CHLORITA VIRIDULA. Ill 



The emerald-green tint of some specimens is in 

 freat measure lost soon after the death of the insect. 

 Taken on the poplar and the willow. 





Inch. 



Millimetres, 



Expanse 



0-34 



8-63 



Size of body 



0-14 



3-55 



Genus XL VL— CHLORITA, Fieb. 



Vertex, taken with the eyes, crescentic in shape. 

 Elytra long and simple in venation ; having three 

 radials connected by two short angular nervures, 

 together with a third reaching to the margin, near 

 to the claval point. Limbus wanting. Apical cells 

 four. The venation of the lower wing, with its mar- 

 ginal nervure, is like that of Kyhos. Male genital 

 valve wanting. 



Chlorita of Fieber is equivalent to Cicadula of 

 Sahlberg. 



Chlorita viridula. Fall. Plate LXY., fig. 1 to If. 



Chlorita viridula, Fall. 



Typhlocyha viridida, H.-Schaff. ; Flor; Kirschb. 



Eupteryx virididus, Marsh. 



,, solani, Curtfs, Farm Insects, pi. 0, fig. 29, 

 Cicadula viridula, Sahib. 

 Chlorita viridula, Fieb. ; Edw. pt. ii. p. 85. 



Small. Colour delicate, pale emerald-green. Head, 

 pronotum and scutellum rather yellower ; all of which 

 parts are liable to undefined whitish markings. The 

 nisects just emerged from their pupal exuviae are very 

 bright, with fine iridescent colours thrown from both 

 the elytra and wings. Abdomen rather broad, and 

 sometimes bordered wdth white on the somatic rings. 



