12G BRITISH CICADA. 



EuPTERYx STACHYDEARUM, Havdij. Plate LXVIIL, 



fig. 1. 



Tiiiihlociiha stachjdearum, Hardy. 



,, C urt is a, ¥101' ; Letli. ; ricb. 



Euptenjx hortensis, Curt. 



,, stachydearwn, Marsh. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 89. 



Vertex whitish, with an a;-like mark on the crown. 

 Pronotum fuscous-grey, furnished with two inverted 

 n-like marks and two small lateral spots. Scutellum 

 with two basal triangular marks and the representation 

 of a mask. Abdomen long and taper ; rings edged 

 with yellowish brown. The last three somites grey. 

 Legs yellow, with black points to the tarsi. First 

 joint, like many other species of this genus, much the 

 longest. Elytron yellowish, with a whitish spot near 

 the apex, bordered with brownish black, and a larger 

 white spot near the middle of the costa. The rest of 

 the disc is divided into oblong annular spots, and irre- 

 gular angular spaces, all of which are bordered in- 

 wardly with fuscous. Sternum and abdomen black ; 

 hind margins of the latter yellow. 



Often may be found on the common wood- sage 

 {Teucrium scorodonia), and on other Labiates. This 

 insect is not very unlike a small example of E. coUi- 

 7uim, but the marks on the head ai;d pronotum differ 

 much, and the general tints are darker. 





Inch. 



Millimetres. 



Expanse 



0-23 



5-84 



Body only 



0-12 



3-12 



The marks on the vertex of the female sometimes 

 become obsolete in the male. 



These insects are very lively and difficult to secure. 



