HOMOPTERA. 



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DiCTYOPHORA PICTA. 



Foem. Viridis, rufo vittata ; caput tricarinatum, oblique ascendens ; 

 cornu longi-conicum, apice iruncatum, capitis latiludine lungius, 

 nigra lineatum ; thorax tricarinatus ; prothorax arcuatus, brevissi- 

 mus ; abdominis segmcnia rufo notata, subius testacea viridi mar- 

 ginata ; ala vitrem, venis viridibus, apice nigris. 

 Female. Green. Head, thorax and pectus with red stripes. Head 

 obliquely ascending, with three Iceels ; protuberance quadrilateral, elongate- 

 conical, truncated at the tip, longer than the breadth of the head between 

 the eyes ; edges black ; under side with two keels, much widened towards 

 the face, which is very long, and has one keel. Thorax with three keels. 

 Prothorax arched, very short. Abdomen with various red marks on each 

 segment ; under side testaceous, with a pale green band on the hind bor- 

 der of each segment. Wings vitreous ; veins green, black towards the 

 tips. Fore wings with three lines of transverse veinlets ; veins beyond the 

 first line short ; apical and subapical areolets short. Length of the body 

 5J lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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Genus ELIDIPTERA, Spinola. 

 Elidiptera perplexa. 

 Testacea, ex parte viridis; vertex concavus, sulcatus, elongatus, antice 

 angulatus; frons elongata, antice bicarinata, lateribus vix elevatis ; 

 prothorax subquadratus, non carinatus, margine non elevato ; meso- 

 thorax concavus, bicarinatus ; alee anticce subluberculatce, subrugu- 

 losce, viridi varice, linea discali furcata strigisqne duabus nigris, 

 venis ex parte fuscis, costa dilatata ; posticce albidie, venis testaceis. 

 Testaceous, partly pale green. Vertex concave, grooved, longer than 

 broad, angular in front ; front twice longer than broad, broadest in the 

 middle, with two slight keels in front, its borders hardly elevated. Protho- 

 rax subquadrate, a little broader than long, with a slight transverse furrow, 

 not keeled, nor with elevated borders. Mesothorax concave, with two 

 parallel keels, which are widely apart. Fore wings here and there bright 

 green, slightly tuberculate and rugulose, with an irregular black discal 

 line, which is forked at three-fourths of the length ; hind fork abbreviated ; 



