322 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



brown, green towards the base; veins of the hind-wings black. 

 Length of the body 4| lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 Var. Chest luteous. 



b. East India. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



38. DiCTYOPHORA INSCEIPTA, MaS. 



Ferriigineo-fulva, fiisiformis, viridi vittata ; caput thoracis longi- 

 tudine ; abdomen thorace longius et paullb latius, maculis 

 fuscis et albidis vittaium ; pedes fulvi, fusco vittati ; tibia 

 posticcs virides ; alee limpidcB. 



Body ferruginous-tawny, spindle-shaped : head ascending, as 

 long as the chest and much mure than half its breadth, tapering 

 slightly from the crown to the tip which is truncated, indistinctly 

 striated across ; sides rather narrower than the upper surface which 

 has two luteous spots on the crown ; under side with two Inteous 

 stripes and with three dull pale green ridges, the side pair shorter 

 than the middle one, which is continued along the epistoraa ; epis- 

 toma and mouth striped with black, the latter reaching the hind- 

 hips : fore-chest luteous, convex in front, more slightly concave 

 behind, adorned with three bright green stripes, the side pair ob- 

 lique, widening to the hind border; a pale green spot at the base of 

 each fore-wing ; side plates with the usual green stripes, three of 

 which adorn the middle-chest : abdomen nearly elliptical, longer 

 and a little broader than the chest, adorned with six rows of brown 

 dots, and with five rows of whitish spots, the middle row forming a 

 slender interrupted stripe ; legs tawny, striped with brown ; hind- 

 shanks pale green, armed with five black-tipped spines ; hind-feet 

 broad: wings colourless; brand brown, occupying from two to four 

 areolets, according to the variaticm of the veins, which are green 

 with brown tips in the fore-wings, and with black tips in the hind- 

 wings ; cross-veins of the fore-wings very slightly clouded with 

 brown. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings io lines. 



fl, b. Hong-Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



39. Dyctiophora concolor, Mas, 



Fulva^ fusiformis ; caput ferrnginewn, thorace longius ; abdomen 

 lineare, thorace longius ; pedes fulvi : ala anticce subfulvce. 



Body tawny, spindle-shaped : head ferruginous, ascending, in- 

 distinctly striated across, longer than the chest and full half its 

 breadth, slightly tapering from the crown to the tip which is rounded, 



