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of the tibiae and the tarsi dark brown. Length of femur 

 0-62 mm.; tibia i-o mm.; tarsus o-i mm. 

 Length 2-5 mm. 



Male. (Fig. i, B, and Fig. 2, A.) 



Winged. Smaller than the alate female. Antennae very 

 similar to alate female but longer, and the 4th segment 





Rhopalosiphuin eriephori^ Walker. 



A = Head of alate male, x 75. 



B = Cauda and anal plate of alate viviparous female, x 150. 



= Small portion of dorsal surface of abdomen of apterous viviparous female, showing 



bristles and the arrangement of the small chitinous processes, x 250. 

 D = Cornicle of apterous viviparous female, x 96. 

 E, F = Cornicles of alate viviparous females, different views, x 96. 



with sixteen to twenty sensoria, and 5th segment with ten 

 to twelve. Proportions of segments 15, 11, 6}^^ 37, 31 

 (17 + 78). Total length 1 73 mm. Head and thorax brownish 

 black. Abdomen lighter than the alate female and differently 

 marked, a pair of dark brown lineal spots, transversely 

 placed, occurring on either side of the dorsum of each segment, 

 and frequently a similar but median spot just anterior to 

 these ; round lateral spots of the same colour occur along 

 125 AND 126 M 



