LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 75 j 



Elidiptera PRUINOSA. 



Sordide testacea ; caput et prothorax nigro subnotata ; vertex 1 

 transversus, carinatus, antice subangulatus, margine elevato A 

 frons oblonga, carinis duabus subobsoletis, margine subelevato A 

 prothorax sub carinatus, antice subtruncatus ; mesothoracis', 

 discus niger ; ala cinereo subpruinosce ; antica lituris non-] 

 nullis parvis fuscis aut nigris ; posticce cinerascentes, venis' 

 obscurioribus. 



Dingy testaceous. Head and prothorax slightly marked wit 

 black. Vertex much broader than long, slightly angular in frori 

 with a slight keel, and with elevated borders ; front a little long* 

 than broad, with two almost obsolete keels and with slightly elevate 1 

 borders. Prothorax somewhat truncate in front, with a very sligl 

 keel. Disk of the mesothorax mostly black. Wings with a sligl 

 grayish bloom. Fore wings with slight small irregular and variab 

 brown or black marks ; costa much dilated. Hind wings grayish^ 

 with darker veins. Length of the body 3| lines; of the wings 10J 

 lines. 



a — d. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Subtribe CIXIOIDES. 



Genus CLADODIPTERA, Cat. Horn. p. 337. 



v s Cladodiptera virilis. 



Testaceo-cervina ; vertex fascia smaragdina ; frons et fades virides 

 prothorax smaragdinus, margine postico testaceo-cervino ; me* 

 sothorax apice maeulisque quatuor smaragdinis ; pectus albido— 

 testaceum, maculis lateralibus nigris ; abdomen late viride, 

 vitta nigra basi interrupta postice dilatata ; pedes virides, 

 femoribus posticis nigro strigatis ; alee vitrece ; antica? stig- 

 mate nigro, areolis apicalibus nigro-fuscis, linea media venu- 

 larum transversarum fusco nebulosis. 



Testaceous fawn-colour. Head with an emerald green band 

 on the vertex ; front and face grass-green. Prothorax arched, 

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

 hindward, and with two emerald-green spots on each side. Pectus 

 whitish testaceous, with black spots on each side. Abdomen bright 



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