102 BRITISH CICADiE. 



Scutellum about equal in length to the pronotum. 

 Frons a long triangle. Eostral sheath small. Elytron 

 longer than the abdomen, with a narrow bat distinct 

 limbus, and showing three long apical cells. 



First and second radial wing-nervm^es rmming to 

 the margin, and connected by a short transverse vein. 

 Third radial vein forked before reaching the periphery 

 of the wing. 



Genital plates broad, but the genital valve is wanting 

 in the male. — Sahlberg. 



Alebra albostriella, Fall. PlateLXI., figs. 2to 2iZ. 



Cicada albostriella, Fall. 



,, elegantula, Zett. 

 Typhlocijha albostriella, H.-Schaff. ; Flor ; Kirschb. 

 T. elegantula, discicollis, fidveola, Kirschb. 

 T. Wahlbergi, Boh. T. eximia, Hardy. 

 Cicadula elegantula, Zett. 

 Eupteryx fasciata. Curt. 



,, albostriellus, Marsh. 

 Compsus albostriella, Sahib. 

 Alebra albostriella, Leth. ; Ferrari ; Fieb. ; Edw. pt, 



ii. p. 79. 



Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum white. Pronotum 

 with two perpendicular brown streaks. Abdomen 

 long, taper, brown, and obscurely tinged with yellow 

 on the dorsum. A triangular pale patch occurs on the 

 penultimate, and an oval patch on the last abdominal 

 segment. Elytra greenish yellow, with fumose apices, 

 and more or less orange at their bases. Clavus reddish. 

 Legs either white or pale yellow ; hind tibiae with black 

 points. Frons white or pale j^ellow, with six obscure 

 dots near the vertex. 



The antenna springs from an oblong process at the 

 corner of the eye. 



Var. a. — Head brown. Pronotum white, with two 



