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from the second at the tip than at the base, very much nearer to the 

 second at the base than the second is to the first; first fork a little 

 nearer to the second fork than to the third vein, nearer to the third 

 vein than the third is to the second ; second fork a little nearer to 

 the first fork than to the fourth vein ; fourth vein curved near the 

 base, straight towards the tip, nearer to the tip of the rib-vein than 

 to the second fork. Length of the body | line ; of the wings 2 

 lines. 



England. 



303. Aphis MELisSiE. 



Pallida, minuta, elliptica ; antennce corpore multo longiores ; cor- 

 nicula longissima. 



The viviparous wingless female. Elliptical, pale yellow, very 

 small : front narrow, with a conical protuberance on each side: feel- 

 ers very much longer than the body ; fourth joint about half the 

 length of the third ; fifth as long as the fourth ; sixth much shorter 

 than the fifth ; seventh as long as the third : nectaries about one- 

 third of the length of the body : legs long. Length of the body 

 i line. 



England. 



304. Aphis Cisti. 



Flavescens, minuta, brevis, lata, fere elliptica ; antenncB corpore hre- 

 viores ; cornicula hrevia. 



The viviparous wingless female. Yellowish, convex, small, short, 

 brown, almost elliptical : front slightly convex : feelers much shorter 

 than the body ; joints from the third to the sixth successively decreas- 

 ing in length ; seventh more than twice the length of the sixth : 

 nectaries about one-eighth of the length of the body : legs rather 

 short. 



The viviparous wiyiged female. Feelers a little shorter than the 

 body: wings colourless ; distance between the first and second veins 

 more than twice farther at the tip than at the base ; third more than 

 twice farther from the second at the tip than at the base ; very little 

 farther at the base from the second than the second is from the first; 

 first fork nearer to the second than to the third vein ; second fork 

 often wanting ; fourth vein slightly curved, farther from the tip of 



