624 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



43. DiCTYOPHORA ? Pupa. 



a — d. Cape. From M. Diege's colleclion. 



44. DicTYOPHORA ? Pupa. 



a. Sicily. From Mr. Melly's coUectioD. 



Genus 5. ASELGEIA. 



Diclyopbora3 affinis : alee antics conl'ertim reticulats ; areola 

 quseque dimidio intersecta. 



Distinguished from Dicti/ophora by the structure of the body, 

 and more especially by that of the fore-wings, which are noticed in 

 the following description. 



I. ASELQEJA BAMULIFERA, MaS. 



Flavo-viridis, subtuberculata; caput prolhorace dupld longius ; 

 abdomen thorace mm hngius ; pedes fulvo-virides ; al<e lim- 

 pidm. 



Body elliptical, grass-green, dull, slightly tuberculate, here and 

 there yellowish : head twice the length of the fore-chest, triangular, 

 its length equalling its breadth ; its tip pointed; a ridge on each 

 side above ; three ridges on tlie under side, the side pair slightly 

 converging till very near the epistoma where they diverge ; episloma 

 large, with a slight middle-ridge, rounded and having a rim on each 

 side for half the length, lanceolate from thence to the tip: mouth 

 green with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips : chest not ridged : 

 fore-chest slightly convex in front and equally concave on the hind 

 border, a little widened on each side : abdomen obconical, not longer 

 than the chest : legs green, grooved, tinged with tawny ; hind-shanks 

 armed with seven black-tipped spines ; hind-feet somewhat widened: 

 wings colourless ; the whole surface of the fore-wings thickly inter- 

 sected with minute areolets ; from the vein on one side of each a 

 branch proceeds into the disk and is there furcate ; veins green, those 

 of the hind-wings comparatively few. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



