SIPHONOPHOEA LAOTCJOJ:. 
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SiPHONOPHOEA LAOTUCiE, Kolt. 
figs. 3, 4, 5. 
Plate XYI, 
Aijliis lactucce, Kalt.j Walk. 
SiphonopJiora lactuoce, Pass. 
Apterous viviparous female. 
Inches. 
Size of body 0*075 X 0*030 
Lengtli of antennge 0*070 
,, cornicles 0*010 
Millimetres. 
1*89x0*76 
0*77 
0*25 
Bright green. Some specimens more or less clouded 
with pink. Long oval. Head and thorax rather 
broad ; distinctly separated from each other. Antennse 
greenj with paler basal joints. Vertex pointed and 
tufted. Abdomen domed, wrinkled, and shining, with 
seven black dots within the edge of the connexivum. 
Cornicles thin, green, black at the tips. Tail long and 
yellow. Legs green with black femora points. Tibia 
points and tarsi black. The posterior rings are pilose. 
Kaltenbach and Walker state that the cornicles are 
thicker in their midst. 
The Pupa. 
Varies much in colour, such as green, brown, or 
pink. The larva much ringed and shining. Wing- 
cases green with black tips. The carina of the abdo- 
men green and corrugated. Legs shorter than in the 
larva or imago. 
The pink varieties often have a green dorsal band 
and faint lateral stripes. 
Winged viviparous female. 
Inches. Millimetres. 
Expanse of wings 0*290 7*35 
Size of body 0*090x0*040 2*27x1*01 
Length of antennge 0*080 2*02 
,, cornicles 0*015 0*38 
