318 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



32. DiCTYOPHORA OBTUSIFRONS, FeiH. 



Fulva, fusiformis ; caput protliorace non duplb longius ; thorax 

 rufo vittatus ; abdomen thorace longius^ apice viridi varium ; 

 pedes fulvi ; tibice jJosticce spinis quinque armatis ; alee lim- 

 pidcB. 

 Body tawny, spindle-shaped : head conical, obtuse at the tip, 

 much more than half the breadth of the head, its length above much 

 less than twice that of the fore-chest ; two indistinct ridges crossing 

 each other at right angles ou the upper side; front slightly con- 

 tracted in its middle part and again widened towards the epistoma, 

 it has three ridges, the side pair continue and slightly converge 

 along the whole length, the middle one also accompanies the epis- 

 toma; mouth tawny, with a black tip, reaching the middle-hips: 

 fore-chest convex, but not conical in front, having an angular notch 

 on its hind border, surrounded by a green rim ; a short luteous stripe 

 ou the hind part of the border on each side ; three green ridges on 

 the disk, the side pair oblique and very indistinct : on the scutcheon 

 of the middle-chest are the three usual ridges which are not green, 

 the side pair are slightly curved and include a spindle-shaped com- 

 partment : abdomen tapering from the base, longer than the chest, 

 tinged with green towards the tip : legs pale tawny, slender, slightly 

 grooved ; hind-shanks armed with live black-tipped spines ; hind- 

 feet not much widened : wings colourless ; brand bright green, occu- 

 pying three areolets ; veins green. Length of the body five lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



33. DlCTYOPHORA NIGRIMACULA, MaS. 



Fulva, nigro varla, viridi vittata ; caput thoracis longitudine ; ab- 

 domen nigrum, maculis fiilvis quinque vittatum, thorace paullh 

 Longius; pedes fulvi, nigro vittati ; alee limpidcB ; aUe anticcB 

 apice fuscce. 



Body spindle-shaped : head as long as the chest, tapering 

 slightly to the tip which is obtuse, slightly elevated ; protuberance 

 transversely striated above and on each side; upper side ferruginous ; 

 crown with a yellow middle stripe, and on each side a green stripe, 

 which is conlinued along near half the length to the tip ; a black 

 middle-stripe extends from the crown to the tip, towards which it 

 occupies the whole disk ; sides black with tawny borders ; under side 

 bright orange-red, having on each side a tawny brown-spotted stripe 

 which in its course becomes bright green, and is continued along 

 the epistoma ; the bright green middle-ridge also extends along the 



