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^27. DiCTYOPHORA MiCRORHiNA, Fem. 



Viridis, fusiformis ; caput subascendens, prothorace fere quadruplb 

 longius ; abdomen obconicuin, thorace longius, segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis luteis ; pedes virides ; tarsi fulvi ; alie 

 limpidce. 



Body spindle-shaped, bright grass-greeu: head about half the 

 breadth of the chest, near four times the length of the fore-chest : 

 protuberance very slightly inclined upward, forming a hardly con- 

 cave line with the crown, nearly prismatic, tapering from the base 

 to the tip which is conical ; on the upper side a ridge extends from 

 the hind border along half the length of the head and is there ob- 

 solete ; on the under side three ridges extend to the epistoma : 

 mouth green with a black tip, reaching a little beyond the hind- 

 hips : fore-chest conical in front, very deeply and acutely angular 

 on the hind border, with three ridges ; the side pair undulating : 

 three ridges on the scutcheon of the middle-chest, the side pair 

 united and forming an angle in front and behind, and enclosing a 

 spindle-shaped compartment: abdomen obconical, longer than the 

 chest; hind borders of the segments mostly luteous: legs green, 

 slender, slightly grooved ; feet tawny ; hind-shanks armed with four 

 black-tipped spines : wings colourless ; a very indistinct greenish 

 tinge on the fore-wings; brand pale green, occupying four areolets ; 

 veins green, darker towards the tips. Length of the body 5^ lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



a. New Orleans. From M. Salle's collection. 



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28. DiCTYOPHORA FUSIFORMIS. 



Fusiformis, viridis, fulvo varia ; caput et prothorax ferruginea 

 viridi vittata ; caput prothorace pauUb plus duplb longius ; 

 cornu latum; abdomen thorace multb longius ; pedes virides ; 

 tarsi fulvi ; alee limpidce. 



Body spindle-shaped, grass-green, tawny here and there: head 

 and fore-chest nearly ferruginous, slightly mottled with paler colour : 

 head rather more than twice the length of the fore-chest ; pro- 

 tuberance broad, hardly tapering from the base to the tip, which is 

 obtuse, having four flat sides, adorned with three emerald-green 

 stripes, one above and one on each side ; under side slightly concave, 

 with three ridges, the side pair obsolete on the epistoma: mouth 

 tawny with a black tip, extending beyond the hind-hips: fore-chest 

 slightly conical in front, deeply angular behind, adorned with five 

 emerald-green ridges; the inner pair slightly obUque ; the outer pair 



