72 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



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Elidiptera dorsisigna. 



Pallide testacea ; vertex transversus, nigra quadripunetatus, mar- 

 gine antico convexo ; frons plana, oblonga, margine sub- 

 elevato ; prothorax transversus, brevis, arcuatus, nigro quadri- 

 guttatus ; mesothorax planus, maculis quatuor lateralibus 

 nigricantibus ; alee anticce nigro punctatce, macula apud mar- 

 ginem inter? orem fu sea, venulis subapicalibus infuscatis ; pos- 

 ticus subalbida, venis pallide testaceis. 



Pale testaceous. Vertex more than twice broader than long, 

 with four black points, convex along the fore border; front flat, 

 longer than broad, with a slightly elevated border. Prothorax with 

 four black dots, about four times broader than long, convex in front, 

 less concave behind. Mesothorax flat, with two blackish spots on 

 each side. Fore wings with many black points over the surface, 

 and with a brown spot on the interior border at one-third of 

 the length ; veinlets of the apical areolets clouded with brown ; 

 costa much dilated, forming a rather broad shoulder at the base. 

 Hind wings slightly whitish ; veins pale testaceous. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 





Elidiptera debilis. 



Pallide viridis ; vertex transversus, nigro subnotatus, guttis quatuor 

 lateralibus nigris, margine antico convexo ; frons plana, late- 

 ribus non elevatis ; prothorax transversus, subarcuatus, lituris 

 duabus anticis fuscis ; mesothorax tricarinatus, nigro notatus; 

 aim anticce nigro guttatce, fascia subapicali tenui undulata, 

 margine exteriore quadra to ; posticee cinereo-albidce. 



Pale dull green. Vertex more than twice broader than long, 

 convex on the fore border, slightly marked with black, and with two 

 black dots on each side by the eye ; front flat, not longer than 

 broad, its borders not elevated. Prothorax full thrice broader than 

 long, convex along the fore border, slightly concave behind, with 

 two brown marks in front. Mesothorax with some black marks and 

 with three keels. Fore wings with several black dots scattered irre- 

 gularly over the surface, and with a regular row of black dots along 

 the exterior border, which is quadrate ; a slender brown undulating 

 subapical band ; costa much dilated near the base, very slightly 



