


118 THE INSECT WORLD. 
According to M. Guérin-Méneville, its head is of an ochrey yellow, 
with the apex marked with black spots; the forehead yellow, 
elongated, striped with black, as are the legs. The elytra are 
straw-coloured and spotted with brown. The wings are trans- 
parent, and slightly blackened at the extremities. This redoubt- 
able insect, which is not more than the twelfth of an inch in length, 
jumps and flies with great ease. | 
1. Hypsauchenia balista. 3. Centrotus cornutus. 5, Bocydium globulare. 
2. Membracis foliata. 4, Umbonia spinosa. 6. Cyphonia furcata. 
In the damp parts of woods throughout nearly the whole o 
Europe, particularly on the upper parts of fern stalks, on sallow 
wort, and thistles, one sees springing, with remarkable vigour, | 
small brownish insect, whose strange appearance struck Geoffroy 
the historian of the insects of the environs of Paris. 

