LlMOTETTlX SEPTEMNOTATA. 85 



brown, either with one or two orange streaks above the 

 pygofer. Legs yellow. Hind tibiae with many black 

 punctures. Elytra concolorous, opaque yellow, with a 

 brownish lirnbal edge. Two longitudinal brown dashes 

 occur on each clavus. Wings hyaline, with brown 

 nervures. 



Very abundant. Thousands were taken from under 

 the leaves of the hsiwihoin {Cratceg us) , in the public 

 gardens at Great Malvern, in August, Common also 

 at Haslemere and other places. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Expanse 0-26 6*60 



Body 012 3-00 



LiMOTETTIX SEPTEMNOTATA, Fall. Plate LVIII., 



figs. 4 to 4&. 



Cicada septemnotatus, Fall. 



Cicadula septemnotatus, Zett. ; Marsh. ; Kirschb. ; 



Thoms. 

 Limotettix septemnotata, Sahib. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 75. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum yellow. Vertex 

 rounded, with two spots above the anterior edge of the 

 pronotum, and two dark brown and larger spots at the 

 apex. Eyes brown. Pronotum sometimes with a 

 faint horse-shoe mark on the disc, caused by the con- 

 fluence of the dark basal marks on the scutellum : this 

 is seen through the partially transparent pronotum, 

 Elytron with a yellow or orange-yellow membrane. 

 Smoky at the apex, sometimes with two indistinct 

 yellow streaks, proceeding from the base. Wings hyaline. 

 Frons yellow, with brown bars, and seen often with 

 two more brown spots near the eyes, and one additional 

 spot just above the clypeus ; which thus make up the 

 number seven. Like the previous species, these spots 

 are not constant in number. Abdomen black, with 



