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tumid, with a median carina and numerous transverse furrows; a 

 trace of red on the rostrum. OcelH very small, eyes black. Pronotum 

 strong, black, finely punctate, the lateral margins faint red, beneath 

 black. Scutellum black, about one third the length of the pronotum, 

 which is more than twice as long as the vertex. Elytra red, apices 

 black. Hind wings smoky at apices, lighter towards the base. Abdo- 

 men above black, the posterior edges of the segments red; beneath black 

 with red for the base and posterior edges of the segments. Female 

 genitalia — last ventral segment not quite as long as the penultimate; 

 pygofers rounded, short; ovipositor long. Legs black. 



Habitat: Natal (Mansell Weale), Durban (Marshall), 



Kaffraria (Castelnau, Oxford Mus.), N. W. Rhodesia, Kambove 



(Neave), Cameroons (Escalera), Cape Province, Fort Beaufort 



(Brain). 



SuBF. Aphrophorida Stal. 



Synopsis of Genera.* 



A. Pronotum quadrangular. 



Scutellum a little longer than broad: anterior margin at lobes of vertex 



acute: apices of elytra narrow Cordia 



AA. Pronotum sexangular. 



Scutellum a little alonger than broad; anterior margin at lobes of vertex 



sulcate Philaenus 



Scutellum much longer than broad; pronotum broader than the head. 



Poophilus 



Genus Cordia Stal. 

 Head rounded or angularly rounded, with the anterior 

 margin acute, at least to the lobes of the vertex. Front trans- 

 versely striate. Lateral angles of the pronotum acute. Elytra 

 suboblong, the apex a little narrow, and the lateral margins 

 subparallel. At present this genus is only known from the 

 Ethiopian Region (Distant). 



Cordia peragrans Stal. 



Cordia peragrans Stal. Hem. Afr. IV. 78. (1866). 



Ptvelus peragrans Stal. Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 97. 10. (1855). 



Cordia peragrans Dist. Ins. Transv. IX. 223. (1908). 



Grayish straw colored. Length 5.75 mm. Width 2-2.25 mm. 



Head flat, brown in color, and covered with a fine gray pubescence, 

 wider than the pronotum at eyes, and longer than half the length of the 

 pronotum. Ocelli brown, as far apart from each other as from the 

 eyes. Anterior margin of the head fiat, rather sharp ; two black spots on 

 the face below the anterior margin of the head, and located midway 

 between median sulcus and the antennae. Face densely pubescent. 

 Rostrum black. Eyes dark steel gray. Pronotum fiat, twice as broad as 

 its length, finely punctate, the punctations arranged in fine rug^e, very 



*Adapted from Stal. 



