Aphiiiidae of Formosa. — I. ' ' 



Eye>i of the wingless form very small and rudimentary; tliose 

 in the winged form large, with ocular tubercles. Body without tube- 

 rcles. Cornicles much wider than long. Wings carried nornjally when 

 at rest; the 3rd oblique twice forked. Cauda constricted at the liase. 

 Anal plate slightly sinuated. Oviparous females winged. 



Neophyllaphis podocarpi Takah. (PL. ii, 2, figs. 0-9) 

 Canad. Entom. p. 19(1920). 



Wingless viviparous female. 



Dark reddish purple. Eyes black. Legs pale brown. Antennae 

 pale brown, apices of the joints slightly infuscated. 



Body soft, narrow and somewhat flattened; slightly pulverulent, 

 but not hairy. Head large, with a pair of waxpores on the dorsal 

 surface; vertex very wide. Eyes very minute, rudimentary. Frontal 

 tubercles lacking. Antennae without hairs; the 3rd joint lacking 

 sensoria; apical sensoria of the 5th small, circular; the relative length 

 of joints as follows: III— 34. IV— 14, V— 15, VI— 15 (12 + 3). 



Rostrum long and slender, reaching beyond the hind coxae. 

 Cornicles very short, much wider than long. Cauda long, with the 

 apex rounded, conspicuously constricted at the base and slightly so at 

 the middle. Anal plate slightly sinuated. Legs moderately long and 

 slender, with a few short hairs; limpid empodial hairs absent. 

 Lengtli of body — 1.7 mm. Antenna — 0.8 mm. 



Winged viviparous female. 



I have formerly described the male as the winged viviparous 



femal in the "Canadian Entomologist" (p. 19, 1920) and now correct 

 this as follows : 



General colour dark reddish purple. Head, eyes and tliorax 

 black. Antennae dusky. Wings hyaline, stigma and veins pale 



brown or gray. Legs pale blackish brown. Cornicles black. Cauda 

 pale brown. 



