278 APHIDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 
Collections. On leaves of Gilia linearis. Colorado: Pingree Park and Rocky 
Mountain National Park. Wyoming: Centennial. Alate and apterous viviparae 
and alate males Aug. 21 to 26; very numerous, in crowded colonies causing 
yellowish unthrifty appearance of plant. Apparently leaving for a winter host 
as all nymphs were becoming winged. ° 
Type. U.S.N.M., No. 51418. Paratypes, Colo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Collection. 
Chief Distinguishing Characters. Number of sensoria on III (in alate vivi- 
para not over 30, in apterous vivipara not over 11), length of hind tarsal II (not 
over .08), length of unguis (not exceeding .65-.70 in alate vivipara, or .50 in 
apterous vivipara), length of cornicle (not exceeding .34 in alate or .30 in ap- 
terous vivipara) and length of rostral IV-+V (not exceeding .15). 
Kakimia cynosbati (Oestlund) 
The Dogberry Aphid 
Nectarophora cynosbati Oestlund, 1887:81. 
Kakimtia cynosbati, Gillette and Palmer, 1934: 162; Knowlton and Allen, 1939:167. 
Fundatrix. Color and measurements same as summer apterous vivipara except as follows: 
Antenna 1.60-2, III often partly coalesced with IV. 
Apterous Summer Vivipara. Yellow to pale or medium green, paler on head; cornicle, 
cauda and appendages pale, with tarsi, tips of tibiae and of antennal segments dark. Body 
length 1.50-3.10; hind tibia 1.15-1.70; hind tarsal II .09-.12; antenna 2-3; rostrum attaining 
3d coxa. Hairs slightly capitate; on hind tibia .025-.045; on side of body .03-.04. Cornicle 
cylindrical, imbricated; cauda tapering or parallel-sided with slight neck, bearing 2 pairs of 
lateral hairs and a single dorsal preapical one. Lateral tubercles present on all abdominal 
segments. 
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Fig. 334. Hakimia cynosbati 
Alate Vivipara. Head and thorax black; abdomen pale green, immaculate or wits dorsal 
speckles, but usually with dusky to black lateral areas and dorsal bands, which may be 
coalesced into a solid patch on III, IV and V; appendages, except base of antennal III, dusky 
' to black; cornicle and cauda pale. Measurements as in apterous vivipara. 
Ovipara. Apterous. Pale yellow; all appendages pale with tarsi and tips of tibiae and of 
antennal V and tip or entire base of VI black. Body length about 1.50; antenna 1.66, III .30- 
.37, IV .23-.29, V .23-.27, VI .10+-.45-.80, sensoria 1-8 on III; cornicle .25-.38; hind tibia with 
proximal three-fifths swollen to about twice diameter of narrowest portion and bearing rather 
numerous sensoria. 
Male. Alate. (Mounted in balsam), dusky portions and measurements same as in alate 
vivipara. Secondary sensoria numerous on III, IV and V. 
Collections. On leaves of currant (Ribes aureum, R. eRe ancien 
R. sanguineum) and gooseberry (R. grossularia). Colorado: Gould, Camercn 
Pass, Cherokee Park, Log Cabin (west of Livermore), Rocky Mountain Na- 
tional Park, Idaho Springs, Mesa Lake and Fort Collins. Utah: Mount Tim- 
panogos and south of Woodruff. Fundatrices April 14 to May 15, apterous sum- 
mer viviparae May 15 to Oct. 25, alate viviparae April 23 to Nov. 1, sexuales 
Sept. 18 to Nov. 1; common. 
Cotypes. Univ. of Minn. Collection. 
This species differs from Oestlund’s description and metatypes in the usual 
presence of dorsal dusky markings on abdomen of alate viviparae in all months 
during which collections were made. Specimens sent Oestlund were deter- 
