aphidid;e found in kent. 353 



M. (S.) artemisia, Boyer. — On Tanacctum vuhjare at Crundale, 

 June 27th, 1911, and on the same from Hereford, July 24th, 1911 ; a 

 few apterous females. Kaltenhach's tanacetaria is evidently the same. 



M. (S.) absinthii, Linn. — On wormwood ; Wye, July 20th, 1911, 

 a few apterous females on a single plant growing on the Agricultural 

 College Farm ; Hereford, a number sent me by Dr. Durham, July 

 24th, 1911. 



M. (S.) alliaricB, Koch. — A few large apterous females on thistles 

 near the river Stour, Wye, June 7th, 1911 ; also on sow-thistles 

 (Sonchus) and small hawkweed {Hieracium sp. ?), a few wingless 

 females and larvae on each fiower-head, some pink ; also on Grespis, 

 August 7th, all larvjE and apterous females. 



M. [S.) ccntaurecB, Koch. — On wild knapweed (Ceiitaurea nigra) on 

 Wye Downs, in lines of ten to fifty up the flower-stalks, June 20th 

 and July 17th, 1911. 



M. (S.) titssilaginis, Koch. — On the under side of young leaves of 

 coltsfoot {Tussilago farfara) at Heme Bay, July 15th, 1911, two 

 apterous females, in company with two other aphides apparently 

 undescribed. 



31. (S.) cichonii, Koch. — Below flowers and buds of Cichorium 

 intyhus, Wye, July, 1911, winged viviparous females, scarce. 



M. (S.) hieracii, Kaltenbach. — On a garden hawkweed, Wye 

 Court, June 12th, 1911, in great abundance ; no winged forms 

 appeared, a few on the flower-stalks of Hieracium uvibellatiwi on 

 Wye Downs, June 20th, 1911. Has continued through until October 

 loth without any winged forms appearing. 



j\I. {S.) campanula, Kaltenbach. — On Campanula rotuncUfolia in 

 small numbers on the Warren, near Ashford, taken by Mr. Jemmett 

 in July, on the flower-stalks. 



M. (S.) ribicola, Kaltenbach. — On gooseberries, distorting the 

 tender shoots in May around Wye. Caused considerable harm and 

 must not be confused with several other gooseberry species. 



M. (S.) olivata, Buckton. — On Carduus lanceolatus, apterous 

 females only. Wye, July 2nd, 1911 ; and also from Haddenham, 

 Cambridgeshire, June 19th, 1911. 



AI. (S.) lathyri, Walker '? — On Lotus corniculatus and Lathyrus sp., 

 Wye, 'August 3rd, 1911. Closely resembles M. pisi, Kaltenbach, but 

 quite distinct, wingless females only in small numbers. 



M. (S.) convolvuli, Kaltenbach. — On the large wild bindweed 

 {Convolvulus major). A single apterous female at Wye, under a leaf, 

 June 20th, 1911. 



Genus Megouea, Buckton. 



Megoura {SiphonopJiora) vicice, Kaltenbach. — Wye, on broad beans 

 in my garden with Aphis rumicis and M. pisi, June 7tli, 1911. On 

 Vicia and Lathyrus, July 4th and 10th, 1911, all wingless females ; 

 September 19th, 1911, on L. sylvestris, dense masses of largo 

 wingless females on the green seed pods, near Wye station. Thero 

 is no doubt that Buckton's M. vicice is the same as Kaltenhach's. It 

 also answers to the same insect figured by Koch, except that in the 

 figure the legs are all black and tlie wingless female has two black 

 spots at the base of the cornicles. Buckton, however, says his Megoura 

 vicia is certainly neither Kaltenhach's nor Koch's species. This genus 



