lvi Mr. F. Walkers 



Aphides on the Great Hedge Bearbind (Convolvulus Sepium). 

 Aphis Dianthi? 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is small, pale green, tinged with yellow, 

 especially towards the head : the limbs are pale yellow : the antennae are black towards 

 the tips and longer than the body : the tip of the rostrum, the eyes and the tips of the 

 tubes are black ; the latter are as long as one-fourth of the body : the legs are mode- 

 rately long ; the knees, the tarsi and the tips of the tibiae are dark. 



The winged viviparous female. — The body is black : the antennae are black and a 

 little longer than the body : the rostrum is dull yellow, with a black tip : the tubes 

 are pale yellow, with black tips, and more than one-fifth of the length 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 much 

 longer than the body ; the squamulae and the costal veins are pale yellow ; the stig- 

 mata and the other veins are pale brown. 



Found at the end of September and in the beginning of October, near Newcastle, 

 by Mr. Hardy. 



Aphides on the Ox-eyed Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum). 

 Aphis Chrysanthemi. 



The winged viviparous female. — While a pupa it is dull red : the antennae are 

 black, dull green at the base : the rostrum is dull green, with a black tip : the tubes, 

 the legs and the rudimentary wings are also dull green. The winged Aphis is black 

 and very small : the borders and the under-side of the prothorax are dark brown : 

 the abdomen is very dark brown : the antennae are black and nearly as long as the 

 body : the rostrum is dull yellow, with a black tip : the tubes are black and about 

 one-tenth of the length of the body : the legs are black ; the fore thighs are pale yel- 

 low at the base ; the tibiae are dull yellow, with black tips : the wings are colourless ; 

 the squamulae are yellow ; the brands and the veins are brown. 



Found in the middle of September. 



Var. I. The borders and the under-side of the prothorax and the abdomen are 

 green : the rostrum is green, with a black tip : the legs are black ; the fore thighs are 

 pale yellow at the base : the squamulae are pale yellow ; the stigmata are pale brown ; 

 the veins are brown. 



Var. 2. Like the first, but the abdomen is black at the base. 



Var. 3. Like the first, but the back of the abdomen is dark green ; its disk is 

 black. 



Var. 4. Like the first, but the tubes are dull green and as long as one-eighth of 

 the body. 



Var. 5. Like the first, but the middle thighs, the fore tibiae and the middle tibiae 

 are yellow at the base. 



Var. 6. Like the first, but the stigmata are brown. 



The wingless viviparous female. — The body is oval and dull green : the antennae 

 are dull green and 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-eighth 



