TYPHLOCYBA SEXPUNCTATA. l35 



the latter with two pale brown basal spots. Abdomen 

 dilated towards the apex. Colour umber-brown, with 

 pale edgiugs to the somatic rings, and a pale broad 

 patch on the penultimate. Extreme apex greyish 

 yellow. Legs pale, with black claws. Elytron whitish, 

 with ochreous longitudinal dashes and fuscous apical 

 areas. Some obscure thin and dark marks occur at 

 the angles of the areas. Wings hyaline-grey. 





Inch. 



Millimetres, 



Expanse 



0-36 



9-14 



Body only 



0-11 



2-79 



Taken at Darenth Wood and on the Addington Hills 

 on both beech and blackthorn; also at Norwich. In 

 France it is said to occur on apple trees. 



Figured from the Douglas collection. 



Typhlocyba sexpunctata. Fall. Plate LXX., 

 figs. 5 to 56. 



Cicada Q-punctata, Fall. 

 Cicadula 10-punctata, Zett. 



Tijphlocyha 10-punctata, Flor ; Kirschb. ; Sahib. 

 Eupteryx IQ-punctata, Marsh. 

 Anomia 6-pimctata, Leth. 

 A. 10-punctata, Fieb. 



Typhlocijha ^-punctata, H.-Schaff. ; Ferrari; Edw. 

 'pt. ii. p. 97. 



General ground colour greenish white, or rosy, with 

 the head, pronotum, and scutellum pale ochreous. 

 Vertex with two small black dots. Pronotum with two 

 or four spots on the anterior, and two on the basal, 

 margins. Scutellum with two basal triangular brown 

 spots, thus making together either six or ten punctate 

 dots. Elytron with two more or less brown disjointed 

 cross-bands, with a spot on the clavus. Membrane 



