44 liallcHn de la Sociétr Royale Eiiloniologlque d'Egijiile 



the tarsi dusky. Abdomen green, with small dui] 

 emerald green blotches. Cornicles smoky. Antennae 

 much shorter than body, basal segment Avider but 

 no longer than Ihe luid; .Srd as long as 6th and about 

 twice as long as fonrlh, wilh >.') - 3o sensoria over its 

 \Ahole( length; /jib a liltle longer than r)lh,with .'> - S 

 small sensoria; r)th rather shorter to the same length 

 as the basal area of the sixth; flagellnm oi Oth twice 

 as long as basal area. Cornicles *small, pale, not so 

 longf as the canda, somewhat swelling towards the 

 apex. Cauda blnntlv acuminate with two hairs each 

 side and one sub-apical one; finely spinose. Anal plate 

 rather small, rounded witli a few long liairs. Legs 

 moderately long and narrow with rather widely dis- 

 posed stiff hairs on the tibiae. Wings normal. Pro- 

 boscis not quite reaching to -^nd coxae. 



Lvi\(]th : 1.5-2 mm. 



Food Plant : Fennel {Faciiicjihun vulgare dulcc) 



Locality : Gizeh (Egypt), IV.iS (F. Willcocks). 



ObscnHitions : Described from several females 

 f(mnd in company with and mounted in balsam with 

 Oavariclla acgopodii Scopoli. — Mr. Willcocks speaks of 

 it as a much smaller species than the Cat'>orieila. Jts 

 exact generic position may be in doubt, but it most 

 nearly a])proaches llyalopfcnii^, in wliich I have placed 

 it provisionally. 



Cavariella aegopodii Scopoli 

 Ent. Carn., l'ò'j (1763) 



On Fennel, Gizeh (Egvpt) IV. 18, F. Willcocks. 



