Séance du 22 Février 1922 47 



Observaliojis : A somewhat obscure species 

 coniiiitj ill the niniicis group. The cornicles are rallier 

 short and thick and the cauda about half their length 

 with only 3 hairs each side. 



Aphia genistae Scopol! (non Kalt) 

 Elit. Carniolica, 189, (1763). 



Alate viviparous jemaie : 



Head dull black. Eyes dark red-brown. Pronotum 

 greenish with black collar; mesonotum black. Abdo- 

 men so dense a green as to be black to the naked 

 eye — shiny and reticulate. Antennae with segments 

 I and 2 black; base of 3 ochreous, rest dusky; h, 5 

 and 6 smoky. Legs with femora dusky; 1st rather 

 paler than 2nd and 3rd, especially basal half, which 

 tends to ochreous; tibiae dirty pale yellowish, with 

 black tips; tarsi black. Antennae shorter than body; 

 1st segment larger than and; 3rd longer than /jth, not 

 quite so long as öth, with 7 -'10 sensoria of unequal 

 size over most of its length; 4 and 5 about equal in 

 length; 6th with basal area large; flagellum only 

 twice its length; segments 3 - 6 imbricated; proboscis 

 reaching to and coxae, apical segment acuminate. A 

 large papilla each side of pronotum and one promi- 

 nent one between cornicles and cauda; other smaller 

 abdomial ones. Cornicles about as long as 3rd anten- 

 nal segmet; cylindrical, expanding basally, imbri- 

 cated, not reaching nearly to the cauda. Cauda rather 

 more than half the length of the cornicles, much 

 constricted near base which is large, spinose, 4 hairs 



