EUPTERYX AURATUS. 127 



' EuPTERYX AURATUS, Liiin. Plate LXVIIL, figs. 



2 to 2a. 



Cicada aurata, Linn. ; Fab. ; Fall. 



Typhlocyba aurata, H.-Schiiff. ; Flor ; Kirsclib. ; 



Leth. ; Fieb. 

 T. picta, Burm. T. fulva, H.-Schaff. 

 Eupteryx auratus, Marsh. ; Sahib. ; Ferrari ; Edw. 



pt. ii. p. 91. 



Vertex yellow, somewhat pointed. Occiput with two 

 black squarish spots. Pronotum one-third longer than 

 the head, greenish yellow, with two large lateral black 

 and rounded spots ; these together are sometimes reni- 

 form. Scutellum black, with a green or yellow 

 spatuliform mark, having a fine striga. Abdomen 

 taper, long, dark brown, with paler somatic edgings. 

 The pygofer of the female is pointed ; that of the male 

 complex, with two angular and curved cornua, two 

 styles, accompanied by a lower sheath-like appendage 

 (theca). The penultimate ring has the oblong caudal 

 cellule noted in other species, the significance of 

 which is as yet obscure. The last abdominal segment 

 finely hirsute (see fig. 5, Plate LXII.). Elytron yellow- 

 green, but grey towards the apex. The costal edge 

 with a large black round spot, succeeded, at about half 

 its total length, by another spot, or rather sinuous band, 

 broad at its upper part, and thinly ending at the apical 

 areas. Half-way between the last band and the pro- 

 notum, another narrow curved black band also curves 

 towards the elytral apex ; between these two bands a 

 darker green patch is seen. Below, and nearly parallel 

 to the second black band, a third appears running 

 along the lower marginal edge. A black spot may be 

 seen on each clavus. Some parts of the disc of the 

 elytron are brighter than others, and this colouring 

 gives the insect somewhat of a golden appearance. 



