EUPTERYX PULCHELLUS. 115 



EuPTERYX PULGHELUS, Fall. Plate LXV., figs. 

 StoSh. 



Cicada puUliella, Fall. 



Cicaclida piilcheUa, Zett. 



Typhlocyba jmlcliella, Flor ; Kirschb. ; Leth. ; Fieb. 



Eupteri/x ornatipennis, Curt., pi. 640. 



,, pulchellus, Marsh.; Sahib.; Edw. pt. ii. 

 p. 94. 



Female. Vertex yellow, with two perpendicular 

 marks towards the hinder edge. Eyes black. Pro- 

 notum brown, yellow, or ochreous, with from two to 

 four dark reddish marks. Scutellum concolorous with 

 the pronotum. Elytron of a fine orange or orange-red 

 colour, with a large oval whitish spot on the costal 

 edge, the hinder part of which spot is bordered by a 

 fine black line passing towards the apex, and bordering 

 the four unequal pale yellow apical areas. A round 

 black spot occurs in the first apical cell. The clavus 

 is often of a fine red colour. Wings hyaline, with the 

 first two radial nervures brown and strongly developed. 

 Abdomen black above, with the apical segment pale. 

 Legs yellow, or else nearly white. 



The male is yellower in its general colour, and the 

 apical areas of the elytron are often pale lilac and 

 fumose at the tips. 



This handsome insect is widely distributed. It is not 

 uncommon on the oaks at Weycombe, Haslemere, and 

 at Albery, in Hertfordshire, during August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Expanse 0*28 7*10 



Body and wings 0-18 4*50 



There is a pale variety with the spots and lines 

 small and thin. ' 



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