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SlPHONOPHORA RUBI. Kalt. 
A few Specimens of this species w r ere found on the blaekberrry dur¬ 
ing the summer; no winged specimens were obtained, but the charac¬ 
teristics were sufficiently marked to determine the species satisfactori¬ 
ly. As my material is not sufficient to give complete specific details I 
copy Buckton’s description in full: 
“Wingless female—length of body .13 inch; of antenna? .'A inch. 
“Large, shining green, slightly pilose. Long oval. Head narrow. 
Antenna? and legs long and green. The articulations of the former 
are slightly marked with black. Eyes brownish red. Cornicles long, 
curved, and slightly thickened at their bases, then constricted, in Hated 
at their midst, and finally expanded at their mouths. Cauda large 
and hairy. Tarsi black. Numerous during the month of May and 
June, clustered under the leaves of the bramble, Eubas fruticosus , 
and the wild raspberry, Haims idaeus. Later in the year, about the 
end of July, they are common on the broom, Sarothamnus scoparius. 
Often they may be seen ranged with much regularity on each side of 
the sutures of the green pods, all their heads being turned in one 
direction, \\ T alker describes the nectaries as tipped with black. 
“ Winged female—length of body .15 inch. Expanse of wings .42 
inch. An ten me longer than the body. Cornicles nearly one-third the 
length of the body! Very large. Wholly green, but rather redder on 
the thorax. Head with conspicuous red ocelli. Antenna? nearly half 
as long again as the body. Rest of the insect like the larva. V ings 
iridescent, with yellowish insertions, yellow cubitus and stigma. The 
whole insect is slightly pilose. 
“ Winged male —length of body .10 inch. Expanse of wings .38. 
Antenna? longer than the body. Cornicles one-fifth as long as the 
body. 
“Green. Head very broad and black. Ocelli distinctly marked. An¬ 
tenna? very long. Back, thorax and prothorax green, wdth black 
linear thoracic lobes and small scutellum. 
“The abdomen very small, not equal to the length of the head and i 
thorax together. Four oi* five transverse dark green dashes on the 
dorsum. Cornicles as in the winged female. Legs disproportionably 
long. Cauda small. Wings remarkably large. Stigma gray, from 
the under side, the valves which support the male organ can be easily seen. 
Some males are redder than the above. Occasionally the wings want 
the second cubital fork. Also the clavate characters of the nectaries i 
is more marked in some specimens than in others. 
“The males are not uncommon on the raspberry during the month of 
November.” 
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Siphonophora pisi. Kalt. (The Green Dolphin). 
Syn. Aphis idmariae. Schr. II 
onobrychis. Fonscol. 
pisi. Kalt. . 
lathyri. Walk. 
Siphonophora pisi. Koch. 
idmariae. Pass. 
