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curved depressed line on the middle, behind which are pronounced 

 transverse striations. Elytra yellowish green, with a fine punctation; 

 transparent; venation indistinct, some of the veins being indicated by 

 minute papillce; appendix well developed. Abdomen above yellowish, 

 beneath greenish. Legs greenish, posterior tibiee very strong. Geni- 

 talia — female; last ventral seginent more than twice as long as the 

 preceding, convex, with the posterior margin very slightly concave; 

 pygofers strong, about three tiines as long as the last ventral seginent, 

 convex laterally; widely separated on the middle, and narrowing at the 

 tip; ovipositor equaling the pygofers in length. Male — last ventral 

 segment about three times as long as the penultimate, strongly pro- 

 duced to a rounded point pygofers rounded, not as long as the ultimate 

 ventral segment. 



The nymphs of this species are dull, greenish brown in 

 color, covered with numerous fine hairs or spines, and have a 

 broadly oval appearance. The vertex is longer than in the 

 adult, while the pronotum is rectangular. The body is large, 

 rounded and very hairy. 



Habitat: Cape Town (Mally), Rondebosch (Stal), Sierra 

 Leone (Stal), Tanga (Melichar). 



Genus Pediopsis Burm. 

 Pediopsis capensis sp. n. (PI. IV, Fig. 2). 



Form broad and stout, general color greenish yellow, 

 covered with a fine brown spotting. Propleura with a black 

 spot. Length 4.5 mm.; width at pronotum 2 mm. 



Vertex very short, viewed froin above, narrow at middle, but 

 becoming slightly wide towards the eyes; greenish in color, with the 

 brown spots rather obscure. Eyes steel gray, a little wider than the 

 pronotum, having a flattened oval appearance. Face yellowish green, 

 broad and of moderate length, with coarse though shallow rugulse and 

 punctulations ; frontal suture prominent; frons strong, wide between 

 the eyes; tapering gradually to the clypeus; the latter short, broad, and 

 prominent, wider next the frons than at apex; lorse long and narrow; 

 cheeks of moderate width, slightly depressed beneath the eyes; ocelli 

 colorless. Pronotum olivaceous, with brown spots, prominent; rug« 

 conspicuous, decidedly oblique; anterior margin broadly triangular, 

 lateral of moderate length, posterior slightly concave; length about two- 

 fifths of the breadth; disc convex on posterior half. Scutellum large, 

 of a yellowish color, with two large, round brown spots located at the 

 basal angles, about equal to the pronotum in length; a short transverse 

 line on the posterior half. Venter of thorax yellow, black spots on the 

 pro- and metapleura. Elytra yellowish, with numerous brown spots; at 

 apex of the clavus are two brown markings, which when the wings are 

 at rest, give a distinct spot, difi:erent from the general marking. Vena- 

 tion distinct, six closed cells on the corium, one basal, two discal, and 



