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nroiiolimi Ncllowish with black collar or i:rcciiish 

 lica\il\ liii,i:c(l \\illi ociu'coiis and the collar a<:aiii 

 black. Mcsothorax black with lateral ucbrcoiis or 

 «/rcHMiish-ochreous areas; abdomen yellow isli-frreen 

 willi deep emerald ^M-een marks at base of the ;.l)do- 

 nien and a very conspicuous dark dorsal area; tlirc^ 

 lateral s|)ots either dusky or dark emerald^ «.■■reen on 

 th(^ abdonuMi in Iront <:f the cornicle«! and a similar 

 dusky area ati l);is(> ol" the coiiucles; other dusky ov 

 emerald jjrreen areas as seen in tlu^ l'if2"iiie. Th(> lonir 

 oürnii'les are pale, with dusky apices. Lv^* with ie- 

 mora ochrcons to smoky ochreous, darkened at th(> 

 apices, tibiae ochreous tinj/ed with dnsky brownish, 

 apices dark. Tarsi dark. Win^s \\ itb smoky costa; cu- 

 bitus yellowish; stigma faintly smoky. Aniennie as 

 loRfTf as the body; 1st se^aiient lonp-er than •.>nd and 

 gibbous; 3rd considerably longer tban /itli, but not so 

 long as ôth, with 58 -/6o small round sensoria over 

 its whole length; 4th a little longer! than ^th, with 

 .'ii - .">o sensoria; fonrth with (S - lo sensoria; flagellum 

 of 6th long. The long, thin, cylindrical cornicles abont 

 as long as the fonrth antennal segment. Cauda small, 

 triangulate, finely spinose, with two long hairs each, 

 side towards apex and a dorsal snb-apical one. Anal 

 plate ronnded with several long hairsi on posterior 

 border arising from marked papillae; finely spii'ose 

 Proboscis reaches to and coxae. Tibiae with lo.c brors. 



Length : 2 — 2.2 mm. 



Food Plant : Globe artichoke (Cynara scoi y mus). 

 Locality : Gizeh (Egypt), 1.11.1916. 



Observations : Described from two apterous fç- 



