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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[Feb., '06 



and destroy the entire five acres of plants. Hence I have 

 designated it as Aphis houghtonensis . Fig. i shows the pe- 

 culiar manner in which it 

 crumples the leaves. 



Description. The wingless 

 females of the summer broods 

 are about one-sixteenth of an 

 inch in length, of a pale green 

 color, and somewhat hairy ; 

 eyes prominent ; antennae and 

 legs of a yellowish tint and 

 covered with scattering short 

 spines, except the terminal 

 joint of the antennas. Anten- 

 nae a little more than half the 

 length of the body ; honey 

 tubes prominent, nearly as 

 long as from their base to the 



FIG 2. 



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FIG. 3. 



tip of the abdomen (Fig. 2). The winged forms measure 

 nearly three-sixteenths of an inch to the tips of the wings when 

 folded. Color of the wings and body a shade darker than the 

 wingless forms ; antennae nearly one-half longer than the 

 body ; spread of wings three times the length of the body ; 

 eyes somewhat darker than the wingless form, while the legs 

 are not as spiny ; honey tubes about the same length in both 

 forms. (Fig. 3). 



