Title: Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum Identifier: annalsofsouthafr10sout Year: [1] (s) Authors: South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum Subjects: Natural history Publisher: Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ] Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: 40 Annals of the South African Museum. globose; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae, first and second joints -short and stout, second not reaching base of head, third longest, its apex and the apical joint received in a central sternal sulcation; pronotum wider at base than long, the lateral margins finely spinous, the lateral angles strongly spinous, anterior margin truncate, basal margin a little concave ; scutellum about as broad at base as long, its apex acuminate; corium about as long as head and pronotum together, the lateral margins subparallel; membrane cen- trally about as long as corium and with distinct basal cells, reaching apex of abdomen in $ , but not in $ ; abdomen strongly ampliated in ? , less so in $ ; legs slender; abdomen beneath not visible in the carded specimens from which this diagnosis is made. I am uncertain as to which division of the Coreidaa, according to Stal's arrangement, this genus should be included. It has consider- able affinity with the Atractaria, but the veins are not emitted from the base of the membrane, where they are distinctly cellular in structure. CANNES SPINOSUS, sp. n. Head and antennas testaceous, the latter with the apical joint black, behind eyes two central longitudinal black lines ; pronotum with the anterior lobe testa- ceous, and with a central pale longitudinal carination margined on each side with black, posterior lobe dull greyish and finely darkly punctate; scutellum testa- ceous with basal black spots; corium dull greyish, the apical marginal area dis- tinctly more palely punctate, the punctures coarser on the costal area ; the dilated abdominal margins reddish testaceous with transverse pale ochraceous spots ; mem- brane dull greyish, some of the veins testaceous; body beneath reddish testaceous; legs dull greyish, more or less annulated with brownish; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. Long. 6^ mm. Hab. Cape Colony : Cape Town,

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