1918.] BASHAMBAR Das: The Aphididae of Lahore. 229 
Body (up to) ok so PO 50 4% 75mm. 2 
Antennae ere Be 08mm, 
Cornicle oa de ee OOO!) ET 
Cauda Sr ER pe 
Alate viviparous female.—Rather small in size; prevailing colour dark green, 
covered over by whitish bloom. ; 
Head somewhat conical, about two-thirds as long as broad; black, without 
frontal tubercles. 
Eyes dark red ; in young specimens bright red. 
Antennae black, but light coloured on the articulation, about half the length of 
the body and provided with a very small spur. 
The basal one-third of the 3rd joint is narrower and lighter in colour than the 
rest of the joint which bears the sensoria. 
Length proportions :-— 
Nm. IV. We VI. 
IA IO Io 7+4 
Actual lengths .. 0°23 02100 ID TTO ‘11+:06 mm. 
Sensoria well defined, circular, varying in number from 4 to 6; usually five on 
the 3rd joint; the rest of the antennae crenulated. 
Prothorax banded and laterally tuberculate. 
Mesothorax normal, with shining black dorsal and ventral bosses. 
Wings slender, hyaline ; they look almost white and smooth ; the veins are very 
faintly marked ; second fork of the cubitus small, as shown in the figure. 
Stigma greenish. 
Posterior wings with two transverse veins. 
Abdomen pyriform, with its anterior half darker green; a stripe in the middle 
and the edges similar in colour. The central part is lighter. The dots on the joint 
of the 7th abdominal segment and three on the edges are on carinae in front of the 
cornicles ; the dots in the lateral grooves are always clearly defined. 
Cornicles and cauda like those of the apterous viviparous female, light green in 
colour. 
Lateral tubercles present on the first and seventh segments; small flattish ones 
may be seen even on the other segments. 
Anal plate rounded posteriorly ; genital crescentic, concave in front. 
Rudimentary gonapophyses three, the central one the longest. 
The rostrum reaches beyond the second coxae; its last joint is longer than the 
one before it, and carries a small bristle with a pit on either side just below the 
tip. 
Measurements :— 
Body a BE .. 1°30 X0‘70 mm. 
Antennae À ae 00100 mm. 
Cornicle 0:00. 2, 
