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appearing' hlarUisli lo (ho naked eye; may he covered 

 with a waxy bloom, wiiicli jiivcs a sl.ity-blue colour 

 U) \\ìv head. Eyos dai'k-hi(n\ ji aiid iMCüiispicMious. 

 Antennae Iranshicent brownish. Pronotum browiiisii, 

 and may he ('(ìvered with a wa\y l)h)om; mesonoiiim 

 lirow nish hiii'l' with two prominent sid)-dorsal blown 

 b<pots. 



\h;tanot lim and abdomen l)i'ow nishd)iin'i|o brow n- 

 ish, ne\er (hnk bi'owii. [.e<^s stout; (daws dark. ( '.orni- 

 (•!es simple rinj^s. \\ a\ fjlands fully devtdopcMl. \ 

 certain amount of white wax may l)o secreted from 

 the apical pari of th(> body. Antennae short, not so 

 Ioni;- as head and thorax, of .") sej^mcnts; the 1st broader 

 but no loiiiicr than '>nd; ,'^rd a little lonjufer and nar- 

 rower than Tud; /jth the longest, about as lonrr as 

 a +3: Tith about as lonpr as 3rd, with a very sjiort 

 blunt nail, a few hairs on all the seo-ments. Proboscis 

 short and very thick, with a few short hairs. Leps 

 very short and thick; tarsi of one sejErmeut; small 

 stiff hairs on the femora and tibiae and also on tarsi; 

 claws thick and short. Anal plate and cauda rounded, 

 with some loii«::- hairs, curved at their apices. Th<' 

 cornicles slightly elevated. Wax plates and spiracles 

 surrounded >vilh darkened areas. The eyes have onlv 

 three facets. 



Length : 2.0 - 3 mm. 



Food Plant : Bermuda Grass {Cynodon daclylon) 

 or \e,i.!-uil Grass (Arabic). 



Locality : Gizeh (Etrypt), i. III. 18. 



Ohscrvatioiiis : A verv marked Tetraneurid whi( 1» 



