xlvi Mr. F. Walker's 



Aphides on the Field Scabious (Scabiosa arvensis). 



Aphis conspebsa. 



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

 shining, pale yellow, sprinkled with pale red spots : the antennae and the rostrum are 

 pale yellow, with black tips, and the former are less than half the length of the body : 

 the eyes are black : the tubes are yellow, with black tips, and are less than one-twelfth 

 of the length of the body : the legs are pale yellow and rather short ; the knees and 

 the tarsi are darker. 



Aphis confusa. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, oval, rather flat, smooth, 

 green, not shining ; the sides of the abdomen are paler: the antennae are white, black 

 towards their tips, and much more than half the length of the body : the rostrum is 

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

 tips, and about one-eighth of the length of the body : the legs are pale yellow and 

 moderately long ; the tarsi are black. 



Found with the preceding species, in the autumn, near Newcastle, by Mr. Hardy. 



Aphides on the Asparagus (x\sparagus officinalis). 



Aphis indistincta. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, nearly oval, black, rather flat: 

 the antennae are dull green, paler at the base, and shorter than the body : the rostrum 

 is also dull green ; its tip and the eyes are black : the tubes are black and about one- 

 twelfth of the length of the body : the legs are dull green. 



Aphides on the Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale). 

 Aphis Dianthi ? 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is oval, small, red, rather flat: the an- 

 tennae are white, black towards their tips, and a little longer than the body : the 

 rostrum is white ; its tip and the eyes are black : the tubes are white, with black tips, 

 and at least one-fourth of the length of the body : the legs are white ; the tarsi and 

 the tips of the tibiae are black. 



The winged viviparous female. — While a pupa it is elliptical, flat, velvet-like, 

 green, shaded with black and red : the feelers are rather shorter than the body : the 

 tubes are hardly one-fifth of the length of the body : the rudimentary wings are pale 

 yellowish green, darker towards their tips : in other characters it resembles the wing- 

 less female. 



Aphis adjecta. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is oval, small, smooth, shining, pale 

 yellowish green : the antennae arc pale yellow, black towards the tips, and about half 



