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rostrum is pale red, with a black tip : the antenna? are pale red, black towards the 

 tips, and as long as the body : the tubes are pale red, with black tips, and about one- 

 sixth of the length of the body : the legs are pale reddish yellow ; the knees, the tarsi 

 and the tips of the tibia? are black. 



Aphis commoda. 



The winged viviparous female. The body is small and black : the abdomen is 

 very dark green : the antenna? are black and as long as the body : the mouth is yellow, 

 with a black tip : the tubes are black and about one sixth of the length of the body : 

 the legs are yellow and moderately long ; the knees, the tarsi and the tips of the tibia; 

 are black : the wings are colourless and very much longer than the body ; the squamula? 

 are yellow ; the stigmata and the veins are brown. 



Aphis frequens. 



The wingless oviparous female. The body is small, spindle-shaped, flat, narrow, 

 dark green, somewhat glaucous, mottled with yellow, and slightly powdered with 

 white : the antenna? are black, yellow at the base, and about one-fourth of the length 

 of the body : the eyes are dark red : the rostrum is dull green, black at the base and 

 at the tip : the tubes do not appear above the surface of the body : the legs are short 

 and dull yellow ; the tarsi and the tips of the tibia? are black. The eggs, when newly 

 laid, are bright yellow, and about one-fourth of the length of the body of the insect. 



The wingless male. It is shorter and darker than the female, with which it pairs 

 in October : the antenna? are quite black and about half the length of the body. 



In the beginning of October, near Fleetwood, with the four preceding species. 



Aphides on the Small Bugloss (Lycopsis arvensis). 

 Aphis Dianthi ? 



The wingless viviparous female. The body is pale green, oval and convex : the 

 antenna? are yellow, black towards the tips, and much longer than the body : the eyes 

 are red : the rostrum is pale yellow, with a black tip : the tubes are also pale yellow, 

 with black tips, and as long as one-fourth of the body : the legs are long and pale yel- 

 low ; the tarsi and the tips of the tibia? are black. 



A common species, feeding on a great variety of plants. 



Aphis Lycopsidis. 



The wingless viviparous female. The body is oval, convex, shining, of moderate 

 size, dark red, almost black above, or sometimes nearly all black : the body beneath 

 has a light gray bloom, and is almost white about the base of the hind legs : the an- 

 tenna; are black and a little longer than the body : the eyes, the rostrum and the tubes 

 are also black, and the latter are full one-fourth of the length of the body : the tip of 

 the abdomen is yellow : the legs are black and very long ; the tibia;, except their tips, 

 are yellow. 



Aphis consueta. 



The oviparous wingless female. The body is oval, convex, smooth and shining, 

 dull green, of moderate size : there is a broad brown band along the back of the ab- 

 domen, with a row of black dots on each side : the antenna? are black and longer 



