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middle coxae. Honey tubes mammiform, shorter than broad. Tail hardly 

 if at all distinct. Length of body about 3 mm. Pupa similar, with pale 

 greenish wing-pads. 



"Winged individual: Green, often with two darker green longitudinal 

 stripes. Head and thorax brownish. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 frontal tubercles short, but distinct; apical joint filiform, as long as the 

 two preceding taken together. Beak reaching below the middle coxae. 

 Wings hyaline, stigma rather long. Honey tubes scarcely projecting above 

 the surface of the abdomen. Lateral edge of the abdomen with four or 

 five very short, green, mammiform tubercles. Tail not perceptible. Length 

 2.54 mm., to tip of wings 4.57 mm." (Monell). 



On under side of leaves of wild honeysuckle (Lonicera glauca). 

 Ashland, October 5, 1889, and May 10, 1890. These insects have 

 at first sight much the appearance of Schizoneura on account of 

 the great amount of flocculent matter covering them and the 

 liquid globules found in the curled up leaf, which curling is 

 caused by the punctures made by the beaks of the lice. The only 

 winged specimen that I found had the thoracic tubes all black. 



Specimens in collection of the University of Nebraska (no. 69) 

 and of the U. S. National Museum (no. 88). 

 55. Aphis lonicericola n. sp. 



Apterous viviparous female: Reddish purple, pulverulent. Tarsi, tips of 

 antennae and tips of honey tubes dusky. Head small. Antennae reaching 

 to base of honey tubes; the two basal joints frequently dusky; very slender 

 and thread-like; III longest. Beak short, hardly reaching to the middle 

 coxae. Legs slender, pale. Abdomen broad, very much swollen, arched 

 and wrinkled ; abruptly pointed at each end. Honey tubes very slender, 

 yellowish, dusky tipped, about 0.37 mm. long. Tail short, acutely conical ; 

 same color as the honey tubes. Tip of abdomen and anal plates brown. 

 The large abdomen and small head give the insect a very characteristic, 

 broadly ovate appearance. Beginning with the middle of the margin on 

 each side, it tapers in almost exactly the same proportion toward either 

 end. Length of body 2.50 to 2.80 mm. 



Pupa: Color as in apterous female. Size smaller. Head larger. Eyes 

 darker. Legs, antennae, honey tubes and tail similar. Wing-pads brownish. 



On wild honeysuckle (Lonicera parviflora) , causing the leaves 

 to curl much more than A. lonicerae Mon., but with very little if 

 any flocculent matter. Ashland, October 5, 1889, and May 14, 

 1890. 



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