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prominent. Spines on head small. Cornicles dark colored, long and 

 slender, slightly swollen, the tips distinctly reticulated. Cauda 

 light colored, broad, and conical, not constricted, with three sets 

 of rather small lateral hairs. Measurements as follows: 



Described from one adult apterous viviparous female and several 

 alate and apterous nymphs taken on Azalea indica in a nursery at 

 Glen St. Mary, Fla., February 23, 1924, by W. T. Owrey. 



Host. — Azalea indica. 



Distribution. — Florida. 



Cotypes. — Deposited in U. S. National Museum. Cat. No. 2694.5. 



AMPHOROPHORA BETAE (Theobald) 



Rhopalosiphum betae Theobald, Journ. Bd. Agr., vol. 19, no. 11, 1913, p. 



918. 

 Macrosiphum betae (Theobald) Wilson and Vickery, Trans. Wis. Acad. 



Sci. Arts and Letters, vol. 19, pt. 1, 1918, p. 42. 



I have not seen this species. Judging from Theobald's figures it 

 probably should be included in this genus. 

 Host plants. — Beets and mangolds. 

 Distribution. — England. 



AMPHOROPHORA BOREALIS, new species 



Figs. 109-111 



Received from Dr. Edith M. Patch one slide bearing a single 

 adult apterous viviparous female and several very small nymphs 

 (Maine No. 101-18), taken on checkerberry at Orono, Me., June 26. 

 1918. Doctor Patch had given this species the manuscript name of 

 borealis, but gave the writer the privilege of describing it in this 

 paper. Her manuscript name is adopted. 



Apterous viviparous female. — Antennae slightly longer than body, 

 basal segments nearly concolorous with body, distal segments 

 darker. III with a single sensorium near base, bail's inconspicuous, 

 shorter than width of segment. Antennal tubercles large and 

 heavy. Beak reaching beyond second coxae. No prothoracic or 



