tIST OF HOMOPTERODS INSECTS. 



36 DiCTYOPHOBA SINICA. 



Lulea, feri fusi/ormis, viridi viltata ; caput thoracis longiludine ; 

 abdomen viride, supra fusco vittatum ; pedes futvi, fusco vit- 

 tati ; al(c limpida, anticee apice fidvo-fusca. 

 Body pale luleous, almost spindle-shaped : head as lonfj as the 

 chest and about half its breadth, ascending;,' tapering very slightly 

 from the crown to the tip which is convex ; npper side with a short 

 green stripe which does not extend beyond the crown, on whose 

 sides the edges are also green ; under side bright luteous with a 

 pale green border ; middle ridge bright green, extending to ihe 

 epistoma ; the latter tawny, striped with brown towards the tip : 

 mouth pale tawny : fore-chest convex in front and equally concave 

 behind, adorned with the usual green stripes : three indistinct green 

 stripes on the middle-chest: abdomen green, slightly obconical, 

 broader but not longer than the chest, pale tawny at the tip, adorned 

 with a brown stripe on the disk : legs pale tawny, slender, slightly 

 grooved, partly striped with brown ; hind-shanks armed with four 

 black -tipped spines : wings colourless ; lips of the fore-wings pale 

 yellowish-brown ; brands brown, occupying three areolets ; veins 

 green, brown towards the lips. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



37. DVCTIOPHORA LEPTOBHINA, MaS. 



Fulva aut lulea, fnsiforniis, viridi viltata ; caput thorace longius ; 

 abdomen, viride, basi subluteum, t/iorace longius ; pedes fulvi ; 

 femora nigra viltata ; alec limpidte. 



Body tawny, spindle-shaped : head longer than tbe chest and 

 full half its breadth, ascending, tapering slightly from the crown to 

 the lip which is convex ; the four sides of equal breadth, with green 

 edges ; the green stripe above is only distinct on the crown, that be- 

 neath appears along its whole length to the epistoma which is brown : 

 mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips: fore-chest 

 convex in front, more slightly concave behind, adorned as usual 

 with the green ridges which also appear on the middle-chest; abdo- 

 men green, obconical, slightly luteous towards the base, longer than 

 the chest : legs pale tawny, slightly grooved ; thighs striped with 

 black; hind-shanks armed with five black-tipped .spines; hind-feet 

 much widened : wings colouriess ; brand brown, colouring the 

 borders but not the disks of three areolets ; veins of the fore-wings 



