Pomona Coi-i.ece Joihnal ok Kntomoi.ooy 551 



wiNGKi) vivii'ahoi's femalk (Figure 183 A) 



I,riif{tli of l>o(ly not including styK" '2. '2 mm., width of mesothorax (>.() nun., 

 greatest widtli of abdomen 1.1 mm., wing expansion y. t uun., a large species. 



Prevailing color — (ireen or i)ink, with dark dorsal markings as shown in the 

 drawing. Head — Dark or black. Hyes — Dark red. Antennae — On prominent 

 frontal tubercles, much longer than the body, dark throughout, lengths of articles: 

 I, O.IJ. mm.; II, O.Od mm.; Ill, 1..S mm.; IV, 0.8 mm.; V^ 0.7 mm.; VI, 1.2 mm. 

 (spur 1 mm.); total \.^i mm.; article III (Figure I8.S C) with very many circular 

 sensoria. Rostrum — Reaching to second coxie, light green or pinkish with dark 

 tip. Prothorax — Dark. Mexo- and Melathorax — With muscle lobes black, 

 remainder light dusky. Abdomen — Smooth, shiny, with lateral dorsal black spots 

 .•md a few median ones ; these may vary in size and distribution. Cornicles — F'igurc 

 IS,! K). I.oug, cylindrical, wider at base and restricted just before apex (the 

 ri'strieti'd :irea marked as shown in drawing), dark throughout, length 1.2 mm. 

 Legs — Long, slender, hairy, eoxiv pale or dusky green or ])ink, de])ending upon 

 whether the body is green or pink; femora with apical portions dark; tibiif dark 

 .•it extreme bases and the apical tips; tarsi dark. Jf'ings — Normal, hyaline. 

 I'rimary — Length LI- nun., width 1.5 mm., costal and subcostal veins wide, pale 

 yellowish green; stigma long and narrow, opposite sides nearly parallel, length 

 \.'i mm., width 0. LS mm., pale yellowish-green in color; veins amber (sec drawing 

 for venation). •SVc»H</nriy - Length ii.,'i mm., width 0.7 mm. Style — (Figure 183 

 (i). Knsiforni, length 0.;> mm., width at base 0.2 mm., lemon yellow in color. 

 APTERors viviPAHous FEMALE (Figure 183 B) 



Length of body not including style 2.7 mm., width of abdomen 1.7.') mm., a 

 large and long body. 



Prevailing color — I'ale green or ])ink throughout. Head — Wider than long, 

 apical portion dusky, b;isal light. Antennae — Situated on large, prominent, frontal 

 tubercles, reaching beyond tips of the cornicles, articles I, II and \'I dusky 

 throughout. III light with extreme tip dusky, IV with both base and tip dusky, 

 V with slight light area in middle only, lengths of articles: I, 0.14 mm.; II, 0.08 

 mm.; Ill, 1.1 mm.; IV, 0.72 nun., V, O.-'JS mm.; VI, 1 mm. (spur 0.8 mm.); total 

 .S.()2 mm.; article III (F'igurc 183 D) with from ten to twelve circular sensoria. 

 Rostrum — Reaching to second coxtp, lemon yellow with dark tip. Thorax and 

 Ahdomen — Shiny, without marking or with very fiw. Cornicles — (Figure 183 F). 

 Cylindrical, long, narrow, reaching nearly to tip of style, extreme base may be 

 color of body, remainder dark with a lighter spot near the tip just in front of the 

 constricted find mottled area shown in the drawing, length 2.3 mm., width 0.1<> mm., 

 cornicles of all forms curved slightly outwardly. Legs — Long and sh-nder, hoiry, 

 coxa- color of the body; femora with apical one-third dark; libiie ainbi-r dark at 

 sipieal ends; tarsi d;irk. Sti/le — (Figure 183 H). Knsiforni. very light lemon yel- 

 low, length (>.()2 mm., width at base 0.2.') mm. 



Host — Infesting the tender tips and buds of all roses, wild and cultivated. 



Localitv — Throughout the State. Taken by the writer in Mumboldt, Sacra- 

 mento. Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Date of collection — 

 Santa Paula, Cal., April 8, lyil. Serial number 3. 



