72 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
ELIDIPTERA DORSISIGNA. 
Pallide testacea; vertex transversus, nigro quadripunctatus, mar- 
gine antico convexo; frons plana, oblonga, margine sub- 
elevato ; prothorax transversus, brevis, arcuatus, nigro quadri- 
guttatus; mesothoraw planus, maculis quatuor lateralibus 
nigricantibus ; ale antice nigro punctate, macula apud mar- 
ginem interiorem fusca, venulis subapicalibus infuscatis ; pos- 
tice subalbida, venis pallide testaceas. 
Pale testaceous. Vertex more than twice broader than long, 
with four black points, convex along the fore border; front flat, 
longer than broad, with a slightly elevated border. Prothorax with 
four black dots, about four times broader than long, convex in front, 
less concave behind. Mesothorax flat, with two blackish spots on 
each side. Fore wings with many black points over the surface, 
and with a brown spot on the interior border at one-third of 
the length; veinlets of the apical areolets clouded with brown; 
costa much dilated, forming a rather broad shoulder at the base. 
Hind wings slightly whitish ; veins pale testaceous. Length of the 
body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
ELIpIPrERA DEBILIS. 
Pallide viridis ; vertex transversus, nigro subnotatus, guttis quatuor 
lateralibus nigris, margine antico convexo ; frons plana, late- 
ribus non elevatis ; prothoraw transversus, subarcuatus, lituris 
duabus anticis fuscis ; mesothorax tricarinatus, nigro notatus; 
ale antice nigro guttate, fascia subapicali tenui undulata, 
margine exteriore quadrato ; postice cinereo-albida. 
Pale dull green. Vertex more than twice broader than long, 
convex on the fore border, slightly marked with black, and with two 
black dots on each side by the eye; front flat, not longer than 
broad, its borders not elevated. Prothorax full thrice broader than 
long, convex along the fore border, slightly concave behind, with 
two brown marks in front. Mesothorax with some black marks and 
with three keels. Fore wings with several black dots scattered irre- 
gularly over the surface, and with a regular row of black dots along 
the exterior border, which is quadrate ; a slender brown undulating 
subapical band; costa much dilated near the base, very slightly 
