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acute; tip of the second fork very near the the tip of the fourth 

 vein ; first and second veins almost straight, near each other at the 

 hase, very far apart at the tips. 



77ie winged male. Darker, much smaller, and more slender 

 than the female, and has a broader head : feelers about half the 

 length of the body. 



England. 



39. Aphis costata. 



Aphis costata, Zett. Faun. Lapp. i. 559, 3. Ins. Lapp. 311, 4. 



Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, ii. 100, 38. 

 Aphis Abietis? Kirby and Spence, lntr. Ent. i. 451, iii. 182, 465 ; 



iv. 171. 

 Lachnus fasciatus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 93, 4. Kalt. Mon. Pflan. 



i. 160, 9. 

 Cinara Symphiti, Curt. Brit. Ent. 577. 

 Taeniolachnus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 481. 



Rib-vein approaching the fore border, and again receding much 

 from it beneath the brand, forming a very obtuse angle; brand 

 nearly as long as one-third of the wing ; first branch vein straight, 

 rather oblique, about five times farther from the second at the tip 

 than it is at the base ; second very oblique ; third obsolete in the 

 female, apparent but indistinct in the male, much nearer at its tip 

 to the first fork than to the second vein ; second fork long, not half 

 so far at the tip from the fourth vein as from the second fork ; fourth 

 vein long, slightly curved, straight in the male. 



a—f. England. (In Canada Balsam). From Mr. Walker's collec- 

 tion. 



40. Aphis Laeicis. 



Aphis Laricis, Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, ii. 102, 39. 



Distance between the first and second veins at the base about 

 eight times that between them at the tips ; third almost twice far- 

 ther from the second at the tip than it is at the base, twice farther 

 from the second at the base than the second is from the first ; first 

 fork more than twice farther from the third vein than from the se- 

 cond fork, nearer to the third vein than the third is to the second ; 

 second fork nearer to the fourth vein than to the first fork ; fourth 



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