EUPTERYX VITTATUS. 119^ 



EuPTERYX VITTATUS, Limi. Plate LXVI., fig, 5. 



Cicada vittata, Linn. 



Cicadida vittata, Zett. 



Typhlocyha vittata, H.-Scha£f. ; Biirm. ; Flor ; 



Kirschb. ; Leth. ; Fieb. 

 T. 4:-signata, Hardy. 

 EtqUeryx vittatus, Marsh. ; Sahib. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 87. 



Vertex round. Head yellow or light reddish brown, 

 with two notched dark brown upright marks. Prono- 

 tum and scutellum dark brown. Elytron ochreous- 

 yellow, with a very broad brown sinuous band from 

 apex to base ; the edges of the same darker. Wings 

 with the membranes pale brownish black ; with the 

 first, second, and third radials stout and brown. 

 Abdomen deep black, with pale yellow margins to the 

 segments. The abdomen of the female has a tri- 

 angular yellow spot or caudal cellule on the penulti- 

 mate somite. Legs and sternum pale yellow. Saw- 

 case of the female protruberent. The wings are some- 

 times pinkish at their base. 



Common in damp places throughout July and August. 

 Hellesdon ; Lewisham. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Expanse 0-25 6-50 



Size with wings 0-12 3-00 



Mr. J. W. Douglas, in July, 1882, found this species 

 to be not uncommon on some ground -ivy {Nepetes 

 glecoma) growing in his garden at Lewisham. He 

 found also the pupa-skins on the leaves. There is 

 therefore good room to believe that the ground-ivy, 

 which is a Labiate, is at least one of the natural food- 

 plants of this insect. 



