FAMILY v.— CKDIPODIX.E. l'4"5 



niatism is largely, but not entirely, characteristic ot sex; 

 most of the females being green, of the males brown. 



The green variety is the t3^pical one; wing-covers 

 with a broad green stripe on the outer margin, ex- 

 tending from the base beyond the middle, and including twd 

 small dusky spots on the edge, the remainder dusky, but- 

 semi-transparent at the end; wings transparent, very pak, 

 greenish-yellow next to the body, with a large dusky cloud 

 near the middle of the hind margin, and a black line on the 

 trout margin. Antenna.% fore and middle legs reddish; hind 

 femora green, with two black spots in the furrow beneath. 

 This form is the larger one. Both sexes are illustrated in 

 Figs. 83 and 84. 



The dusky brown variety has the wing-covers faintly 

 spotted with brown; wings transparent, pale greenish- 



Fig. 8i. — Chortophaga viridifasciata,ioTra virgiaiana, female. Original 



yellow next to the body, with a large dusky cloud near the* 

 middle of the hind margin; and a black line on the 

 front margin; hind femora pale, with two large 

 black spots on the inside; hind tibiae brown, with darker 

 spines, and a broad whitish ring below the knees. The hind 

 tibiae differ much in color in different specimens, being vari-- 

 ously tinted with brown, blue, pink or purple, without re^ 

 gard to sex. Many intergrades occur, in which the head and 

 pronotum are of a reddish velvety brown. This form is 

 shown in Fig. 85. 



Length of male, 25 mm.; of female, 30 mm. 



