THAMNOTETTIX ATTENUATA. 79 



the vertex, and covered with coarse black punctuations. 

 Scutellum with a yellowish, irregular, cruciform stripe. 

 Legs pale umber-l3rown, spotted, and showing an inner 

 stripe. Frons warm brown-ochre, crossed with nu- 

 merous confluent streaks. Two marks (ocelli ?) appear 

 above the insertion of the antennse. 



This insect appears to be rare, though Mr. Marshall 

 took it " rather commonly," in July, 1886, on Pteris 

 aquilina, at Eannoch. 



Size, 0"16 inch, or 4 millimetres. 



Thamnotettix ATTENUATA, Germ. Plate LVI., 

 figs. 5 to 5 a. 



Jassus attenuatiis, Germ. 

 ,, rujjicapra, Marsh. 

 Deltocephalus croceus, Kirschb. 

 ' Thamnotettix attenuata, Scott ; Ferrari ; Fieb. ; Edw. 

 pt. ii. p. 70. 



Eather small. Ochreous-yellow, sparsely blotched 

 with orange-red. Vertex arcuate, grey, with two red 

 stains on the disc, and with very small dashes near the 

 apex. Pronotum grey, also stained with orange and 

 red. Scutellum with two red basal marks. Elytra 

 pointed, with brown apices, and with sundry dark 

 spots, principally on the clavus, and obscure streaks. 

 Legs pale, with brown points. Abdomen brown. 



The female is larger and more obtuse in shape, with 

 the elytra finely punctured. The end of the pygofer 

 is yellow and cleft. 



Found sparsely on grasses in dry places. 



Size, 0*16 inch, or 4 millimetres. 



