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WINGED VIVIPAROUS FEMALE (Figure 183 A) 



Length of body not including style 2.2 mm., width of mesothorax 0.6 mm., 

 greatest width of abdomen 1.1 mm., wjng expansion 9.4 mm., a large species. 



Prevailing color — Green or pink, with dark dorsal markings as shown in the 

 drawing. Head — Dark or black. Eyes — Dark red. Antennae — On prominent 

 frontal tubercles, much longer than the body, dark throughout, lengths of articles: 

 I, 0.14 mm.; II, 0.06 mm.; Ill, 1.3 mm.; IV, 0.8 mm.; V, 0.7 mm.; VI, 1.2 mm. 

 (spur 1 mm.) ; total 1.2 mm.; article III (Figure 183 C) with very many circular 

 sensoria. RoslriDn — Reaching to second coxae, light green or pinkish witli dark 

 tip. Prothorax — Dark. Meso- and Metathorax — With muscle lobes black, 

 remainder light dusky. Abdovien — Smooth, shiny, with lateral dorsal black spots 

 and a few median ones ; these may vary in size and distribution. Cornicles — Figure 

 183 E). Long, cylindrical, wider at base and restricted just before apex (the 

 restricted area marked as shown in drawing), dark throughout, length 1.2 mm. 

 Legs — Long, slender, hairj^, coxae pale or dusky green or pink, depending upon 

 whether the body is green or pink; femora with apical portions dark; tibise dark 

 at extreme bases and the apical tips ; tarsi dark. Wings — Normal, hyaline. 

 Primary — Length 4.4 mm., width 1.5 mm., costal and subcostal veins wide, pale 

 yellowish green ; stigma long and narrow, opposite sides nearly parallel, length 

 1.2 mm., width 0.13 mm., pale yellowish-green in color; veins amber (see drawing 

 for venation). Secondary — Length 2.5 mm., width 0.7 mm. Style — (Figure 183 

 G). Ensiform, length 0.5 mm., width at base 0.2 mm., lemon yellow in color. 

 APTEROUS VIVIPAROUS FEMALE (Figure 183 B) 



Length of body not including style 2.7 mm., width of abdomen 1.75 mm., a 

 large and long body. 



Prevailing color — Pale green or pink throughout. Head — Wider than long, 

 apical portion dusky, basal light. Antennae — Situated on large, prominent, frontal 

 tubercles, reaching beyond tips of the cornicles, articles I, II and VI dusky 

 throughout. III light with extreme tip dusky, IV with both base and tip dusky, 

 V with slight light area in middle only, lengths of articles: I, 0.14 mm.; II, 0.08 

 mm.; Ill, 1.1 mm.; IV, 0.72 mm., V, 0.58 mm.; VI, 1 mm. (spur 0.8 mm.); total 

 3.62 mm.; article III (Figure 183 D) with from ten to twelve circular sensoria. 

 Rostrum — Reaching to second coxae, lemon yellow with dark tip. Thorax and 

 Abdomen — Shiny, without marking or with very few. Cornicles — (Figure 183 F). 

 Cylindrical, long, narrow, reaching nearly to tip of style, extreme base may be 

 color of body, remainder dark with a lighter spot near the tip just in front of the 

 constricted and mottled area shown in the drawing, length 2.3 mm., width 0.19 mm., 

 cornicles of all forms curved slightly outwardly. Legs — Long and slender, hairy, 

 coxEB^ color of the body; femora with apical one-third dark; tibiae amber dark at 

 apical ends; tarsi dark. Style — (Figure 183 H). Ensiform, very light lemon yel- 

 low, length 0.62 mm., width at base 0.25 mm. 



Host — Infesting the tender tips and buds of all roses, wild and cultivated. 



Locality — Throughout the State. Taken by the writer in Humboldt, Sacra- 

 mento, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Date of collection — 

 Santa Paula, Cal., April 8, 1911. Serial number 3. 



