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three anteapical; membrane composed of fine apical cells. Wings very 

 delicate, membranous, the supernumerary cell absent. Abdomen above 

 greenish, short, compressed, beneath yellowish. Legs brownish, tarsi 

 three jointed, the basal joint almost as long as the second and third 

 combined. Male genitalia; last ventral segment twice as long as the 

 penultimate; plates as long as the ultimate ventral segment. 



Described from two males. 



Habitat: Cape Flats, C. P., (Mally). 



Genus Idiocerus Lewis. 

 Idiocerus hewitti. sp. n. (PI. IV, Fig. 3). 



Yellowish green, with two black spots on the anterior 

 margin of the vertex and two spots, also black, on the base of 

 the scutellum. Length, 5.5 mm. Width across eyes 2.25 mm. 



Vertex broad and stout, with the eyes very prominent, greenish in 

 color; yellow halos around the black spots, which are situated nearer 

 the eyes than the median line. Eyes very large, brownish black; ocelli 

 colorless, located nearer the eyes than the middle. Face broad, a little 

 broader than its length; frons large, convex, yellow with lighter trans- 

 verse bands on the middle; clypeus a little larger than its breadth; loree 

 prominent; cheeks somewhat lighter than the rest of the face. Pro- 

 notum long, with distinct transverse striations. Scutellum yellow, a 

 little longer than the pronotum, with two round black spots on the base. 

 Elytra faint yellow, with the venation rather indistinct; apical cells 

 prominent the sectors set with minute tubercles. Abdomen above 

 black, beneath greenish yellow; lateral margins green. Legs light yel- 

 low to whitish. Female genitalia: dull green in color, the last ventral 

 segment, more than twice as long as the penultimate, notched at the 

 middle, and slightly concave on its posterior lateral margins; pygofers 

 large, stout, shorter than the ovipositor, which is broader at the tip, 

 than at base. 



Habitat: Grahamstown, C. P., (Hewitt). 



The above species was described from two females sent to 

 me by Mr. J. Hewitt, Director of the Albany Museum, at 

 Grahamstown. 



Genus Agallia Curtis. 

 Agallia nigrasterna sp. n. (PI. V, Fig. 1). 



Form similar to A. novella Say. Color light yellowish 

 brown, the elytra whitish. Length of male almost 4 mm. 

 Breadth 1.25 mm. 



Vertex yellow, brownish on the middle, short, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the pronotum; two large, round, black spots on the anterior 

 margin; and two faint fuscous bands on the middle, between them; 

 width of vertex across eyes greater than the pronotum. Face brownish 



