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and traces of one near the cornicles. Legs rallier short 

 and thick; I'emora with a few, the tibiae with many 

 hairs which are rather long. 



LciKjlli : i./j - i.() mm. 



FooiJ Plam' : Sedge {Cy perns Ioikjus). 



LocALrrv : CJhezireh (Egypt), 1. J(ji6. 



Ohscrüütioiis : Described irom three apterous $ 9 

 taken with Aphis acori. The shape ol" the small canda 

 places it 1 think in the genus Acaudiis where 1 have 

 placed it provisionally. 



Chaitophorus inconspicuus nov. sp. 



Apterous viviparous female : 



Very pale whitish-green, almost colourless in 

 some lights and in some individuals, when magni- 

 fied. Head pale, faintly yellowish to yellowish tinged 

 with brown. Thorax colour variable, whitish-green or 

 a pale yellowish-brown, with a median somewhat 

 V-shaped or sometimes a rectangular area mottled 

 with green and obscure purplish. Abdomen pale 

 whitish-green, lightly mottled with emerald green 

 and the red eyes of the embryos; in some the abdo- 

 minal markings are very distinct and not mottled, 

 showing four large spots and in the middle of them 

 a smaller one and two pairs of lateral ones behind. An- 

 tennae with basal segment same colour as head; 2nd 

 and 3rd clear glassy; /jth has apical half smoky; 5th 

 smoky. Eyes very dark red or reddish-brown. Hairs 



