316 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



very oblique, parallel to each side : three emerald-g^reen ridges on 

 the scutcheon ; the side pair converge, unite and form an angle at 

 each end, and thus enclose a spindle-shaped compartment : abdo- 

 men tapering from the base to the tip, very much longer than the 

 thorax: legs slender, green, slightly grooved; feet tawny; hind- 

 shanks armed with four black-tipped spines: wings colourless: 

 brand green, occuj)ying two areolets in one wing, three in the other ; 

 veins black, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



"^ ^ 29. DiCTYOPHORA TRUNCATA, MaS. 



Flavo-viridis, fusiformis, viridi viltata ; caput fulvutn, prothorace 

 duplo longius ; abdomen thorace paullo Longius ; pedes virides ; 

 alee limpid(B. 



Body yellowish-green, spindle-shaped : head conical, horizontal, 

 tawny, twice the length of the fore-chest, its length much less than 

 twice its breadth; upper surface much broader than the sides, green 

 along the edges and the middle-ridge ; a pale green stripe on the 

 disk of each side ; under side with three ridges, the side pair con- 

 verging from the tip to the epistoma, along which the middle one is 

 continued ; mouth green with a black tip, extending a little beyond 

 the hind-hips: fore-chest obtusely-conical in front, with a deep an- 

 gular notch on the hind border, adorned with five green ridges, the 

 inner pair oblique, and extending from the fore border to the disk : 

 the three usual green ridges on the middle-chest: abdomen obconical, 

 a little longer than the chest : legs green, slender, slightly grooved ; 

 hind-shanks armed with four black-tipped spines: hind-feet hardly 

 widened : wings colourless ; brand pale green, occupying four or 

 five areolets ; veins green, with some pale yellow bands towards the 

 base, blackish towards the tips : cross-veins widened and slightly 

 tinged with brown in the middle. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



^ 30. DiCTYOPHORA LONGIPENNl^S, MaS. 



Fulvo-viridis, fusiformis • caput prothorace triplb longius ; abdo- 

 men thorace mult d longius; pedes virides ; tibiae postiae spinis 

 octo armatce ; alee limpidcs, longa, angustce. 



Body spindle-shaped, pale green with a slight tawny tinge: 

 head pointed, forming above a long acute triangle, its length in 



