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THE ENTOMOLOGIST 
Vou. XLIX.] JULY} LOGE: [No. 638 
NOTES ON NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN BRITISH 
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By Frep. V. Turopaup, M.A., F.E.S., Ere. 
11. Macrosiphum hibernaculorum, Boyer de Fonscolombe (‘ Anns. 
d. 1. Soc. Ent. d. France,’ x, p. 181, 1841). 
Alate viviparous female——Green to yellowish-green; thoracic 
lobes pale brownish; antenne longer than body, first and second 
segments yellowish-green, third dark brown except at the base, fourth 
and fifth pale yellowish-brown, dark apices, sixth brown. Eyes large, 
dark. Proboscis yellowish-green, dusky at apex. Legs yellowish-green, 
apices of femora and tibie dark brown, tarsi dark brown. Cornicles 
long, cylindrical, moderately thick, yellowish-green basally, pale 
- brown on apical half, rather darkened at the apices. Cauda pale yel- 
lowish-green. Basal segment of antennze longer and wider than 
the second; third segment longer than fourth, with 24-30 sensoria, 
extending nearly to the apex, densest basally and mostly on one side 
of the segment, fourth segment about as long as the fifth, sixth with 
a long flagellum, all faintly imbricated, especially the sixth, sensoria 
on fifth and sixth normal. Proboscis not quite reaching the second 
pair of legs; apical segment bluntly acuminate, narrower, and very 
slightly longer than the penultimate. Cornicles somewhat constricted 
just before the apex, which has marked reticulations, faint imbrication 
below. Cauda large, about half as long as the cornicles, bluntly 
acuminate, with six pairs of long pale lateral chet and two dorsal 
median ones near the apex, finely spinose. Anal plate yellowish, 
finely spinose. Femora and tibie with fine, moderately long pale 
hairs, especially the latter. Wings with yellowish insertions and 
brown veins, yellowish-brown stigma. 
Length, 2°5 to 35 mm. Wing expanse, 9 mm. 
Apterous Viviparous Female.—‘ Green. Antenne less than the 
length of the body, darkened towards the apex. Cornicles very long, 
green; cauda also very long. Legs green, dark at the knees and 
tarsi’ (Fonscolombe). 
Locality.—Stouting, near Hythe, Kent, June 12th, 1914. 
Food Plant.—Daphne sp. ? 
ENTOM.—JULY, 1916. O 
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