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Aphides on the Nettle (Urtica dioica). 

 Aphis tertia. 



The ivingless viviparous female. — The body is dark yellowish green, nearly linear, 

 and of moderate size : the head is nearly black : the abdomen has a slight white 

 bloom beneath : the antennae are black and nearly as long as the body: the rostrum 

 is pale yellow ; its tip and the eyes are black : the tip of the abdomen is yellow : the 

 tubes are black and about one-fifth of the length of the body : the legs are pale yel- 

 low and moderately long ; the tarsi, and the tips of the thighs and of the shanks, are 

 black. 



The winged viviparous female. — The body is black : the sutures of the abdominal 

 segments are dark green : the antennae are a little longer than the body : the rostrum 

 is yellow, with a black tip : the legs are black ; the thighs at the base, and the shanks 

 except their tips, are yellow : the wings are colourless and much longer than the body ; 

 the wing-ribs and the rib-veins are yellow ; the brands are pale brown ; the other 

 veins are brown. 



At the end of October, near Lancaster. 



Aphides on the Juniper (Juniperus communis). 



Aphis indectsa. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, green, oval, convex, smooth 

 and shining : the head is yellowish : the antennae are black, yellow at the base, and a 

 little shorter than the body : the rostrum is yellow ; its tip and the eyes are black : 

 the tubes are dull yellow, with black tips, and as long as one-fourth of the body: the 

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

 tibiae are black. 



Aphis incerta. 



The winged viviparous female. — The body is pale greenish yellow, and of mode- 

 rate size ; the disk of the head and that of the thorax are buff: the antennae are black 

 and much longer than the body ; the base of the third joint is pale yellow : the ros- 

 trum is pale yellow ; its tip and the eyes are black : the tubes are pale yellow, with 

 black tips, and nearly one-fourth of the length of the body : the legs are long and 

 pale yellow ; the tarsi are darker : the wings are colourless ; the squamulae are pale 

 yellow ; the costal veins and the stigmata are yellow ; the veins are pale brown. 



Aphides on the Fleabane (Inula dysenterica). 

 Aphis Inul^e. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is pale yellow, shining, very small, el- 

 liptical, slightly convex : the antennae have brown tips and are a little longer than the 

 body : the eyes are dark red : the rostrum and the tubes have brown tips, and the 

 latter are about one-fifth of the length of the body. 



In the autumn, near Lancaster. 



