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above and beneath, and is about twice longer than the breadth of 

 the head. Prothorax short, with a middle keel, angular and much 

 advanced in front, and equally excavated on the hind border. 

 Wings vitreous; veins green. Fore wings covered with minute 

 tubercles'; apical third part with very numerous and mostly irre- 

 gular veinlets. Hind wings with very few veiulets. Length of the 

 body 3£ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



This species, as regards the veins of the fore wings, differs 

 much from, most of the other species of Dictyopkora, and approaches 

 the genus Plegmatoptera. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



y South America. 



DlCTYOPHORA MELANOGONA. 



Mas. Testacea, viridi varia ; vertex carinatus, nigro marginatus ; 

 cornu lineare, nigro lineatum, apice subdilatatum, capitis 

 latiludine non duplo longius ; frons bicarinata % rufo lineata ; 

 fades lanceolata, unicarinata ; prothorax brevissimus, sub- 

 carinatus, margine postico lineisque auatuor lateralibus nigris ; 

 mesothorax tricarinatns ; alee vitrece, venis nigris basi testa- 

 ceis ; anticas apice stigmateque venulas quinque includente 

 lurido-fuscis. 



Male. Testaceous, mostly green beneath and partly so above. 

 Vertex much longer than broad, with one keel ; borders black and 

 elevated. Protuberance of the head quadrilateral, rather shorter 

 than twice the breadth of the head, linear, very slightly dilated at 

 the tip ; angles black. Front long, widening towards the face, with 

 two red keels and with red borders. Face lanceolate, with one keel. 

 Prothorax above curved, very short, with a slight keel, black along 

 the hind border, and with two black lines along each side. Meso- 

 thorax with three keels. Wings vitreous; veins black, testaceous at 

 the base. Fore wings lurid-brown at the tips ; stigma of the same 

 hue, containing five veiulets. Length of the body b\ lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



This species much resembles D. compressifrons , but the pro- 

 tuberance of the head is shorter, the prothorax is less arched, and 

 the legs are stouter. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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