280 Mr. F. Walker’s Descriptions of Aphides. 
2nd var. The second and the fourth branch-veins are forked 
near their tips. 
ord var. An additional vein connects the lower branch of the 
first fork with the second fork of the third vein. 
4th var. There is a spurious or supernumerary vein which 
proceeds from the third vein a little before its first fork, and 
passes towards the hind-border of the wing, which however it 
does not attain. 
5th var. The fourth vein is forked near its tip. 
6th var. With an areolet like that of the second var., but 
larger and triangular. 
81. Aphis Lychnidis, Linn. 
Aplis Lychnidis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 734. 7; Faun. Suec. 980 ; 
Fabr. ete Knt. 737. 1; Sp. Ins. 1. 2. 384. 4; Ent. Syst. iv. 
210. Syst. Rhyn. 294. 2; Gmel. ed. Syst. "Nat. i. 2208 ; 
Schon, Faun. Boie. ii. 114. 1214; Berk. Syn. i. 119; Stew. 
El. un. 110; Turt. 1. 703; Kaltenbach, Mon. Pflan. i. 92. 67 ; 
Reaum. Ins. iii, 281. 340. 
A. Cucubali, Linn. Faun. Suee. 719. 
Lychnidaphis, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 24 série, v. 478. 
This species feeds from April to November on Lychunis viscaria, 
L. diurna, and Cucubalus Behen. 
The viviparous wingless female. This is hatched in April, and 
is remarkable for its shining and glutinous appearance : the body 
is rather small, black, oval, very convex and plump, dark green 
beneath : the feelers are black, slender, more than half the length 
of the body, pale yellow towards the ‘base which is black: the 
eyes are dark brown: the mouth is pale green : the nectaries are 
about one-twelfth of the length of the body : the legs are pale 
yellow; the knees, the Ges and the tips of the shonle are 
brown. When young it is dark green, or pale greenish red, or 
pale brown: the head is pale green: the limbs are almost or 
quite white. 
The viviparous winged female. The pupa unfolds its wings 
in the middle of May: it is then black and shining: the fore- 
border and the hind-border of the fore-chest are dull tawny, 
which is also the colour of the abdomen beneath, and at the base 
above: the feelers are as long as the body; the fourth joint is 
much shorter than the third; the fifth is shorter than the fourth ; 
the sixth is much shorter than the fifth ; the seventh is nearly as 
long as the third: the mouth is black with a pale yellow base : 
the nectaries are about one-eighth of the length of the body : the 
legs are dull yellow; the feet and the tips of the thighs and of 
the shanks and the greater part of the hind-thighs are black : 
the wings are colourless, and much longer than the body ; the 
