IIG BRITISH CICADA.. 



EuPTERYx Germarj, Zctt. Plate LXVI., fig. 1, 1 a, 



Cicadula Germari, Zett. 



Tijphlocyha Germari, H.-Schiiff. ; Flor ; Kirschb. ; 



Fieb. 

 Eupteryx Germari, Marsh. ; Sahib. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 94. 



Head and body greenish grey. Pronotum darker on 

 the disc, so also it is on the scutellum. Abdomen 

 greyish black, somewhat ferruginous towards the post- 

 scutellum. Last segment of the male denticulate and 

 armed with hooks. Abdomen of the female pointed 

 and tipped with yellow. Elytron opaque ; colour warm 

 ochreous, and fumose round the tip. Nervures, when 

 visible, fuscous-yellow. Wings greenish grey, with 

 strong brown nervures. Legs stout and greenish grey, 

 or otherwise coloured olive-green. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Expanse 3-30 8-50 



Size of body and wings 0*17 4*50 



Not uncommon locally. Taken in August on the 

 Scotch or Norway pine {Finns sijlvestris), at Haslemere 

 and elsewhere. 



Eupteryx filicum, Newman. Plate LXVI., fig. 2. 



TtjpJdoctjba JiUcum, '^ewm. ; Leth. ; Fieb. 

 Eupteryx filicum, Marsh. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 93. 



Whole insect concolorous, 3'ellow or ochreous - 

 yellow, tinged with green. Head and eyes somewhat 

 pinkish. Elytral nervures faint and greenish. An 

 obscure semilunar whitish spot is sometimes seen on 

 the costa. Wings hyaline and iridescent. Legs all 

 yellow. Abdomen black, with yellowish hind margins 



