294" FRED. V. THEOBALD. 



Oviparous female. — Apple-green, of a darker shade than the viviparous female 

 or spring stem-mothet, with an irregular dorsal line of a darker shade of green than 

 the general colouring. Head green, in some lights dusky green, very sparsely and 

 irregularly covered with whitish meal ; eyes very dark red. Antennae with the 

 two basal segments green ; the second paler than the first ; third and fourth paler 

 green ; fifth smoky, base pale. Prothorax and mesothorax green ; pronotum 

 sparsely covered with meal. The median dorsal green line commences on the 

 anterior margin of pronotum and continues back as far as the base of the cornicles. 

 Abdomen green, apical part from about base of cornicles to cauda of a darker shade 

 of green or bluish green. Cauda green, hairs pale. Cornicle short and dark. Legs : 

 first and second pairs all green, except the dark tarsi ; in third pair the tibia is 

 obscure greenish- ochreous ; tarsi dark. Venter and coxae green." 



The most conspicuous features of the oviparous female are the small size and the 

 prominent lateral accumulations of white matter, with which the shell of the ova is 

 covered. This secreted substance is pure white and fibrous, the fibres short and 

 rather coarse. 



The ova are 0*66 X 0"34 mm. ; black, and covered with a white woolly coat; 

 when first laid yellowish green in colour. They are laid in the axils of the buds. 



Mr. Willcocks describes the oviposition as follows : — " The female takes up a 

 position in the axil of a bud ; after the egg is laid she by means of her third pair 

 of legs scrapes off the white secretionary matter from the two masses on the 

 abdomen and packs it on the shell of the egg, to which it adheres. I watched a 

 female carrying out this process. for 35 minutes, at the end of which period she left 

 the egg, the latter having been fairly well covered. During the covering the abdomen 

 is moved about slightly and may help in the work." 



The oviparous females were found in January. 



