Vertex produced in a linear cephalic process, the lateral margins 

 slightly dilated and flexed; elytra not transparent hyaline but 

 usually grayish straw-colored with fuscous markings, the veins very 

 prominent and usually spotted, Scolops Germ. 



Vertex short; front femora expanded leaf -like Phylloscelis Germ. 



Fig. 12 Adult Dictyophora sp. (after Osborn) 



THE GENUS DICTYOPHORA GERMAR 



The genus Dictyophora was erected by Germar in 1833, 

 based upon the species, Fulgora europaea of Linnaeus. It 

 is well represented in the United States by five species, 

 three of which are common east of the Rocky Mountains 

 and especially so in the Southern States. Although feeders 

 on meadow grasses their exact economic status is not 

 known. 



Briefly characterized as follows: Vertex narrow, produced in a 

 more or less elongate, rather obtusely pointed process, with three 

 longitudinal carinae. Frons very long and narrow, with a long 

 median carina that is continued through the clypeus, and another on 

 each side that runs to the apex of the frons. Eyes ovate. Antennae 

 short. Pronotum slightly produced between the eyes, angularly cut 

 out behind, tricarinate on disc, and on the side lobes behind the eyes 

 are three side keels or carinae. Elytra longer than the abdomen, 

 hyaline, usually bright grass-green and more or less reticulate; a 

 net work of veins is formed by divisions of the sectors and by the 

 numerous cross veins at the apex. Hind femora with a triangular 

 pointed tooth and the hind tibiae with five or six strong spines. 



