p. VAN DER GOOT, NOTES ON ORIENTAL APHIDIDAE, I I 5 



beneath a white cottony flocculence on the younger shoots 

 of Pinus sp. 



Descriptions of the new species, mentioned 

 in this paper. 



TRICHOSIPHUM ROEPKEI n. sp. 



Apterous viviparous female. 

 Measurements, 



Length of bod}' 1.62 m.m. 



Breadth of body 0.90 » 



Length of antennae 0.67 » 



Length of siphunculi 0.32 » 



Cauda — 



Colour. 



Body pale yellowish brown. Eyes black. Antennae yellowish 

 white, the distal half black. Legs pale yellowish, tarsi black. 

 Siphunculi yellowish brown, their apex blackish ; caudal 

 segment brownish. 



[The larvae are of a dirty pale yellowish colour.] 



Morphological characters. 



Body ovate; the dorsum with 4 longitudinal rows of modefa- 

 tely long, simple bristles, the margins with more and stronger 

 spines, which are often finel)' bifid at their extreme apex. 



Antennae less than half as long as the body, with some 

 bristles, apparently 6-jointed ; relative lengths of the last 

 joints about as: 40, 18, 24, 18. 



Rostrum reaching far beyond the 3'^'^ pair of coxae, about half 

 as long as the body, very thin and the tip as usually forming 

 a distinct separate rostral joint (the 5''' joint after BöRNKR c. s.). 



Siphunculi relatively short, thick, widest towards the middle, 

 furnished with long bristles and on the apex with transverse 

 rows of minute spinules. Caudal segment very broadly roun- 

 ded, without small apical point, furnished with some long, 

 fine hairs. Anal plate large, simple. 



Legs well devieloped, the tibiae with long and strong spines. 



