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F. V. THEOBALD. 



dark, about as long as fourth antennal segment and thicker, cylindrical, imbricated, 

 not reaching to the tip of cauda. Cauda pale, shorter than the cornicles, with three 

 pairs of lateral hairs, curved apically and arising from prominent tubercles. Anal 

 plate darker than cauda. Femora of mid and hind legs dark, except just at base ; 

 front pair paler ; apices of tibiae and the tarsi dark. Wings normal. Length, l-V 6 mm. 



Apterous viviparous female. 



Antennae shorter than body, pallid, except for a small dark area at apex of fifth 

 segment and one around sensoria on sixth ; basal segment wider but scarcely 

 longer than second ; third a little shorter than sixth, but longer than fourth ; fourth 

 and fifth about equal ; sixth with flagellum about twice as long as basal area. 

 Cornicles about as long as third antennal segment, broadening basally, pale, dark at 

 apex, not reaching as far as cauda. Cauda pale, with three hairs on each side, 

 curved at their tips and arising from marked tubercles ; not quite as long as cornicles. 

 Anal plate dark. Marked pronotal lateral tubercles and one each side of body 

 before the hind legs. Apices of tibiae and the tarsi dark. Proboscis not reaching 

 to third coxae. Length, 1-1 "5 mm. 



Food-plant : Wild Pomegranate. 



N.W. Persia : Tula Koad, Talish District, S.W. Coast of Caspian, 9. vii. and 

 5. viii. 1919 (P. A. Buxton). Italy {Passerini and Theobald). 



Apparently the apterae only were described by Passerini. The alatae seem to 

 vary in the colour of the antennae in the mounted specimens, some are pale with 

 two dark areas, others all dark except the base of the third segment. The specimens 

 taken by Mr. Buxton were on the twigs, attended by ants {Cremastogaster scutellaris 

 schmidti, Mayr, and Tapinoma erraticum nigerrimum, Nyl.). Passerini records it 

 from Punica granatum and P. sylvestris. The Aphis punicellae I described from 

 Egypt on P. granatum (Bull. Ent. Res. vi, p. 125) is quite a distinct species. 



Lachnus pyri, Buckton (fig. 4). 



L. pyri, Buckt., Indian Museum Notes, iv, p. 271, pi. xvi (1899). 



Taken on pears at Karmanshah, W. Persia (4. xii. 18) by Mr. P. A. Buxton. 



This species was described by Buckton (with notes by E. E. Green) from pears in 

 Ceylon. The Persian specimens agree with the Pear Lachnid I have from Cejdon 

 and answer generally to Buckton's short description. I append some characters of 

 the antennae, etc. 



A. 



&^ 



gj .r — "^ P O o O o f>7 O ^ 



y. 



a. 8. 



:b 



C. Cq~o~o~^ 



Fig. 4. Lachnus pyri, Buckt. : A, antenna of alate $ ; a, basal segments ; 

 b, eye; B, cornicle; C, 1st to 3rd antennal segments of apterous $. 



