2OO ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, *IO 



"195 43/x. Mainly on the upper sides of leaves, but also 

 on the lower sides. Very abundant on many hickory trees, on 

 hill back of the furnaces, Mine Lamotte, Mo., May 27, 1891. 

 Exceeding quick and active, sporadic, fully as active as the 

 maple Drepfoanosiphum. (Under 2O-dia. objective of the dis- 

 secting microscope by daylight.) Winged viviparous female 

 (3 specimens examined) : Head and thorax dark brownish. 



Eyes distinctly red. General fundamen- 

 tal color of abdomen yellowish. Mark- 

 ings on abdomen as in sketch, text, Fig. 

 i, the enclosures representing dark 

 brown, and the crosses white pulverulent 

 spots. There are other lesser markings. 

 Row of tubercles near margin of abdo- 

 men, also dark brown. The front two 

 closely adjacent white spots are on base 

 of thorax and these, together with the 

 inverted "T" white mark, patent to the 

 naked eye. Apterous viviparous female 

 (i specimen examined) : Yellowish to 

 greenish yellow, with four rows of longitudinal dots fore- 

 shadowing markings of the winged female. Pupa (i speci- 

 men) same as apterous female, but wing-covers greenish. 

 ''195, May 30, 1891. Resume. To naked eyes, whole in- 

 "195, May 30, 1891. Resume. To naked eyes, whole in- 

 sect appears dusky with two small white spots at base of thorax 

 and an inverted T-shaped white mark on abdomen under the 

 lens. Head and thorax dark brownish. The abdomen has, for 

 the fundamental color, brownish yellow to light brown, with 

 the nectaries and the series of tubercles black or dark brown. 

 The insect has a number of pulverulent spots, the principal of 

 which are noted above. On some winged, but not all, even saw 

 some trifling pulverulence on neck at base of head. 



"Immature mites, a species of Erythraeus, were found on 

 the aphid." 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VITT. 



Drepanaphis? minntiis n. sp. : Figure i, head; 2, antenna; 3, fore 

 wing; 4, fore femur; 5, cornicle; 6, style; 7, anal plate; Callipterus car- 

 yaefoliae n. sp. 8, head ; 9, body showing position of tubercles and 

 dusky markings; 10, antenna; 11, wing; 12, style; 13, anal plate. 

 Camera lucida drawings, figures I, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, with one-inch 

 eye piece and two-third obj.; 3 and 11 with one-inch eye piece and one 

 and one-half-inch obj., giving a magnification a little less than one- 

 half the two-third obj.; 9 and 10 with two-inch eye piece and two-third 

 itlij., giving a magnification slightly more than the two-third obj., with 

 one-inch eye piece. 



