New British Aphides. cm 



one-sixth of the body : the feet are black. The winged Aphis is black : the abdomen 

 is dull yellowish green ; most of its disk is black, and there is a row of black dots on 

 each side : the antennae are black, and longer than the body ; the base of the third 

 joint is pale yellow : the rostrum is pale yellow, with a black tip : the tubes are dull 

 yellow, blackish here and there, and with black tips, and about one-fifth of the length 

 of the body : the legs are yellow ; the tarsi and the tips of the tibiae are black : the 

 wings are colourless ; the squamulae and the costal veins are pale yellow ; the stig 

 mata and the other veins are pale brown. 

 At the end of September. 



Aphis Dianthi ? 



The ivingless viviparous females. — Perhaps a variety of the preceding species. The 

 body is oval, small, yellowish green : the head is nearly all yellow : the antennae are 

 yellow, with darker tips, and as long as the body : the rostrum is pale yellow ; its tip 

 and the eyes are black : the tubes are pale yellow, with black tips, and nearly one- 

 third of the length of the body : the legs are pale yellow, and rather long ; the tarsi 

 and the tips of the tibia} are black. 



Found at the end of September, near Newcastle, by Mr. Hardy. 



Aphis apposita. 



The winged viviparous female . — The body is small, narrow, oval, convex, smooth, 

 shining green, whitish towards the head : the antennae are yellow, with black tips, and 

 about half the length of the body : the legs are pale yellow, and of moderate length ; 

 the four hinder thighs are dull yellow ; the knees, the tarsi, and the tips of the tibiae 

 are black. 



The winged viviparous female. — While a pupa it resembles the wingless insect in 

 colour ; the rudimentary wings are pale green. 



At the end of September. 



Aphis lata. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, convex, black, shining, nearly 

 triangular, narrow in front, very broad behind : the sides are reddish : the under side 

 is dark green : the antennae are yellow with black tips, and shorter than the body : the 

 rostrum is pale green with a black tip : the tubes are about one-fifth or one-sixth of 

 the length of the body : the legs are yellow, and of moderate length ; the tarsi, and 

 the tips of the thighs and of the tibiae are black. 



In the autumn, near Newcastle, by Mr. Hardy. 



Aphis diminuta. 



The winged viviparous female. — The body is black, a little smaller than that of 

 A. Dianthi : the abdomen is yellow from the base till near the middle : the antennae 

 are black, and much shorter than the body : the rostrum is pale yellow, with a black 

 tip : the tubes are black, and about one-tenth of the length of the body: the legs are 



