128 BRITISH CICADJE. 



The wings are long, delicate, and iridescent. The legs 

 golden yellow, with yellow ciliations. Frons all yellow, 

 except two rich brown spaces from between the eyes 

 pointing towards the yellow clypeus and rostral 

 sheath. A black spot sometimes occurs on the third 

 and fourth apical areas of the elytron. The sinuous 

 bands are different in character from the more isolated 

 spots of the preceding species ; but no two insects are 

 perhaps strictly alike in their markings. 



Taken sparingly on the garden mint at Norwich, in 

 company with E. carpini, E. stachijdearum, and E. 

 melissce. 



I found this insect very common, and nestling on 

 the potato-plants in gardens at Great Malvern. It has 

 been thought hitherto rather rare ; but Mr. Marshall 

 thought it '' sufficiently common throughout this 

 country," and probably it has been overlooked by 



entomologists. 









Inch. 



Millimetres. 



Expanse 



0-29 



7-35 



Size of body 



0-13 



3-30 



For details of the male pygofer compare Plate LXIL, 

 figs. 3 and 5. 



EuPTERYx MELISSA, Cwt, Plate LXVIIL, figs. 

 S to Sd.; also Plate LXIL, figs. 3 and 4. 



Eupteryx melissce, Curt. ; Marsh. ^j Ferrari ; Edw'. pt. 



ii. p. 90. 

 Typhlocyha melissce, Leth. ; Fieb. 



Vertex rather convex. Colour greenish white. Crown 

 with three marginal black spots, and a round basal spot 

 on the base. Eyes grey. Antennae brow^n and long. 

 Pronotum semilunar in shape, with two narrow dashes 

 on the upper edge, and tw^o others on each side thereof 

 towards the straight hind border. Scutellum with two 



