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maies and several alate females taken h\\ Mr. Will- 

 cocks on the underside of the leaves of the globe arti- 

 choke. It does not agree with any described Capito- 

 piiorns. Mr. Willcocks describes the nymph as fol- 

 lows: — "Pale yellowish-green; head paler than rest 

 of body. Eyes deep red. Antennae and legs: pale glas- 

 sy greenish. Cornicles pale or faintly greenish. Apex of 

 abdomen yellowish-green. Conspicuous feature, the 

 emerald green markings. r 



Myzus persicae Sulzer 



1. On May {Crataegus) at Heliopolis, near Cairo 

 IV. 1 6. — One alate 9 and one apterous ?. 



2. On Aììfirrhinums at Cairo, i5.IM.i8. 



3. On Ciiicrarcas, Gizeh (Egypt) 12.III.16. 



Hyalopterus obacurus nov. sp. 



.i/)/crofï.s viviparous female : 



A small rather shuttle-shaped' species with very 

 short antennae and a very large cauda in proportion 

 to size of insect. Colour greenish or yellowish green; 

 some specimens practically concolourous, others with 

 hfa.l and thorax more ochreous than green. The abdo- 

 men is marked here and there with emerald green ir- 

 regular blotches and in some specimens the abdomen 

 is distinctly moltled with emerald green. Eyes dark. 

 Antennae green; apex of joints T) and 6 smoky. Legs 

 greenish or yellowish-green; tips of tibiae dusky, tarsi 



