APHIS PADI, 61 



Aphis padi, Beaum. Plate LV, figs. 3, 4. 



Eeaum., Linn., Fab., Selir., Kalt., Walk., Koch, Von 

 Siebold, Leuckart, Pass. 



Apterous viviparous female. 



Obtuse, oval, domed. Antenna? rather short. Eyes 

 black, small. Colour yellowish green, with three more 

 or less obvious greenish olive stripes. Lower abdo- 

 minal rings stained with fine ochreous red, which is 

 mostly due to the presence of a coloured mealy powder. 

 Antennae, legs, and cornicles, yellow ; the former with 

 darker tips. Cornicles thin and dilated at the bases. 

 Cauda short and stout. 



The Pupa. 



Grreyish green. Thoracic lobes and prothorax pale. 

 Eyes and cornicles black. All the lower portion of 

 the abdomen, and parts of the carina fine orange, and 

 mealy. Antennce and legs olive green. 



Winged viviparous female. 



Head, neck, and thorax ochreous brown. Abdomen 

 shining, obscure green, with darker stainings : three 

 spots occur on each lateral edge. Antennas, eyes, and 

 legs brown. Cornicles and tarsi black. Wings ample. 

 Cubitus, stigma, and veins pale ginger-brown. In 

 Plate LY, fig. 4, the cubital vein on one wing is ab- 

 normally thrice forked. 



