Mr. F. Walker’s Descriptions of Aphides. 391 
85. Aphis Dianthi, Schrank. 
Aphis Dianthi, Schrank, Faun. Boic. ui. 114. 1213; Kalt. Mon. 
Pflan. i. 42. 29. e 
A. vulgaris, Kyber, Germ. Mag. i. 
A. Rape, Curtis, Journ. Roy. Agric. Soc. 11. 53. pl. C. fig. 1-3. 
A, dubia, Curtis, Journ. Roy. Agric. Soc. 11. 54. pl. C. f. 4. 
A. vastator, Smee, The Potatoe Plant, &c. 81. 
A. Solani? Kalt. Mon. Pflan. i. 15. 5. 
Dianthaphis, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 24 série, v. 477. 
- The viviparous wingless female. The body is small, oval, dull, 
rather flat, pale yellowish green ; it has a row of punctures anda 
slight rim on each side: the feelers are pale yellow, black towards 
the tips, and a little more than half the length of the body: the 
mouth is pale yellow ; its tip and the eyes are black : the nectaries 
are pale yellow with black tips, and as long as one-sixth of the 
body : the tube at the tip of the abdomen is also pale yellow with 
a darker tip: the legs are pale yellow and moderately long; the 
knees, the feet, and the tips of the shanks are black. 
Ist var. The body is mottled with red. 
2nd var. The feelers are longer than the body ; the tips of the 
latter jomts are darker: the nectaries are as long as one-fourth 
of the body: the legs are pale yellow; the tips of the feet are 
darker. When young it is pale yellow, linear and flat. 
3rd var. The body is pale red. 
4th var. Body rose-colour: the head is almost white: the 
limbs are white: the eyes, the feet, the tip of the mouth, and the 
tips of the nectaries are black: the feelers are nearly as long as 
the body ; the nectaries are one-fifth of its length. 
5th var. The body is pale yellowish green, tinged with red : 
the feelers are a little shorter than the body: the nectaries are as 
long as one-fourth of the body : the legs are pale greenish yellow ; 
the feet and the tips of the shanks are black. 
6th var. The body is pale red, slightly streaked with black : 
the head is yellow: the feelers and the mouth are pale yellow 
with black tips, and the former are longer than the body: the 
nectaries are pale yellow, and as long as one-fourth of the body ; 
its tip and the eyes are black: the legs are yellow; the knees, 
the feet, and the tips of the shanks are black. 
7th var. The body is pale whitish green: the feelers are pale 
green, black towards the tips, and much shorter than the body : 
the eyes are dark red : the mouth and the nectaries are pale green 
with black tips : the legs are pale green : the feet and the tips of 
the shanks are darker. On Sonchus. 
8th var. The body is grass-green and shining : the head is pale 
yellow : the feelers are white, black towards the tips, and rather 
more than half the length of the body : the mouth is white with 
