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Are they of varying species on different 

 plants, or is it their diet of differing juices 

 that makes them seem different ? On the 

 golden-rod they are blood-red and are 

 lively for aphides. On house-plants I 

 have never seen them other than green. 

 On one camomile that stands against a 

 fence in the sun they are pale brown or 

 buff, nearly colorless in young specimens; 

 and on another in rich, damp earth in a 

 shady corner they are lead-colored or 

 black. In the middle of June the young 

 shoots on these plants are crusted with 

 them. Ants were busy milking the lice 

 on the shaded plant; but I saw none of 

 them on the camomile that had the light 



There are no closer ties between our 

 present day of hope and original sin than 

 these aphides and Reginald McGonigle. 

 The aphides are a little the worse, because 

 they are silent and sneaking in their habit, 

 whereas Reginald commits his misdemean- 

 ors with yells and howls and snorts and 

 stones and shocking language, and can 

 therefore be traced. Whatever may be 

 alleged against Reginald and his compan- 



