86 . BRITISH CICADiE. 



broad lateral yellow stripes. On the under side the 

 last three abdominal rings are greyish white. Saw- 

 case of the female black. Legs orange, wiih a strong 

 brown line on the hind tibia. 



Sahlberg notices three varieties. 



Widely distributed, and found as far north as 

 Christiania. I have examples from Huddersfield, and 

 from Kanworth in Norfolk. Marshes and wet fields. 



Length with wings, 0*14 inch or 3*5 millimetres. 



LiMOTETTIX QUADRINOTATA, Fdh. Plate LVIII., 



fig. 3. 



Cicada quadrinotata, Fab. ; Fall. 



Jassus quadrinotatus, Flor ; Marsh. ; Kirschb. y Thorns. 



,, sti'igipes, Thoms. 

 Cicadida quadrinotata, Zett. 

 Aphrodes spilotocephala, Hardy. 

 Thamnotettix quadrindtata, Scott ; Fieb. 

 Limotettix quadrinotata, Sahib. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 73. 



Colour fine yellow or greenish-yellow. Vertex pro- 

 duced and rounded, with two large oval brown spots 

 between the eyes, and two smaller spots near the apex. 

 Pronotum semilunate, with a greenish stain on the 

 disc. Scutellum yellow, with three fine transverse 

 dashes. Elytra long, fuscous at the tips. Nervures 

 yellowish. Thorax black, with yellow sides. Legs 

 yellow. Hind tibia with a fine line, and with long 

 yellow setas on the edges. 



There are several varieties ; one with a black spot 

 between the antennge, all the legs sparsely spotted, 

 and with a pale fuscous elytral stripe. This latter 

 insect appears to be Cicadida strigipes of Fieber. 



Common on many kinds of grasses from June to 

 October. 



Length with wings, 0*17 inch, or 4*75 millimetres. 



