7b LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



grass-green, with a blacli stripe, which is interrupted near the base 

 and dilated hindward ; under side black hindwavd. Legs green ; 

 hind wings paler than the others, their femora streaked with black. 

 Wings vitreous. Fore wings with a black stigma; apical areolets 

 blackish brown ; middle line of transverse veinlets slightly clouded 

 with brown. Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



ft. Eio Janeiro. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



Cladodiptera muliebris. 



Rvfescens ; vertex fascia smaragdina ; frons et fades fJavescente 

 virides ; prothorax smaragdinus^ inargine poslico rufescente ; 

 mesothorax maculis sinarugdinis ; abdomen l(Bte rufum, late- 

 rihus smaragdinis, maculis lateralibus nigris ; tibia posticcB 

 smaragdince ; aloe vitrea^ venis testaceis ; anticcE siigmate 

 strigaque postica exieriore fuscis. 



Reddish. Head with an emerald-green band on the vertex ; 

 front and face yellowish green. Prothorax hardly arched, emerald- 

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

 spots. Abdomen bright red ; sides emerald-green ; dorsum with 

 black spots along each side. Posterior tibiae emerald-green. 

 Wings vitreous; veins testaceous. Fore wings with abrovifu stigma, 

 which is paler at each end; a brown streak extending from the tip 

 along part of the interior border, darkest along its interior side. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Cladodiptera sceiptiventris. 



Pallide viridis ; vertex nigro biguttatus ; frons nigro bivittaia ; 

 prothorax nigro biguttatus ; mesothorax maculis lateralibus 

 nigris ; abdomen nigrum, vittis tribu^ lateribusque testaceis ; 

 pedes antici fusco fasciati ; alee vitrecp^ venis nigris basi tes- 

 taceis ; anticcc stigmate strigaque suhapicali nigro-fuscis ; 

 posticce striga brevi marginali subapicali nigra. 



Pale green. Vertex with a black dot on each side ; front with 

 two broad black stripes. Prothorax with two black dots. Meso- 

 thorax with black spots on each side. Abdomen black, with three 

 testaceous stripes ; sides also testaceous. Fore legs with brown 

 bands. Wings vitreous ; veins black, testaceous towards the base. 

 Fore wings with a blackish brown stigma, and with a blackish 



