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very rarely that Coccids produce such an effect in alcohol, and may, 
therefore, be taken as a very marked character. 
In form and colour the female looks like a very small form of 
MonoiMehus sjostedti, Newst. M. africanus differs in being much 
smaller, has a much shorter terminal segment to the antenna, and has 
simple tarsal spines. The male may also be distinguished by its pale 
infuscated wings — a character which is apparently unusual in the males 
of this genus. 
Habitat : Eooibank bei Walfischbai, Mai, 1905, in der Wurzelgeflechten 
der ! htibes-'PE.Si^nze ; Steinkopf, August, 1904, L. Schultze. 
Deutsch-Sudwestafrika, Luderitzbucht, December, 1903, L. Schultze. 
Kap Cross, L. Schultze." 
This insect has not been seen by the writer, but the above description 
is given for comparison with the other known South African species. 
46. MONOPHLEBUS FORTIS Ckll. 
Monoyhlehus fortis Ckll., The Entom., xxxiv., p. 224, 1901. 
The Entom., xxxv., p. 319, 1902. 
Professor Cockerell's description is as follows : — 
" $ : Dark grey, distinctly segmented, mealy, posterior end covered 
with cottony secretion ; sides with scattered long pale bristles ; legs 
black. Length 5|-, breadth 2|- mm. 
Boiled in liquor potassae, does not stain it. Hairy skin just as in 
M. fuUeri, also legs, with the same spear-shaped processes, which are 
even better developed on the tibia. ' Cicatrices ' as in fulleri. Length of 
tibia about 1,100 ju, tarsus (without claw) about 580. Antennae 11- 
jointed; measurements in : (1) 150; (2)150; (3)150; (4)110; (5) 110; 
(6) 110; (7) 110; (8) 130; (9) 120; (10) 120; (11) 160. 
Very close to the last (i.e. If. f ulleri Ckll.) but smaller, though certainly 
adult, and without the longitudinal white keels. 
Eichmond, Natal, under bark of Eucalyptus ; only one found." 
This species has not yet been found again. 
47. MONOPHLEBUS FULLERI Ckll. 
(Plate XXII., Fig. 45. Plate XXIII., Figs. 49-49^'). 
Monophlebus fulleri Ckll., The Entom., xxxiv., pp. 223-224, 1901. 
The specimen described by Prof. Cockerell, I.e., was probably adult 
with two antennal segments missing instead of one as suggested in the 
description. 
