LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 69 



Mexico. 



Elidiptera atrilinea. 



Pallide 'prasina ; vertex breviconicus, transversus, subeoncavus, 

 bituberculatus, nigro bipunctatus ; frons plana, oblongo sub- 

 quadrata, lateribus subelevatis ; prothorax transversus, arcua- 

 tus, fusco notatus ; mesothorax planus, bicarinatus, nigro 

 biguttatus ; alee anticce nigro subnotatce, striga costali exte- 

 riore arcuata nigra, spado apicali sordide albido semihyalino, 

 costa dilalata luteo marginala ; posliae alba, venis testaceis. 



Pale brigbt green. Vertex short-couical, broader than long, 

 slightl? concave, with two black points in front, and with a tubercle 

 (»n each side ; front flat, subquadrate, much longer than broad, 

 with slightly elevated borders. Prothorax transverse, with several 

 slight brown marks, more conical in front than concave behind. 

 Mesothorax with a flat disk, with two black hindward dots and with 

 a keel on each side. Fore wings with a few minute black marks, 

 and with a curved black streak extending at three-fourths of the 

 length from the cosia towards the disk ; apical part dingy whitish, 

 semihyaline ; costa dilated, with a luleous border. Hind wings 

 white, with testaceous veins. Length of the body 3^ lines j of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Elidiptera basistigma. 



Pallide viridis ; vertex transversus, vix concavus, antics truncatus, 

 lateribus subelevatis ; frons plana, oblonga, heptagona, lateri- 

 bus elevatis ; prothorax transversus, bicarinatus; mesothorax 

 planus ; ala anticce macula basali nigricante tuberculum 

 viride includenfe, margine interiore apicem versus areolisque 

 apicalibus basi nigro notatis ; postica alba. 



Dull pale green. Vertex much broader than long, hardly 

 concave, truncate in front ; the borders very slightly elevated ; front 

 heptagonal, much lon;;er than broad, quite flat, but with elevated 

 borders. Prothorax much broader than long, with a curved keel on 

 each side. Mesothorax flat. Fore wings with a large blackish 

 basal spot, which contains a large pale green tubercle, with some 

 minute black marks along the apical part of the interior border and 

 about the subapical pari of the exterior border; subcostal and 

 adjoining vein deeply undulating exteriorly. Hind wings white. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



