312 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



prismatic, obtuse at the tip, as broad as the crown, adorned above 

 with three emerald-green stripes, slightly tapering for two-thirds of 

 its length, and thence widening to its tips ; underside pale grass- 

 green, slightly concave, with two black ridges inclosing a furrow on 

 each side and in front, where they are most conspicuous, and form 

 two compartments by means of- a little tawny ridge between them : 

 fore-chest conical in front, deeply notched on the hind border, 

 adorned with five emerald-green ridges, the inner pair slightly 

 curved, the outer pair very slanting : scutcheon of the middle-chest 

 adorned with three emerald-green ridges ; the side pair uniting and 

 forming an acute angle at the tip ; a spot of the same colour on 

 each side behind the base of the fore-wing : hind-chest tinged with 

 green : abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, green, slightly 

 mottled, tawny at the base with a dorsal ridge, compressed towards 

 the tip, a little longer than the chest : legs pale green, long and 

 slender, slightly grooved, feet tawny with black tips; hind-shanks 

 armed with three black-tipped spines besides the cluster at the tips ; 

 hind-feet with two dilations, the second less than half the length of 

 the first, both at right angles, and armed with rows of little black 

 teeth : wings colourless ; tips of the fore-wings slightly tinged with 

 pale brown; brands green, occupying five areolets; veins brown, 

 green or tawny towards the base ; middle parts of some of the cross- 

 veins near the tips of the fore-wings slightly clouded with brown. 

 Length of the body 6| lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



^ ^ 23. DiCTYOPHORA ELLIPTICA, MaS. 



Viridis, elliptica ; capitis cornu brem, suhquadratum ; tibia pos- 

 ticce spinis sex armatce ; alee limpidce. 



Body elliptical, bright grass-green, slightly mottled with paler 

 colour ; head much narrower than the chest, a little more than twice 

 the length of the fore-chest, with three longitudinal ridges ; the side 

 pair slightly converging; protuberance conical, not longer than 

 broad; front long and narrow with five ridges ; three ridges on the 

 epistoma : mouth green with a brown tip, extending just beyond the 

 hind-hips : fore-chest convex in front, deeply notched on the hind 

 border, surrounded by a ridge, and having five ridges on its disk ; 

 the inner pair slightly waved ; the outer pair near to and parallel 

 with the ridges on each side : three ridges on the scutcheon of the 

 the middle-chest, the side pair enclosing a spindle-shaped compart- 

 ment : hind-chest somewhat wrinkled : abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest: legs green, slender, slightly grooved ; hind- 

 shanks armed with six black-tipped spines ; hind-feet widened like 



