APHIS MYOSOTIDIS. 103 



and carinated. Antennae short. Cornicles green and 

 very sliort. Body pilose and slightly tufted with 

 bristles. Tail very small or none. 



Pupa. 



Incli. Millimeti'es. 



0-070 X 0-030 1-77x0-76 



Uniformly shining green, or warm yellow, obscurely 

 blotched with darker green. 



Winged viviparous female. 



Pale green or yellow, slightly shining. Antennae 

 black, the third joint finely tuberculate. Head, 

 band on the prothorax, thoracic lobes, and a broad, 

 somewhat square spot on the dorsum, shining black. 

 Abdomen with three fine crossbars above the anal 

 rings, and four spots on each lateral edge. Legs 

 yellow, longer than in the larva. Cornicles black and 

 straight. Femora, tibial tips, and tarsi black. Wings 

 moderate, rather pointed at the tips. Stigma pale 

 grey, cubitus and other veins brown. Tail very small. 



Found in considerable numbers on the everlasting 

 flower, Acroclynium roseum, during June and July, at 

 Haslemere. Koch found an insect feeding on a 

 species of Myosotis, the description of which well 

 accords with the above Aphis, and his figures are very 

 like it also. 



Early in August I found an Aphis in considerable 

 number, located on Senecio Jacoha^m, the winged form 

 of which closely accorded with the insect above de- 

 scribed. The wings, however, were less pointed at 

 their apices, and the larva) were globose and destitute 

 of the fine stippled marks. Passerini says that A, 



