Vol 2 Part 2a. Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha - Royal Entomological ...

58 II (2) HEMIPTERA: GIGADOMORPHA(Frontoclypeus and anteclypeus chestnut brown, former with alternate blackishand yellow patches at upper margin ; !orae yellowish with brown patches ;antennary cavities broadly blackish; vertex yellow with black markings as infig. 280. Scutellum black-brown. Aedeagus as in figs. 299, 300. Overalllength : 3·0-3·6 mm.) ............................ histrionicus (Fabricius)On grasses. England. Wales. Scotland. Ireland (teste Halbert). vi-ix.N. and G. Europe. Caucasus.Fore wings with cells pigmented at least in part, pattern usually consisting oftransverse bands or longitudinal streaks. If pronotum has pale transverse band,distinct dark bands not present both anteriorly and posteriorly .......... . ... 77 Fore wings with veins pale, cells with dark longitudinal streaks and a single, rarelybroken, transverse dark band at apex (fig. 274). (Face yellow-brown with a fewmore or less distinct darker spots. Vertex yellow-brown, with variable but alwaysdistinct black markings consisting essentially of two transverse bars and sometimesa longitudinal median line (fig. 279). Pronotum with an irregular black t ransverseband at or a little before the middle. Scutellum brown with variable blackpattern (e.g. as in fig. 279). Aedeagus as in figs. 301, 302. Overall length:3·3- 3·6 mm.) ............. . ... .. ................. flavostriatus (Donovan)On grasses in damp places. England. Wales. Scotland. Ireland. vii--