Pomona Com.koe .Ioi-rnm. ok Kntomoloov 541 



whitr with dark tips; tarsi lilack. Sti/le — Knsiforni. sickli-shaprd. niic-liair the 

 liiifjth of tlip cornicles. 



Hosts — Frctlinjj ill larj{c tiuiiihcrs upon llic younj; and tindrr fronds of tlir 

 Boston fern {Xrphrolepis rxaltata). Davis reports tliis species as feeding upon 

 Sword ferns, and Fullaway collected specimens from AcroMtichum rrtirulatum. 

 Neiils found it on cultivated violet at C'lareniont, Cal. 



Locality — House ferns at Santa I'aula, Cal. Date of collection Mareh 18, 

 1 911. Serial number !<). 



Davis first obtained this species from greenhouses in ('hieaf{o where it had 

 no doubt been imported from other places. .Since his description was publi.shed, 

 I'ullaway, of the Hawaii Apricullural Experiment Station, has described what I 

 liilieve to be the sanu' species from the Hawaiian Islands. It is, therefori', without 

 doubt, a native of those islands and has been importe<l into the larger greenhouses 

 on the Pacific Coast and from these to the various parts of the United States. It 

 is yet a rare species and a very beautiful one. Davidson has collected it in the 

 central part of the State and, as stated above, ,1. N'euls collected it on the Pomona 

 College Campus at Claremont. Cal. 



Lachnus juniperi DcCucr 

 JINIPKU I.OISK 



177.'^ Aphis juniprri DiCiiir. Ins. III. ."i(). 



I7".'< Aphis juniprri DeCieer, L'beres III. .'(S. 



177.') Aphis juniperi Fabr., Ent. Syst. IV. -.'IS, K). 



1801 Aphis juniperi Schrank, F'auna Boica II, 11<). 



1843 Lachnus juniperi ( DeGeer) Kaltenbaeh. P(l/... l.'i.S. 



18.57 Lachnus juniperi F'jibr.-Koch.. PHz.. vj !■.'(. 



18H1 Ijochnus juniperi Fnbr.-Buckton, III, Vi. 



\VIN(iKll VIVIP MtOIS KKMM.K ( I'igure 178 \) 



Length of body '2..') mm., width of mesothorax 0.8 mm., wing expansion 8.p 

 nun., body robust, flat, hairy. 



Prevailing color — Dark grayish-brown; the grayish color is produced by a 

 slight covering of very fine, white powdery wax. Head — Brown, narrower than 

 prothorax. Efies — Very dark red or brown. Antennae — ( F'igure 178 C). Reaching 

 to base of the abdomen, amber with the tips of articles III, IV, V, VI dark brown, 

 covered with long fine hairs, lengths of the articles: I, 0.07 mm.; II, 0.07 mm.; 

 Ill, 0.31 mm.; IV, O.Ifi mm.; V, O.I<) mm.; VI, 0.2 mm.; total I mm.; with four 

 large sensoria on III, one on IV, and two on V. Rostrum — Reaches just beyond 

 third coxir, amber with base and tip dusky. I'rothorax Dark brown or black. 

 Meso- and Metathorax — Black, hairy. Abdomen — Dark brown with whitish, 

 powdery markings on dorsum, ventral surface a rich reddish-brown. Cornicles — 

 (ligure 178 D). Truncate, base nearly twice as wide as mouth, basal half color of 

 abdomen while the apical half is dark, nearly black, basal two-thirds hairy, length 

 ".l.S mm., width at base 0.4<) mm., width at mouth D.I mm. Legs — Stout, covered 

 with long fine hairs; coxa- color of body; femora amber or light yellow with apical 



