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and nearly twice the length of the body ; the wing-ribs and the 
rib-veins are pale yellowish green ; the veins are brown. = 
lst var. The feelers are black, and as long as the body: the 
nectaries are pale green with black tips, and about one-fifth of 
the length of the body. In the autumn. | 
2nd var. Pale yellowish green: the lobes of the chest and the 
breast are dark gray : the feelers are green at the base, and longer 
than the body: the other limbs are pale yellow: the tip of the 
mouth, the eyes, and the tips of the nectaries are black, and the 
latter are nearly one-fourth of the length of the body : the knees, 
the feet, and the tips of the shanks are black : the wing-ribs and 
the rib-veins are pale yellow; the wing-brands are pale brown, 
and the other veins are brown. Inthe autumn, when the winged 
females abound on the rose-leaf, and each of them is surrounded 
by a group of its white or pale green little ones. 
Variation in the wing-veins. The second vein is forked, but the 
third is undivided. maa 
The oviparous wingless female. This species in its nuptial state 
is born of the winged female during October and some part of 
November, and is very delicate and pretty : it has a pale lemon co- 
lour: the head is almost white: the eyes are dark red: the limbs are 
white : the feelers are blackish towards their tips: the tip of the 
mouth and the tips of the nectaries are black, and the latter are 
as long as one-fifth of the body: the knees and the tips of the 
shanks are pale brown ; the feet are black: the hind-shanks are 
sometimes pale brown. aig 
Ist var. Green. 2nd var. Pale straw-colour. 3rd var. Buff. 
4th var. Light buff varied with pale red. 5th var. Rose-colour. 
6th var. Saffron. 7th var. Orange. | 
The winged male. It pairs with the oviparous female in Octo- 
ber and November, and is buff: the head, the dise of the chest 
and that of the breast are brown : the abdomen has a black line 
along the back and a row of black dots on each side: the feelers 
are black, dull buff at the base, and much longer than the body: 
the fourth vein is much shorter than-the third ; the fifth is hardly 
shorter than the fourth ; the sixth is less than half the length of 
the fifth ; the seventh is nearly as long as the third: the mouth 
is pale buff ; its tip and the eyes are black : the nectaries are pale 
buff with black tips, and one-fifth of the length of the body : the 
legs, especially the thighs, are pale yellow ; the knees, the feet, and 
the tips of the shanks are black ; the wing-ribs and the rib-veins 
are pale yellow; the wing-brands are pale brown ; the other veins 
are brown. | 
lst var. Pale orange: the head, the disc of the chest and that 
of the breast are black: the feelers are pale orange towards the 
base : the eyes are dark red: the nectaries are dull brown, and as 
