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which are subeqnal I vi, longer than v, with the thumb-like tip very short. 

 Rostrum reaching second coxse. Wings hyaline; radius and stigma piceous, 

 other veins brown. 





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Fig. 2.— Penipliis;us imbricator: a, winged viviparous female; i, head and an- 

 tenna of same; c, nymph of same. All magnified. 



Described from many living specimens on limbs of Fag us feiru- 

 ginea, Autumn, 1890. 



Pliyllapliis sp. (on beech). 



During the Autumn of 1890 I found a species of Phyllaphi< on 

 beech in central Ohio, the oviparous form of which agrees with 

 Buckton's short description and figure of P. fagi. I presume that 

 it is that species, but do not think the present evidence justifies a 

 definite reference to that effect. The colonies were found on the un- 

 derside of the leaves, with more or less flocculent matter about them. 

 The sexed forms developed during October, and the oviparous fe- 

 males wandered over the bark of the twigs, limbs, and trunk in 

 search of crevices in which to deposit their eggs. When a suitable 



