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Elidiptera PRUINOSA. 



Sordide testacea ; caput et prothorax nigro suhnotata ; vertex 

 transversus, carinatus, antice subangulatus, margine elevato ; 

 frons oblonga, carinis duabus subobsoletis, margine subelevato ; 

 prothorax sub carinatus, antice subtruncatus ; mesothoracis 

 discus niger ; alee cinereo subpruinosce ; antica; lituris nan- 

 nullis parvis fuscis aut nigris ; posticce cinerascentes, venis 

 obscurioribus. 



Dingy testaceous. Head and prothorax slightly marked with 

 black. Vertex much broader than long, slightly angular in front, 

 with a slight keel, and with elevated borders ; front a little longer 

 than broad, with two almost obsolete keels and with slightly elevated 

 borders. Prothorax somewhat truncate in front, with a very slight 

 keel. Disk of the mesuthorax mostly black. Wings with a slight 

 grayish bloom. Fore wings with slight small irregular and variable 

 brown or black marks ; costa much dilated. Hind wings grayish, 

 with darker veins. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a — d. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Subtribe CIXIOIDES. 



Genus CLADODIPTERA, Cat. Ham. p. 337. 



Cladodiptera virilis. 



Testaceo-cervina ; vertex fascia smaragdina ; frons et fades virides ; 

 prothorax smaragdinus, margine postico testaceo-cervino ; me- 

 sothorax apice ynaculisque quatuor smaragdinis ; pectus albido- 

 testaceum, maculis lateralibus nigris ; abdomen late viride, 

 vitta nigra basi interrupta postice dilatnta ; pedes virides, 

 femoribus posticis nigro strigatis ; alee vitrea ; anticce stig- 

 mate nigro, areolis apicalibus nigro-fuscis^ linea media venu- 

 larum transversarum fusco nebulosis. 



Testaceous fawn-colour. Head with an emerald green band 

 on the vertex ; front and face grass-green. Prothorax arched, 

 emerald-green, except the hind border. Mesothorax emerald-green 

 hind ward, and with two emerald-green spots on each side. Pectus 

 whitish testaceous, with black spots on each side. Abdomen bright 



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