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be readily accomplished, a generic determination is quite diffi- 

 cult. The genus ApJiis Linn., as understood by American 

 aphidologists, is an example of this. Macrosiphum Passerini 

 is another. Occasionally one finds a species that does not fit 

 into any genus, or that will fall into any one of a number of 

 genera, according to which table is used for the determination. 

 It is far simpler, and in the writer's opinion better, in such a 

 case, to describe a new genus for that species. 



I. THE GENUS MACROSIPHON FELLA DEI, GUERCIO. 



In 1911 Del Guercio 2 described the genus Macrosiphoniella, 

 designating as the type species, Macrosiphum atnim (Ferr.). 

 The following species he also placed in this genus : Siphono- 

 phora absinthii Koch, Siphonophora artonisiae Pass. 3 (tana- 

 cctaria Koch), Aphis cainpanulac Kalt., Macros! phoniella 

 chrysanthenii Del Guer., Siphonophora linariae Koch, 5\ littca 

 Buckton, Aphis millcfolii Fabr., A. solani Walker and A. I'iciac 

 Kalt. 



This genus is quite similar to Macrosiphum Pass., except 

 that the cornicles are not considerably longer than the cauda ; 

 in fact they are oftentimes shorter. Del Guercio separates it 

 from Macrosiphum Pass, arid Meyoura Buckt. by the following 

 key: 



"Sifoni corti presso a poco della lunghezza della codetta: 

 "Sifoni distentamente clavati. .Mcgoura Buckton. 

 "Sifoni cilindrici, piu o meno allargati, talvolta, 

 all base Macrosiphoniella Del Guer. 



2 Del Guercio, A. Redia 7: 331-333. 1911. 



3 Theobald (Jour. Econ. Biol., 8: 71. 1913.) credits this species to 

 Boyer de Fonscolombe, and from his description it would certainly 

 fit into this genus. Wilson (Trans. Amer. Knt. Soc., 41 97. 1915) 

 describes a species from Artemisia in Oregon under this name. He 

 places S. frigidac Oestlund as a synonym. Tt is probable that he had 

 Oestlund's species, but he could not have had this one, for in his 

 material the cornicles were fully twice as long as the cauda. The 

 measurements were: cornicles 0.73 mm., cauda 0.30 mm. (alate); 

 cornicles 0.52 mm., cauda 0.27 mm. (aptera). Therefore Siphonophora 

 frigidac Oestlund is distinct and belongs to the genus Macrosiphum 

 Pass., while S. artcmisiac Fonsc. belongs to the genus Macrosiphoniella 

 Del Guer. The latter species has, to date, never been reported from 

 America. 



