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so long as body; basal segmenti larger than 2nd; 3rd 

 longer than /jth, but not nearly so long as 6th; Ath a 

 little longer than ölh; flagellum of 6th long, longer 

 than 4 + 5. Proboscis reaching well past and coxae. 

 A papilla each side of the pronotum. Cornicles rather 

 long, nearly as long as 3rd antennal segment, cylin- 

 drical, slightly expanding basally, imbricated, not 

 reaching to the cauda. Cauda prominent, not quite 

 1/3 length of cornicles, slightly constricted near base, 

 spinose ,wiilh two curved hairs each side and a single 

 sub-apical one. Anal plate rather flattened, spinose, 

 with several hairs. A few hairs on head and antennae. 

 Femora and tibiae hairy. 



Length ; 1.7 mm. 



Nymph : 



Head olivaceous. Antennae with segments 1 

 and 2 same colour as head, but Ist <larker thai» 

 2nd; 3rd pale at base, remainder dusky. Eyes dark 

 reddish-brown. iPronotum same colour as head, but 

 slightly paler; mesothorax and base of wing pads 

 greyish-green, paler than head; apices of wing pads 

 dusky. Median area of mesonotum obscure yellowish 

 or brownish green. Legs dusky, with shaded knees at 

 apex of tibiae; tarsi dark. Abdomen uniform dark 

 olivaceous but not so dark as in apterous fenude. (cor- 

 nicles black. Apex of abdomen same colour as rest 

 of abdomen. 



Foon Plant : Sedge {Cyperus /onryi/.s). 

 Locality : Ghezireh (Egypt), 1.1916. 



Observations : Described from one alate 9 and 



