APHIS SCABIOSiE. 55 



was nearly stripped of its leaves, and wholly gummed 

 over by the Aphis secretions. 



Aphis soABiosiBj Kalt. Plate LIU. 



Aphis chloris, Koch (?). 

 5, scabioscB, Pass. 



Body oval, somewhat flat. Under a strong light it 

 appears of a fine dark velvet-green. Sometimes to the 

 naked eye it is nearly black. The dark specimens are 

 mottled with paler green. Eyes red. Cornicles black. 

 AntennjB and legs ochreous yellow. Cauda green, 

 and about half the length of the cornicles. Rostrum 

 yellow, with a black tip, reaches to the second coxte. 

 The under side also is of a fine dark green colour. 



Winged viviparous female. 



Head and thorax shining black. Abdomen globose, 

 shining green, smooth, with paler motlings. Cornicles 

 and antennae black. Cauda green. Legs ginger-yel- 

 low, with darker femoral and tibial points. Wings 

 rounded at the tips, and finely iridescent; insertions 

 yellow ; cubitus and stigma pale brown. 



The winged insect does not appear to be very 

 plentiful. 



Taken numerously at Norwich on Scabiosa arvensis, 

 and at Pembroke on Parietaria officinalis and Ballota 



