New British Aphides. lv 



Aphis Dianthi? 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, pale green : the antennae are 

 pale yellow, black towards their tips, and nearly as long as the body : the rostrum is 

 pale yellow ; its tip, the eyes and the tubes are black, and the latter are as long as 

 one-sixth of the body : the legs are also pale yellow and of moderate length ; the four 

 hinder thighs are dark dull yellow ; the knees, the tarsi and the tips of the tibiae are 

 black. 



Var. 1. The body is dark green. 



Var. 2. The body is reddish towards the head. 



Var. 3. The head is almost black. 



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

 colour : the rudimentary wings are pale green. The winged Aphis is black : the bor- 

 ders of the prothorax are green : the abdomen is dark green ; its disk, the eyes and 

 the antennae are black, and the latter are as long as the body : the rostrum is pale 

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

 the legs are pale yellow ; the thighs excepting the base of the fore thighs, the tarsi 

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

 the body ; the squamulae are pale yellow ; the stigmata are pale brown ; the veins are 

 brown. 



Aphis flaveola. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is elliptical, convex, bright pale yellow: 

 the limbs are pale yellow: the antennae are black towards the tips and a little 

 shorter than the body : the eyes and the tip of the rostrum are pale yellow : the tubes 

 have black tips and are as long as one-fourth of the body : the tarsi and the tips of 

 the tibiae are black. 



In the beginning of November. 



Aphis Capee^e? 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is elliptical, long, narrow, rather flat, 

 pale grass-green : the antennae are pale green and less than half the length of the 

 body : the eyes are dark brown : the rostrum, the tubes and the legs are pale green ; 

 their tips are brown ; the tubes are as long as one-sixth of the body : the legs are of 

 moderate length. 



The winged viviparous female. — While a pupa it is yellow, mingled with green : 

 the antennae are yellow, with brown tips, and more than half the length of the body : 

 the eyes are dark brown : the rostrum is pale green, with a brown tip : the tubes are 

 dull green and as long as one-sixth of the body : the legs are greenish yellow ; the 

 tarsi and the tips of the tibiae are brown. The winged insect is black : the borders of 

 the fore-chest are dark green : the abdomen is very dark green, almost black above : 

 the antennae are black and nearly as long as the body: the rostrum is green, with a 

 black tip : the tubes are black and as long as one-sixth of the body : the legs are pale 

 yellow ; the hind thighs excepting the base, the tarsi, and the tips of the other thighs 

 and of the tibiae are black : the wings are colourless and very much longer than the 

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



In Mav. 



