ferrari, Cicad. agri Ligust., 85. 
Frons and forehead fuscous, the former with a broad yellow 
middle stripe on the lower half, and some traces of transverse 
yellow side-lines, the latter with a yellow crescent-shaped spot on 
each side; cheeks and temples yellow; clypeus dark fuscous or 
black, except at the extreme base; crown yellow. Pronotum 
greenish yellow in front, whitish behind; across the middle a 
fuscous band, which is much dilated in the middle towards the 
front margin. Scutellum greenish yellow, with a black triangle 
on each side of the base; apex narrowly black. LElytra whitish 
hyaline, the clavus, the costal area, and the basal half of the sub- 
costal area tinged with greenish yellow; nerves greenish yellow. 
Abdomen black; hind margins of the segments very narrowly 
yellow. Legs greyish yellow, claws fuscous. Length, 3 mm. 
Amongst fine grasses in autumn; rather local. 
