Séance du 22 Frvrier 1922 "/O 



Six wa\ plates on, Ihe 1hm(I. Kycs small and of 

 pccnliar form, llic lluce large faeets being placed on 

 a projection, rc^semhling [hv slalked eye of the (Irns 

 Iacea. Proboscis sboit ant! I hick, not reaching lo ine 

 •jnd coxae, in some only just past tlie 1st coxae. Tht, 

 abdomen has four rows of dorsal wax plates. (]anda 

 rounded with a few hairs. Legs rather short and nu)- 

 deralely thick. 



LciKjUi : -1 - 2.5 mm. 



Foon Pi.A.Nr: liermuda Crass {Cynodon daclyloii). 



Lo(;ALrr\ : (iizeh (Egyi)t), 'icj.ILI.iS. 



übscrüalions : Described from three alate fe- 

 males and a number of apterae. I cannot place it in 

 any known genus. It most nearly approaches A'co- 

 prociphilus of Patch, but the antennae and the eyes 

 of the apterae differ materially. The eyes of the latter 

 are very peculiar; they consist of three facets only 

 and arc placed on a marked projection, like the ses- 

 sile eyes ofl the Crustacea. The apterae feed on thß 

 Bermuda Grass below lumps of earth and Mr. Will- 

 cocks in his notes sent me says : «it may be found in 

 similar situations on the banks of irrigation canals. It 

 produces a quantity of bluish-white woolly matter. In 

 the case of those individuals in which the waxy or 

 mealy coat is intact the glands stand out as apparent 

 punctures or round dimples on the dorsum )>. 



The iiyiiijih stage is described by Willcocks as 

 follows : « Head a pallid dirty ochreous ; ocelli of 

 future winged individual visible as reddish sjiots. 

 Eyes black, projecting, surrounded by a dusky area, 



