64 LIST OF HOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 



DiCTYOPHORA TELIFERA. 



Foem. Testacea out fulva; vertex longus^ angustus, lateribus 

 elevatis viridihus ; cornu lineare, gracillwmm, subascendens, 

 capitis latitudine longius, lateribus nigris ; frons lanceolata, 

 bicarinata, nonnunquam rufescens ; fades carinata, uni- 

 guttata ; prothorax brevis, tuberculis tribus viridibus ; meso- 

 thorax brevis, planus, non c ar hiatus ; abdomen fuscum aut 

 viride, basi luteum, tkorace latius ; pedes virides, longi,gra- 

 ciles, tibiis apice tarsis genubusque, testaceis ; ala vitrece,venis 

 nigris ; anticce apice fuscescentes, siigmate liirido, venulis 

 transversis in ordine collocatis. 



Female. Testaceous or tawny. Vertex long and narrow ; 

 borders elevated and green. Protuberance of the head linear, 

 slightly ascending, extremely slender, rather longer than the 

 breadili of the head, black on each side. Front lanceolate, some- 

 times reddish, with two keels. Face with one keel, and with a 

 black dot towards the proboscis. Prothorax above short, mode- 

 rately convex in front and equally concave behind, with three green 

 tubercles. Mesothorax short, flat, not keeled. Abdomen broader 

 than the thorax, brown or green, luteous at the base. Legs green, 

 long, slender ; knees, tarsi and tips of the tibiae testaceous. Wings 

 viireous; veins black. Fore wings tinged with brown at the tips ; 

 stigma lurid, with one veinlet; transverse veinlets forming three 

 nearly regular bands. Hind wings with a few veinlets. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 

 (/, b. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



DiCTYOPHORA FILIFERA. 



Mas. Lctte viridis, gracilis; vertex longus, angustus, testaceus, 

 maculis duabus guitaque postica nigris, lateribus viridibus ; 

 cornu gracillimum, valde compressum, oblique ascendens, supra 

 nigrum subtus albidum, capitis latitudine duplo longius; 

 frons basi impressa, apice nigro biguttata ; fades carinata, 

 apice nigro-fusca, strigis duabus lateralibus pallide fuscis ; 

 thoracis discus ferrugineus ; prothorax brevis, unicarinatus, 

 anlice conicus ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; pectus nigro bima- 

 culaium; abdominis discus ferrugineus ; ales vitrea, angustee, 

 venis nigris ; anticce apud costce apicem luridce, margine 

 postico ferrugineo, venulis vagis. 



Male. Bright green, slender. Vertex long, narrow, testaceous, 

 with a black spot on each side, and a black dot hindward ; borders 



