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Legs short (about 0*16 mm. long), prothoracic legs slightly stronger 
than the others. Mouth-parts broad, about one-third width of body, 
mentum short ; rostral loop very long, recurved, straightened out 
would extend just beyond posterior end of body. Posterior extremity 
slightly bilobed, the anal orifice a short distance from extremity. On 
margins at level of anal opening are two caudal setae, one on each side, 
about 180 ^ long. 
Larva of Margarodes capensis with legs and antenna further enlarged. 
Habitat : At roots of vines at the following places in the south-western 
Cape Province : Olifantsberg, Worcester District, 1896; Waylands Farm, 
P. 0. Darling, Malmesbury District, C. P. Lounsbury, 1897, and C. 
Fuller, 1898; Helderberg, Stellenbosch, C. P. Lounsbury, 1904. 
Extracts from notes made by C. Fuller at time of collection : — 
" Cyst stage is attached to the vine by means of a long filamentous rostrum. 
28,12.97. Adult ? . Length 7 mm., yellow, pilose. 
80-31.12.97. Fine cottony secretion on abdominal segments of ?. 
3.1.98. Large numbers of white eggs deposited in strings. 
4.1.98. Still depositing eggs. Secreted matter of fine white silky nature and 
coming from abdominal segments dorsally, laterally, and ventrally. 
