Oct., '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 339 



ago and has graciously given me permission to use the notes 

 with which he records his collection, as follows : 



"On Desmodium inarilandicum, St. Louis, Mo., August 12, 

 '86. Covering leaves and stem in immense quantity. Colors 

 alive under one-half inch pocket lens. Apterous. Head gener- 

 ally reddish yellow. Neck black. Tail yellowish to yellowish 

 green. Dorsum yellow to yellowish green with few delicate 

 irregular pale green markings. Apex of femora black. Wing- 

 ed the same. In the adult apterous is small dusky ring on ab- 

 domen enclosing nectary. 



"33 wings had monofurcate 3d discoidal. 



"14 wings had bifurcate 3d discoidal. 



"24 wings had no discoidals. 



"5 hind wings had trace of base of 2d discoidal." 

 Winged viviparous form. Head light greenish brown. Hairs with 

 spatulate tips present on head and antennae. Antennae black except 

 basal III. Antennae much longer than body; 2.83 mm. with segments 

 measuring I, 0.12 mm.; II, 0.08 mm.; Ill, 0.61 mm.; IV, 0.57 mm.; V, 

 0.49 mm.; VI (base), 0.12 mm.; spur 0.84 mm. Sensoria : A few 

 (usually 5) circular sensoria in a more or less regular row on III; on 

 V the customary terminal sensorium ; and on VI the terminal with 

 crowded group of 6 marginal sensoria. Eyes dark red. Ocular tuber- 

 cles prominent. Beak 0.44 mm. long extending just caudad 3rd coxa. 

 Thorax light brownish green, lobes glistening; prothorax with a dark 

 longitudinal median line. Wings with veins dark brown. First anal 

 and cubitus heavily shadowed, others unshadowed but heavy. Total 

 expansion 5.4 mm. Hind wing extending only to the ist anal of fore 

 wing. Radius present and often the tip of media. Legs with the 

 proximal two-thirds of femora very pale, distal one-third glistening 

 dark brown, tibiae dark at proximal half and distal tip, with space be- 

 tween pale. Tarsi dark. Abdomen light green with dark patch at base 

 of each cornicle. Cornicle dark brown, cylindrical, strongly and about 

 uniformily imbricated throughout its length. Imbrications nowhere 

 forming polygonal reticulations. A little larger at base than at the 

 middle and slightly flared at tip. Cornicles 0.3 mm. long. Cauda light 

 yellowish green, ensiform, upcurved, 0.24 mm. long. Anal plate hemi- 

 spherical when seen from dorsal aspect. Total length of body, exclusive 

 of antennae, 1.6 mm. Width 0.7 mm. 



Apterous Viviparous Form. Head light brown. Antennae with I, 

 II, and basal III light, rest dark. Antennae longer than body, 2.62 mm. 

 with segments measuring T, 0.14 mm. ; IT. 0.07 mm. ; III, 0.62 mm. ; IV, 0.48 

 mm.; V, 0.41 mm.; VI (base), o.i mm.; spur 0.8 mm. No sensoria on 



