80 



than the following three taken together, the 3rd with about 20, 4th 

 and 5th each with 4 annulations, the 4th and 5th subequal, the 6th 

 shorter than the 5th, near the rhinarium with one annulation, ante- 

 rhinarial shorter than one half the length of the postrhinariai, on its 

 apex carrying 3 or 4 hairs; rostrum reaches to the 3rd coxae; wings 

 hyaline, stigma brown, veins black, media at the basal half obsolete; 

 abdomen dark brown, cornicles inconspicuous and cauda very short; legs 

 slender, subhyaline, with a brownish shade. 



Length of Body 1.3 mm.; exp. tegm. 5. mm.; antenna e0.6 mm. 



Apterous viviparous female - Body shining, fuscous, approaching to 

 black, oval, flat, carinated and deeply marke dby sutures, covered with 

 cottony secretions; antennae short, only one third the length of the 

 body, pale yellowish brown, the 3rd subequal to the following joints 

 combined, the 4th somewhat shorter than the 5th, the 6th subequal to 

 the 5th, anterhinarial only 1/3 the length of the postrhinariai, ampl- 

 iations indistinct; rostrum paler, at the apex black, reaching to the 

 3rd coxae; abdomen oval, covered especially on the caudal part with 

 long cottony secretions; cornicle short, inconspicuous, cauda indistinct; 

 legs pale yellowish brown, knee somewhat deeper in colour. 

 Length of body 1.5-1.7 mm.; antennae .4mm. 

 Hab. -Hokkaido, Honshu, Kiushu; Europe; America. 

 F. P. Pumila (Common apple), 

 Nom. Jap. - Ringo-watamuslii. 



For many years our orchardits thought that the winged female of 

 S. lanigera in Hokkaido was very common, but it was a great mistake 

 and the species which was thought to be S. lanigera was truely Proci- 

 philus bumeliae Sehr. The apterous viviparous female of S. lanigera 

 is very common especially in Hokkaido and the north-eastern part of 



