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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Fam. II. Cereopid*. Leach, 
Cicadarije II. Latreille. 
Antenna three-jointed : ocelli ( wo : inrsi with three joints, 
Stirps 1. — Antenna; not inserted in the internal sinus of the eyes; the 
two first joints conjoined shorter than the head. 
Genus 294. PLATA. Fabr., Leach. Fclgora. Latr. 
F ront as if truncated, vertical, not rostrated : eyes globular : elytra very 
broad; the external margin very much dilated : body broad, trian- 
gular. 
Sp. 1 . Fla. reticulata. 
Inhabits Europe, and is common in this country in hedges during the 
summer months. 
Genus 295. ISSUS. Fair., Leach. Fulgora. Latr., Oliv. Cica- 
da. Fillers. 
1 ront as if truncated, not rostrated, vertical : elytra at their external 
base very much dilated, with the apex narrower; body short, del- 
toid: eyes globular. 
Sp. 1 . Iss. coleoptratus. 
Inhabits hedges. 
Genus 296. CIXIUS. Leach. Fulgora. Latr. Flata. Fabr. 
iront as if truncated, not rostrated, vertical : elytra with the external 
margin nearly straight or scarcely arcuate : body elongate, quadrate > 
eyes globular. 
Sp. 1. Cix. nervosus. 
Flata nervosa. Fabr, 
Inhabits hedges. 
Stirps 2. — Antenna inserted in the internal sinus of the eyes, the two 
first joints as long or longer than the head. 
Genus 29T. A.SIRACA. Latr ., Leach. Gelphax. Fabr. 
Antenna as long or longer than the thorax, the first joint very long, 
compressed, ungulate. 
3p- !• Asi. clavicornis. Body brown or obscure brown variegated : ape^ 
of the four anterior tibise white: elytra semihyaline: apex with a 
fuscous band; nerves spotted with fuscous. 
Delphax clavicornis. Fabr. Asiraca clavicornis. Latr., Leach. 
Inhabits France and England in grassy places. 
Stirps 3. — Antenna inserted between the eyes : thorax not transverse I 
hinder margin more or less prominent. 
Genus 298. CEItCOPIS. Fabr., Schrank, Latr., Leach . Cicada, 
Linn. Tetticonia. Oliv. 
Antenna inserted on the frontlet, the second longer than the first joint,, 
the third joint short-conic : thorax not dilated. 
