60 Bulletin de la Société Royale Eutomologiqìie d'Egypte 



of the cornicles. Legs with the tibiae witli fine hairs. 

 Wings large. 



Length : 2 mm. 



Food Plant : Celery {Apium gravcoler^s). 



LocALrrv : Gizeh (Egypt), 17. III. 18. 



Observations : Described from three perfect alate 

 females. The apex of the body is markedly protuberani 

 and the antennae have a tuberculate appearance owing 

 to the numerous sensoria on segments 3 and /j. 



Acaudus calami nuiv. sp. 



Aplcrous viviparous female : 



Green, with darker cornicles. Antennae dusky 

 except base of 3rd segment. Eyes reddish-brown. An- 

 tennae a, little shorter than body, of six segments; 

 basal segment much larger than 2nd with a slight 

 projection on inner face; 3rd longer than /ith, less 

 than 1/3 of the 6th; /|lh about same length as 5th; 5th 

 not quite twice as long as basal area of 6th, with nor- 

 mal sub-apical sensorium; 6th as long as li + [) + G; its 

 flagellum about as long as i-f2 + 3, a few stiff hairs 

 on all the segments. Proboscis reaching to 2nd coxae. 

 Cornicles nearly as long as 3rd antennal segment, cy- 

 ilindrical, expanding basally, imbricated. Cauda very 

 small, rounded, spinose, with four hairs. Anal plate 

 large, hidden under abdomen, more or less quadri- 

 lateral, spinose. A small papilla each side of preno- 

 timi and one between the meso nnd metathoracir legs 



