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globose; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae, first and second 

 joints -short and stout, second not reaching base of head, third 

 longest, its apex and the apical joint received in a central sternal 

 sulcation ; pronotum wider at base than long, the lateral margins 

 finely spinous, the lateral angles strongly spinous, anterior margin 

 truncate, basal margin a little concave ; scutellum about as broad at 

 base as long, its apex acuminate ; corium about as long as head and 

 pronotum together, the lateral margins subparallel ; membrane cen- 

 trally about as long as corium and with distinct basal cells, reaching 

 apex of abdomen in $ , but not in $ ; abdomen strongly ampliated 

 in ? , less so in $ ; legs slender ; abdomen beneath not visible in 

 the carded specimens from which this diagnosis is made. 



I am uncertain as to which division of the Coreidaa, according to 

 Stal's arrangement, this genus should be included. It has consider- 

 able affinity with the Atractaria, but the veins are not emitted from 

 the base of the membrane, where they are distinctly cellular in 

 structure. 



CANNES SPINOSUS, sp. n. 



Head and antennas testaceous, the latter with the apical joint 

 black, behind eyes two central longitudinal black lines ; pronotum 



with the anterior lobe testa- 

 ceous, and with a central 

 pale longitudinal carination 

 margined on each side with 

 black, posterior lobe dull 

 greyish and finely darkly 

 punctate ; scutellum testa- 

 ceous with basal black spots; 

 corium dull greyish, the 

 apical marginal area dis- 

 tinctly more palely punctate, 

 the punctures coarser on the 

 costal area ; the dilated 

 abdominal margins reddish 

 testaceous with transverse 

 pale ochraceous spots ; mem- 

 brane dull greyish, some of the veins testaceous ; body beneath 

 reddish testaceous; legs dull greyish, more or less annulated with 

 brownish ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 

 Long. 6^ mm. 

 Hab. Cape Colony : Cape Town, 



OANNES SPINOSUS, ? 



