62 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS, 
DicTYOPHORA COMPRESSIFRONS. 
Fom. Lutea; verter sulcatus, lateribus elevatis viridibus ; cornu 
capitis latitudine duplo fere longius, viridi vittatum nigroque 
lineatum, apud medium subcompressum, apice subdilatatum, 
disco apicali supra subtusque nigro ; prothorax brevissimus, 
tricarinatus, valde arcuatus, lateribus nigro bilineatus ; meso- 
thorax tricarinatus; pedes ex parte virides, tibiis tarsisque 
apico genubusque nigris; ale vitree, venis nigris basi viri- 
dibus; antice apice fuscescentes, stigmate viridi, venulis in 
ordine collocatis ; postice venulis paucis. 
Female. Luteous. Vertex longer than broad, with a furrow 
in the middle; borders elevated and green. Protuberance of the 
head quadrilateral, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the 
head, slightly compressed in the middle and dilated at the tip; 
a green and a black stripe and two black lines along each side; 
disk black above and beneath at the tip. Prothorax above very 
short and much curved, with three slight keels; its borders parallel, 
and its length not more than one-eighth of its breadth; two black 
lines along each side. Mesothorax with three keels. Legs partly 
green; knees and tips of the tibia and of the tarsi black. Wings 
vitreous ; veins black, green towards the base. Fore wings tinged 
with brown at the tips; stigma green, with three oblique veinlets; 
transverse veinlets forming three nearly regular bands. Hind wings 
with a few veinlets. Var. Most of the head, parts of the thorax 
and the abdomen bright green. Length of the body 6—7 lines; of 
the wings 12—14 lines. 
a. America. From Mr. Argent’s collection. 
6. Mexico. From M. Salle’s collection. 
West Indies. 
DictyorHora CULTELLATOR. 
Mas. Pallide viridis; cornu lanceolatum, subascendens, subcom- 
pressum, carinatum, capitis latitudine duplo longius; pro- 
thorax brevis, carinalus, valde arcuatus; ale vitree, venis 
viridibus ; antice tuberculate, upices versus confertissime 
venose ; postice venulis paucis. 
Male. Pale green. Head forming in front a lanceolate 
slightly ascending and slightly compressed form, which has a keel 
