ATHYSANUS SORDIDUS. 29 



rectangulariter excisis. .... Extus setosis." A 

 description which is much in accordance with my 

 figures of the pygofer. 



Taken at Pitlochry by Mr. Norman. I have several 

 examples labelled by Mr. EdAvards from " Stanton- 

 Strawless, August. It inhabits marshy places, and is 

 by no means common. Occasiocally it occurs in com- 

 pany with ^4. sordidus. 



This insect has a close outward resemblance to A. 

 ohsoletns, a more common species. 



Length, 0-17 to 0*21 inch, or 4-50 to 5*50 milli- 

 metres. 



Athysanus SORDIDUS, Zett. Plate XL VI., figs. 1, la. 



Cicada sordida, Zett. 



Thamnotettix sordidus, Zett. 



Jassus sordidus, H.-Schaff. ; Flor ; Thorns. 



Athysanus confusus, Kirschb. 



,, sordidus, Sahib.; Scott; Eeut. ; Elor; Edw. 

 pt. ii. p. 37. 



Brachelytrous male. Yellow. Vertex with a grey 

 and rounded apical border, and a length about half 

 that of its width ; sparsely spotted with brown. Eyes 

 grey and similarly spotted. Pronotum ovate, with a 

 transverse row of dots and a grey streak below. Scu- 

 telium with the normal marks pale. Abdomen black, 

 with the somites edged with yellow. Elytra shorter 

 than the abdomen, semi-transparent, with pale nervures. 

 Cellules fuscous-yellow. Legs yellow, with minute 

 dots on the outer edges, from which the setse spring. 

 Hind tibiae each with a black inner streak. 



Female. Larger than the male. Honey-yellow and 

 almost without markings, except a few streaks on the 

 pronotum. Apex of the abdomen blunt, furnished 

 with coarse yellow bristles, and a notch within which 

 the base of the black saws protrudes. Elytral nervures 

 pale. 



