March, 1916] Homopterous Studies. Part I 191 



Athysanus cyclopia sp. n. (PI. VII, Fig. 4). 



General color dull brownish, with the elytra bluish gray; 



form short and broad. Length 3 mm. Breadth 1.25 mm. 



Vertex brown, flat on the disk, the apex pointed and the margins 

 sloping; small brown lines fringing the anterior margin running from 

 the apex to the eyes; these arcs are continued over on the face. A 

 small median line running from the middle of the posterior margin 

 to the middle of the disk; length not equal to the width between the 

 eyes, and about one-third of the width across the eyes. Ocelli colorless; 

 eyes brown. Face yellowish brown, with brown arcs on the frons; 

 rostrum dark brown. Frons large, rather swollen near the vertex; 

 clypeus one and a half times as long as its breadth; lorae almost as wide 

 as the clypeus. Pronotum grayish brown, with indistinct brown marks 

 behind the eyes, about two-thirds of the length of the vertex; anterior 

 margin broadly rounded; lateral margins very short; scutellum with 

 two faint black marks on the middle, about two-thirds of the length of 

 the pronotum; sternum and metapleura whitish yellow. Elytra with 

 fuscous marks on the middle of the claval area; small black spot at 

 apex of claval suture; corium with brownish marks on the middle, the 

 anteapical cells marked with brown, and the costal margin before the 

 apical cell black; elytra not as long as the abdomen; venation reduced. 

 Abdomen above brownish yellow, beneath yellowish with brown for 

 the middle and base. Female genitalia: Last ventral segment one and a 

 half times as long as the penultimate, the posterior margin deeply 

 concave ; middle of posterior margin brown ; pygofers three times as long 

 as the last ventral segment, widely separated on the middle and con- 

 verging to the tip of the ovipositor, not as long as the ovipositor; the 

 latter strong, brown with sides black. Legs dull yellowish with the 

 spines brown. 



Described from one female. 

 Habitat: Cape Town (Mally). 



Athysanus nemesia sp. n. (PI. VIII, Fig. 1). 



Brachypterous form. Color yellowish, faded. Length, 



3.5 mm. Breadth 1.25 mm. 



Vertex light yellow, flat on disc, sloping at sides; width between 

 the eyes a little longer than the length of the vertex, anterior margin 

 angularly rounded; eyes grayish, large, prominent; frons much wider 

 than the clypeus and about two and a half times as long, whitish in 

 color and traversed by numerous yellowish brown arcs; clypeus rather 

 long, twice as long as its breadth, angular at apex; lorce narrower than 

 the clypeus. Point of insertion of the antenna surrounded by a 

 brownish marking. Pronotum more than twice as broad as long, and 

 shorter than the vertex, yellowish in color, lighter on the anterior half, 

 the posterior half distinctly transversely striated; anterior margin 

 broadly rounded, the lateral margins short; scutellum equalling the 

 pronotum in length. Sternum yellow, dorsal surface lighter. Elytra 

 with the venation distinct, but reduced, much shorter than the abdomen. 



