970 LIST OF H03I0PTER0US INSECTS. 



mouth and nectaries pale yellow witli brown tips, the latter about 

 one-fifth of the length of the body : legs pale yellow ; knees some- 

 times brown ; feet and tips of shanks brown. 



Var. 12 ? Pale red, varied with yellow, w^hile a pupa : head 

 pale yellow : feelers black, pale yellow towards the base, longer 

 than the body: mouth pale yellow, with a black tip. Winged 

 insect buff: head and the lobes of the chest and of the breast 

 brown : abdomen green, with a row of brown spots on each side : 

 feelers black, longer than the body : mouth pale yellow, with a 

 black tip : nectaries black, as long as one-fourth of Ihe body : legs 

 pale yellow ; feet and tips of thighs and of shanks black : wing- 

 ribs and rib-veins pale yellow : brands and veins brown. 



Var. 13? Green: head, disk of chest, and feelers brown: 

 disk of breast black : abdomen with black bands. 



Var. 14 ? Pale green : head and disks of chest and of breast 

 pale brown : feelers black: nectaries pale green, about one-fifth of 

 the length of the body : legs pale green ; feet and lips of shanks 

 black. 



Var. 15? Black: feelers a little longer than the body: abdo- 

 men rather dark green : nectaries dull green, nearly one-sixth of 

 the length of the body : legs yellow ; feet and tips of thighs and 

 of shanks black : wings very much longer than the body ; wing- 

 ribs and rib-veins yellow ; brands and branch-veins pale brown. 



Var. 16? Mouth and nectaries pale green, with darker tips, the 

 latter as long as one-fourth of the body : legs pale green ; feet and 

 tips of thighs and of shanks brown : wing-ribs and rib-veins pale 

 green ; the other veins brown. On the cowslip, in the beginning of 

 May. 



Var. 17? Head and disk of chest dull reddish buff: feelers 

 brown, dull green at the base : mouth pale green, with a brown tip : 

 nectaries yellow, Avith brown tips, from one-third to one-fifth of the 

 length of the body : feet and tips of shanks brown : wing-ribs, 

 rib-veins, and brands pale yellow ; the other veins pale brown. 

 The pupa has pale yellow or pale yellowish green rudimentary 

 wings. 



Variation in the icing-veins. — Second fork of third vein wanting. 



a — m. England. (In Canada Balsam). From Mr. Walker's col- 

 lection. 



