24 BEITISH APHIDES. 



SiPHOCORYNE PASTINAOE^, Linn. Plate XLIII, figs. 



5—7. 



Aphis pastmacece^ Linn., Fabr. 

 BJwpalosiphum pastinacece, Koch. 



Apterous viviparous female. 



Incli. Millimetres. 



Size of body 0-055 X 0-030 1-39 x 0-76. 



Length of antennae 0*023 0-57. 



cornicles 0-013 0-07. 



Oval, broader across the abdomen. Bright green, 

 rather transparent. Abdomen shagreened or minutely 

 punctured. Head blunt, vertex rounded. Antennae 

 and legs relatively short. Cornicles dilated in the 

 middle, and protruding beyond the tip of the abdo- 

 men. Cauda long and green. 



Winged viviparous female. 



Expanse of wings 

 Size of body 

 Length of antennse 

 ,, cornicles 



Colour yellow-green. Head, band on prothorax, 

 thoracic lobes, and a large irregular spot on the back, 

 dark olive green. Antennae and tarsi brown. Legs 

 ochreous yellow. Cornicles clear brown, clavate, and 

 equal to or longer than the tail. Third antennal 

 joint tuberculated. Wing-insertions, cubitus, and 

 stigma greenish yellow. In some specimens the 

 abdominal spot is faint. The wing-membranes are 

 finely punctured, and the stigma is sHghtly scaly. 



Taken in June whilst feeding on the garden celery, 

 Apium graveolens, and in July found abundantly on 

 the carrot at Haslemere. 



Kaltenbach appends a note to Koch's description 



