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cies as belonging to it, namely : — P. carya alba (Fitch) ; P. quercus (Fonsc.) 
= Vacuna coccinea (Heyd.), p. 300, pi. 7. figs. 1-5 ; P. casianea (Hald.) and a 
new species. P. longirostris (Fonsc.) belongs to Lachnm (Kalt.) = 
(Koch) and is the Aphis rohoris (Linn.) = longirostris (Fab.) = fasciatus 
(Burm.). 
CoRET mentions that the Aphides (A. rosce) from the roses cultivated in 
great numbers at Puteaux, take shelter during the winter in houses &c., and 
that they there attack the buds on certain potatoes stored under cover to sup- 
ply the markets of Paris in May. The potatoes are rapidly spoiled. Fumi- 
gation with sulphurous acid only temporarily checked the mischief. Signo- 
ret remarks upon this statement, that it would be desirable to ascertain 
whether the species attacking the potatoes is really Aphis rosce, and that the 
fumigation may have destroyed the viviparous Aphides, leaving their embryos 
ready for development, or that fresh winged Aphides might make their way 
into the store-rooms. Laboulbene and Gu^rin-Meneville remark upon the 
etfect of the saccharine fluid dropped by the Aphides upon plants &c. in promo- 
ting the growth of minute fungi, and producing the black matter known as 
fumagine. The latter entomologist also refers to other damage caused by 
Aphides, and suggests the question whether these insects can live indifier- 
ently upon various plants. This question is answered in the affirmative by 
Giraud, who also indicates the means by which the Aphides are kept in 
check, and notices especially the parasitic Hymenoptera which he has ob- 
served. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, pp. Ixxiii-lxxvii. 
SiGNORET notices a gall produced by Aphides upon a species of Lentiscus. 
Lallemant and Abdullah-Bey mention similar galls occurring in Algeria and 
in Syria ; the last is known in Turkey by the name of Carauhe, or Carroba, of 
Judea; it measures 11-16 centims. in length, and is employed in fumigations 
for certain maladies of the chest. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, pp. Ixx-lxxi. 
M. C. Cooke notices the Aphidian galls of the elm, and states that the 
fluid occurring in them is used in Italy and France as a remedy for sore 
eyes. Ent. M. Mag. iii. p. 190. , 
Lubbock remarks, in his presidential address for 1867, on Balbiani’s sup- 
posed discovery of hermaphi-odism in the Aphides. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1866, 
pp. Iv-lvii. 
Dactylosphcera, g. n., Shimer, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1867, p. 2 {vide 
supi'h). c? . Anterior wing with 1 one-branched discoidal and a stigmatic vein ; 
posterior wing with no discoidal. $ apterous. Common to cf and $ : — 
Antennae 3-4 jointed. Tarsi 6 digituli. Prornuscis-sheath 4-jointed. Sp. 
D. gibbosum, sp. n., Shimer, 1. c. p. 2, figs. B (tarsus) and C (sheath of pro- 
muscis), in galls on Carya glabra. Shimer also adds to his genus with doubt 
Pemphigus viiifolice (Fitch), of which he figures the tarsus (A 2), and the 
wings (D) ; but this insect has only 2 “ digituli.” Both species are de- 
scribed at considerable length, as also their habits &c. 
Phylloxera scutifera, sp. n., Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6r* vii. p. 803, 
pi. 7. fig. 6, France, on the oak. 
Aphis perforatm, sp. n., Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4° s4r. vii. p. 379, pi. 
10. figs. C 1, 2, and I) 1, on the sycamore. 
Forda dauci, sp. n., Goureau, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, p. Ixxxix, lives 
upon the roots of the cultivated carrot, in company with Formica Jlava. 
Schizoneura sparthanti, sp. n., Boisduval, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. lx, on 
Spanish broom near Paris. 
