New British Aphides. liii 



Aphis despecta. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, nearly elliptical, rather flat, 

 grass-green, not shining, paler towards the head : the antennae are pale yellow, with 

 brown tips, and are much shorter than the body : the eyes are black : the rostrum is 

 pale green, with a black tip, and reaches beyond the middle coxa? : the tubes are 

 yellowish white, with brown tips, and are as long as one-sixth of the body : the legs 

 are pale yellow and moderately long ; the knees, the tarsi and the tips of the tibiae 

 are black. 



The winged viviparous female. — While a pupa it much resembles the wingless 

 Aphis in colour. The winged insect is deep velvet-like black : the borders of the 

 prothorax and the abdomen are dark green ; the antennae are black, shorter than 

 the body, rather stout till near their tips : the eyes are black : the rostrum is dull 

 green, with a black tip : the tubes are black, and as long as one-sixth of the body : 

 the legs are dull yellow ; the four hinder thighs excepting the base, the knees, the 

 tarsi and the tips of the tibiae are black : the wings are colourless and longer than 

 the body ; the squamulae are pale green ; the stigmata and the veins are brown. 



End of June. 



Aphis Epilobiina, var. ? 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is elliptical, small, green, slightly con- 

 vex : the limbs are pale yellow : the antennae have brown tips, and are much shorter 

 than the body : the eyes are black : the tip of the rostrum and the tips of the tubes 

 are brown, and the latter are one-eighth of the length of the body : the legs are mode- 

 rately long ; the tarsi and the tips of the tibiae are brown. 



The winged viviparous female. — While a pupa its colour resembles that of the 

 wingless form : its rudimentary wings are pale yellow : when the wings are unfolded 

 the insect is small and deep black : the borders and the under side of the prothorax 

 are dark green : the abdomen is dark green, with a row of black spots on each side : 

 the antennae and the eyes are black, and the former are much shorter than the body : 

 the rostrum is pale yellow, with a black tip : the tubes are black, and as long as one- 

 eighth of the body : the legs are yellow ; the thighs excepting the base, the tarsi and 

 the tips of the tibiae are black : the wings are colourless and longer than the body : 

 the squamulae are pale green ; the stigmata are dull green ; the veins are brown. 



Aphides on the Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). 



Aphis Ulmari^:? 



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

 convex, yellow, not shining: the antennae are yellow, black towards the tips, and 

 nearly as long as the body : the eyes are very dark red : the rostrum is pale yellow, 

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

 the body : the legs are yellow ; the knees are brown ; the tarsi and the tips of the 

 tibiae arc black. 



