﻿NOTES ON RHOPALOSIPHUM SOLANI. 



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Abdomen deep yellowish green with black transverse bars, thin 

 and indistinct on the first two segments, which have sub-median 

 black spots, the bars thick in the middle four segments, usually- 

 uniting into a dark mass, and there are also large prominent lateral 

 black spots ; a dark area running from base of conicles to the cauda. 



The cornicles dark and slightly swelling towards their apices, 

 Cauda dark, acuminate, with three pairs of lateral hairs, surface and 

 edges spiny. Legs yellowish, femora black on the apical half, apex 

 of tibiae and tarsi black, the paired ungues rather long. 



Fig. II.— Antennae and cornicles of Rlwpalosiphum solani, Kalt. 

 A. Pink larva. B. Pink nymph. C. Green apterous female. 



Wings normal, with brown stigma. Venter yellowish green to 

 green, mesosternum black. Some specimens have the ground colour 

 almost all yellow. The proboscis appears to be banded with narrow, 

 dusky, and pale areas. The abdomen much darker than in dianthi. 



AiJteroits female. — Variable in colour : bright apple-green, dull 

 green, and pinkish, shiny. Three forms occur, as follows : — 



a. Pale green to yellowish green ; antennae pale green, dark on 

 the apical halves; cornicles green, with small dark apical 

 areas. Legs green, apex of tibiae and tarsi dark. Eyes 

 reddish black ; cauda green, tips of the cornicles nearly level 

 with its end. 



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