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moderate length; two black spots near the posterior margin, large and 

 round. Scutellum whitish, about as long as the pronotum. Pro-, meso- 

 and metapleura black. Elytra covered with a whitish incrustation, 

 venation distinct, the veins indicated in part by brownish lines; apex of 

 elytron rather sharply rounded. Four apical cells, and two ante-apicals, 

 the inner ante-apical being much larger and longer than the other. 

 Abdomen above blackish gray, the borders and ventral surface yellow. 

 Legs dirty white. Genitalia : female — last ventral segment about one and 

 a half times as long as the penultimate, the posterior margin almost 

 straight, except for a small niche on middle; pygofers about two and a 

 half times as long as the last ventral segment, and longer than their 

 width at base; ovipositor longer than pygofers, black at the tip. 



Described from one female. 



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



FAMILY TETTIGONID^. 



The family Tettigonidas is easily recognized by the position 

 of the ocelli which are located on the disk of the vertex. 



Subfamily Gyponin^ Berg. 



Genus Penthimia Germ. 

 Body oval; head obtuse, the anterior margin rounded. 

 Pronotum frequently longer than the vertex, sometimes trans- 

 versely striated. Scutellum a little broader than long. 



Penthimia bella Stal. 



Penlhimia bella vStal. Hem. Afr. IV. 108. (1866). 

 Penthimia bella Stal. Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 98. 2. (1855). 



General color from above black intermixed with brown and dirty 

 white, beneath black and brown. Length of female 4.5 mm. Breadth 

 1.75 mm. Vertex yellowish white with irregular brown markings 

 arranged along a median Hne; obtusely angular, the length not as great 

 as the width of the head between the eyes; anterior of head sharply 

 rounded. Ocelli brown, eyes black. Face black, except the brown 

 clypeus; sutures distinct; clypeus small, about one-fourth of the length 

 of the frons. Pronotum a mottled brown, black and white; longer than 

 the vertex, slightly convex on the anterior half, the lateral margins 

 rather short. Scutellum yellowish with brown markings at the basal 

 angles, about two-thirds as long as the pronotum. Elytra whitish but 

 with a mottled appearance due to the brown and black; a few clear 

 spaces in the anteai^ical cells, some hyaline areas on the corium, and 

 middle of costal margin. Abdomen above brownish, lighter ventrally 

 with the borders yellow. Genitalia : female — pygofers large, yellow with 

 bluish inarks, convex and very spincy; last ventral segment more than 



