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stigmata and the other veins are pale brown. While a pupa it is black, and slightly 

 covered with a white bloom : the limbs and the rudimentary wings are very dark 

 green. 



Found near Newcastle, in the middle of September, by Mr. Hardy. 



Aphides on the Rest-harrow (Ononis spinosa). 



Aphis trans lata. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is oval, convex, shining, rather broad, 

 somewhat dark green, mottled with black : the head is dull yellow : the abdomen is 

 reddish towards its tip : the antennae are black, pale yellow towards the base, and 

 nearly as long as the body : the rostrum is pale yellow ; its tip and the eyes are black : 

 the tubes are yellow with black tips, and rather more than one-eighth of the length of 

 the body : the legs are yellow ; the knees, the tarsi and the tips of the tibia? are black. 



Aphis inducta. 



TJie winged viviparous female. — The body is black and very small : the borders of 

 the prothorax are dark yellow : the abdomen is very dark brown : the antenna* are 

 black and a little longer than the body : the rostrum is black, yellow towards the base : 

 the tubes are also black and about one-eighth of the length of the body : the legs are 

 yellow ; the thighs, the tips of the tibiae, and the tarsi from the middle to the tips, 

 are black : the wings are colourless ; the squamulae are yellow ; the stigmata and the 

 veins are brown. 



Aphis incumbens. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, black, narrow, spindle-shaped, 

 shining, and very finely shagreened : the head and the antennae are yellow, and the 

 latter are about half the length of the body : the tubes are dull yellow with black tips, 

 and hardly more than one-twentieth of the length of the body : the legs are pale yel- 

 low and rather short; the knees, the tarsi and the tips of the tibiae are black. 



Aphides on the Sloe (Prunus spinosa). 

 Aphis im pacta. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is oval, short, very plump, dark red, 

 covered with a white bloom : the eyes, the rostrum and the antennae are black, and 

 the latter are nearly half the length of the body : the tubes are black and as long as 

 one-tenth of the body : the legs are also black. 



Found in the beginning of June. 



The winged viviparous female. — Like the wingless insect in colour, and especially 

 so while a pupa. 



