Bulletin STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY THEODORE H. PRISON. Chief Vol. XIX. BULLETIN Article III. The Plant Lice, or Aphiidae, of Illinois ^, BY FREDERICK C. HOTTES AND THEODORE H. FRISON PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS SEPTEMBER, 1931 STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION M. F. Walsh. Director BOARD OP NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION M. F. Walsh, Chairman William Trelease. Biology Henry C. Cowles. Forestry Edsox S. Bastix. Geology William A. Noyes, Chemistry JoHx W. Alvoud. Engineering Charles M. Thompson. Representing the President of the University of Illinois. STATE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY DIVISION Theodore H. Frisox. (^hief H. C. Oestkri IXG. Editor SCHNEPP & BARNEii. PrINTRRS Springfield. III. 1931 5(>.i21—ISOO C O N T E N T S PART I TALK Introduction 123 Limitations 126 Acknowledgments 127 Structure 128 Life Histories 130 Distribution 135 Cyrus Thomas Collection 140 Designations of Types 141 Collection and Preservation of Material 144 Applied Control 145 Natural Control and Interrelations 147 PART II Family Aphiidae (with Key to Subfamilies) 14S Subfamily Aphiinae (with Key to Supertribes) 149 Supertribe Lachnea ( with Key to Genera) 150 Genus Anoecia 151 Genus Cinara 153 Genus Eulachnus 157 Genus Longistignia 157 Genus Tuberolachnus 159 Supertribe Chaitophorea (with Key to Genera) 160 Genus Amphiceridus 160 Genus Chaitophorus 160 Genus Clavigerus 165 Genus Gypsoaphis 167 Genus Paducia 167 Genus Periphyllus 170 Genus Plocamaphis 172 Genus Sipha 174 Supertribe Aphiea ( with Key to Genera) 175 Genus Alphitoaphis 175 Genus Aphis 176 Genus Asiphonaphis 225 Genus Brachycolus 228 Genus Brevicoryne 228 Genus Cavariella 229 Genus Cerosipha 229 Genus Hyalopterus 231 Genus Hysteroneura 232 Genus Rhopalosiphum 234 Genus Toxoptera 241 Supertribe Callipterea ( with Key to Genera ) 242 Genus Calaphis 243 Genus Cepegillettea 246 Genus Drepanaphis 246 Genus Euceraphis 249 Genus Iziphya 250 Genus Melanocallis 251 [121] PAGE Genus Monellla 252 Genus Myzocallis 254 Genus Neosymytlobius 261 Genus Phyllaphis 264 Genus Saltusaphis 265 Genus Shenahweum 267 Genus Stegophylla 268 Genus Tamalia 268 Genus Thripsapliis 270 Genus Tuberculatus 271 Supertribe Macrosiphea ( with Key to Genera ) 273 Genus Amphorophora 273 Genus Capitophorus 280 Genus Idiopterus 292 Genus Maerosiphum 293 Genus Microparsus 333 Genus llyzus 334 Genus Pentalonia 345 Genus Phorodon 345 Subfamily Eriosomatinae 345 Supertribe Eriosomea ( with Key to Genera ) 345 Genus Asiphum 348 Genus Colopha 348 Genus Eriosoma 350 Genus Forda 354 Genus Geoica 356 Genus Georgiapliis 357 Genus Gobaishia 359 Genus Melaphis 359 Genus Mordwillioja 360 Genus Neoprociphilus 361 Genus Pemphigus 363 Genus Prociphilus 370 Genus Thecabius 374 Genus Tritidaphis 374 Subfamily Mindarinae 374 Supertribe Mindarea 374 Genus Mindarus 374 Subfamily Hormaphidinae 375 Supertribe Hormaphea (with Key to Genera ) 375 Genus Hamanielistes 375 Genus Hormaphis 376 PART III Keys to Species of Plant Lice Grouped with Reference to Host Plants: Apple 378 Berries 379 Garden Flowers 379 Grain Crops 381 Greenhouse Plants 382 Legumes 383 Ornamental Shrubs 384 Peach, Plum, or Cultivated Cherry 387 Truck Crops 387 Vines 388 Host Index 389 Bibliography 404 Plates 418 Addenda 438 Index 439 [122] Volume XIX. Article III. THE PLANT LICE, OR APHIIDAE. OF ILLINOIS Frederick C. Hottes* and Theodore H. Frison PART I Introduction A cursory examination of the literature relating to any phase of the study of the plant lice, or Aphiidae, is sufficient to show that Illi- nois has contributed much to our present knowledge of these small but nevertheless often destructive and biologically most interesting insects. In fact, all of the four State Entomologists of Illinois, Walsh, LeBaron, Thomas, and Forbes, have given them considerable attention and published much of a varied nature concerning them. Benjamin Dann Walsh, the first official entomologist of Illinois (1867-1869), besides writing about the life histories and control of plant lice, described ten species which he thought to be new to science. \\'illiam LeBaron, State Entomologist for five years ( 18T()-187."j ). pub- lished the least concerning plant lice of any of the State Entomologists of Illinois, but even he went so far as to describe one plant louse which he thought to be new. The publications on plant lice of Cyrus Thomas, the third State Entomologist of Illinois (1875-1882), are without doubt the most important contributions to an understanding of the classification and bionomics of the plant lice of North America published prior to 1880. Succeeding Thomas came Stephen Alfred Forbes as State Entomologist from 1882 to 1917; and he, like his predecessors, recognized the importance of studies of plant lice. Re- sides the naming of several forms supposed to be new, he published much concerning the biology of the species attacking corn and straw- berries, his studies of the species attacking corn being particularly noteworthy. Apparently the study of plant lice has been so long and so in- herently a page in the history' of entomology in Illinois, that many others at one time or another connected with entomological investiga- tions in the state have been drawn to the study of these insects. The numerous and valuable papers of Davis, Hart, and \\'eed are proof of this ; the first mentioned, in fact, being one of the two greatest contri- butors to our knowledge of the plant lice of Illinois. Others, too, such as Shinier within the state, and Monell working close to our borders, without official connections with the work in Illinois, have helped to swell our knowledge of the ]:)lant lice. As a result of all of these studies, Illinois may well be thought of as one of the chief centers of aphidology in North America until within recent years. In view of all of this previous work on plant lice in Illinois it may seem a bit parado.xical, then, to state that the present ])aper adds approximately one hundred species to our list of potential enemies, of • Head of Depaitment of Biology, James JliHikin University, Peeatur, IHi- nois. and Assistant Entomologist, Illinois State Nalnral History Survey, sum- mers of 1928-in.'i0. [123] 124 Illinois Natvkal History SrR%-EY Bulletin which thirty-six species are new to science. The reason for tliis situa- tion lies not in the fact that the plant lice of Illinois have been neglected in comparison with other political or geographical areas, but V'ccause of the wonderful and varied assortment of these insects within our boundaries, and the exceptional facilities and opportunities nre-ented during the last three years for their intensive study. Begining in May, 1928, the Natural History Survey started a faunistic study of the plant lice occurring in Illinois, with the purpose of providing information concerning the number of kinds found in the state, their characteristics, distribution, host relationships, seasonal adjustments, importance as potential enemies, and a general concept of their life histories. To accomplish this program it was necessary at the very outset to plan a systematic inventory of the plant lice fauna of the state. Accordingly, a study was made of all published Illinois records of these insects, and the possibilities of extending this list, based upon a knowledge of the flora of Illinois and of plant lice re- corded elsewhere, were considered. Although many species had been recorded from the state, the Survey collection of these insects was verv poor and, except for a few slide mounts, consisted of old material in poor condition preserved in vials and representing but a few species. Previous to extensive field work, this old material was remounted and as much of it salvaged as possible. Based upon a knowledge of zoo- and phytogeographical dif- ferences in the state, certain localities in diverse sections were selected as offering exceptional opportunities for enriching the Survey collec- tion and increasing our general biological knowledge of the plant lice. Field investigations were made during three summers. 1928-1930, beginning in May of each year. Collecting was first carried on in the southern part of the state, then the central part, and finally the northern part. This order was followed in spring and summer because of the seasonal differences exhibited between southern and northern Illinois, vernal conditions appearing in the latter section about two weeks later than in the former. In fall, these localities were usually visited in the reverse order. Each of these sections of the state was visited two or three times a year in order that various forms of the same species might be taken and no species overlooked because of dif- ferent seasonal adjustments. Special attention was given to certain widely varied local habitats, such as the sand areas associated with Lake Michigan and the glacial drainage courses, the swamps and bogs in the northeastern counties, the cypress swamps in the extreme southern counties, and the widely distributed biotas of deciduous forest and the prairie or oak-grove savanna. Over ] 2,000 miles were tra- versed by automcibile in our field work, the general routes followed being shown in l-'ig, 1. To avoid unnecessary duplication in our collecting over a period of three summers, lists were i^repared in advance of field trips giving the names of s])ccies previously taken in the locality about to be re- visited. A somewhat similar scheme of preparing lists was used in checking up on the work in a restricted area over a period of a few days. After a certain number of s]x>cies had been taken in a given area it was usually found exi)edient to shift to a new locality. The Plant Lice, ok Aphiidae, of Illinois 125 Pig. 1. Map of Illinois showing routes followed in making collections of plant lice in the state, May, 1928, to October, 1930. Many of the routes were traversed several times at different seasons of the same and different years. 126 Illinois Natlkal History Survey Bvlletix LlMITATIOXS This paper is purely a faunistic or synoptic study of the plant lice of Illinois and is not to be considered as revisional or monographic in scope. Therefore, only those references are cited in the text which refer to the original description of the species, or which are necessary because of the introduction of new synonymy, or which provide an understanding of the specific names adopted in this paper. A re- visional i^aper should summarize the literature of each species to date and pass upon the correctness of previous determinations recorded in the literature. This we have not attempted to do. As a result, some references in literature dealing with species by the same names as those used by us may refer to different aphids because of misidentifications upon our part or by others. We have tried, however, by careful studies of descriptions, comparisons with types in the Survey collection and elsewhere, and the submission of doubtful determinations to various specialists, to make our determinations as correct as possible. The lack of comprehensive revisional papers in this group of in- sects has been a great handicap to such a study as the present because many nomenclatorial and taxonomic problems have had to be investi- gated and decisions made which are really within the field of the re- visional paper. The voluminous and scattered literature, too, although providing an enormous fund of useful and indispensable information of varied extent, has presented some problems which previous revisional work would have simplified. No attempt has been made to cite in the text all references regard- ing the species reported or to summarize all information in the litera- ture. We have tried briefly to call attention to previous records from Illinois, and by the incorporation of a few statements or citations to give the general reader some insight into the interesting features in the life histories, classification, or problems of the various species discussed. The keys have been ]5repared almost entirelv on the basis of the alate viviparous females, since these forms are the ones usually taken in the field and since they usually present a better combination of characters for recognition than do the other forms. The ideal revis- ional paper would present keys to all forms. The keys given here are not devised to show phylogenetic relationships, even though at times they may do so ; but they are intended primarily to make identifi- cations as ea.sy and sini])lc as possible. If these keys are not all that might be desired, the difficulty of defining certain sjiecies and groujis must be considered in addition to our own shortcomings, .\gain. it must be remembered that these keys are intended for the determination of plant lice found in Illinois, and for several obvious reasons they may prove misleading if used blindly in other parts of the country. The ])roblem of generic conce]its has been a difficult one. In some cases it has seemed to us that certain proposed genera are more com- parable to the subgenera, or unnamed groups and complexes, of other families or orders of insects than they are to genera. This was particularlv forced u])on our attention in the preparation of keys, and we have solved this problem to our own immediate satisfaction by re- The Plant Lke, oh Apiuidak, of Illinois 127 ducing to subgeneric status certain grouiis which were fdruierly con- sidered as genera hut which we could not sharply differentiate in our keys. For instance, although the genotype of lUinoia ma_\' be se])arated from some other not closely related Macrosiphuui by a certain char- acter, no real dividing place can be definitely established when a large number of species of Macrosiphiim are compared. Therefore we have considered such complexes as true synonyms or subgenera. Although a great deal of effort has been spent in making this paper as complete as possible, a few species have undoubtedlv escaped our notice. The presence of some of these in Illinois may be'predicted because of their known geographical range and the presence of their host plants in the state. The suggested outlines of the distribution in Illinois of many of the species listed, based upon our field work, are far from complete, but with a reasonable understanding of the range of the host plants and habits of the species, a fair idea of their zoo- geographical distribution in the state can be obtained by an analysis of the data presented. The aphid specialist will soon discover that the larger classificatory units used in this paper do not agree in every respect with the grouping's used by others. In some cases this is due to differences of opinion in regard to the relationship of certain genera and, hence, their inclusion in larger groups where they previously have not been placed. In most comprehensive classifications the aphids are keyed first to subfamilies, then to tribes, then to subtribes, and finally to genera. Such an ar- rangement has much in its favor, particularly to the special student of aphids interested in their phylogeny, but in this faunistic paper, where the ready and simple determination of species is one of the chief aims, we have felt that the inclusion of supertribal groujMngs only, between the subfamilies and genera, has been an advantage. Frequent citations are given in the keys to figures which have been incorporated to aid in identification. In many cases the figures cited refer to the identical genus or species mentioned in the key. In other instances, as a measure of expediency, we have cited figure's which are not the identical genus or species referred to in the key. In other words, then, the figures cited in the keys refer to a condition rather than always to the identical species. The illustrations cited in descrij)- tions and the general text, however, are based upon actual specimens of the species under consideration. It should be stated that the illustra- tions are not all drawn to the same scale, and different illustrations are. therefore, comparable only in regard to structural characteristics. Acknowledgments The writers wish to express their a])]3reciation of the voluminous published contributions by past and present writers to our knowledge of the biology and classification of the plant lice. Without this back- ground it would have been impossible to complete a faunistic study of the plant lice of Illinois in the short time allotted io this project. For the loan of material and assistance in a variety of wavs we are greatly indebted to the following: Ur. C. R. Cutright, Ohio .Agricultural Fx- 128 Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin' periment Station, Wooster. Ohio : Professor J. J. Davis. Purdut Uni- versity, Lafayette, Indiana : Professor E. O. Essig, University of California, Berkeley, California; Professor C. P. Gillette, Colorado State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado; Dr. A. A. Gran- ovsky. University of Minnesota, University Farm, St. Paul. Minnesota; Dr. T. L. Guyton, Department of Agriculture. Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania; Mr. G. F. Knowlton, Agricultural Experiment Station. Logan. Utah ; Dr. P. W. Mason, Bureau of Entomology-. Washington. D. C. ; Mr. A. C. Maxson, Great Western Sugar Company, Longmont. Colo- rado ; Dr. O. W. Oestlund, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Professor M. A. Palmer. Colorado State Agricultural Col- lege, Fort Collins, Colorado ; Dr. Edith ^L Patch. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Maine ; Dr. F. \'. Theobald, South-Eastern Agricultural College. Wye, Kent. England ; Professor Emeritus W. Trelease, Department of Botany. University of Illinois. Urbana. Illi- nois; and Professor H. F. Wilson. University of \\'isconsin, ^ladison, Wisconsin. In addition we are indebted to the following members of the staff of the Illinois State Natural History Survey or temporary assistants : Mr. W. P. Flint, for the preparation of the statement regarding control measures ; Mr. C. O. Mohr and Mrs. K. H. Paul, for the preparation of drawings ; Mr. L. R. Tehon, for assistance with the names of plants: Mr. O. E. Tauber, for miscellaneous services: Miss .Mberta Dukes, for stenographic assistance ; Mr. A. R. Park. Jr.. for much assistance with the preparation of slide mounts, with field work, and a variety of services ; and lastly we are under sjiecial obligation to Mr. H. H. Ross, who has assisted with every detail and phase of the laboratory and field work necessary for the progress of the investiga- tion and the completion of this paper. Structure This is not the place for the presentation of a detailed description of the various features of the morphohigy of plant lice. It seems de- sirable, however, to include for the benefit of the general student a hypothetical figure of an aphid (Fig. 2), with the various parts lal)eled to correspond to the terminology used in the keys and descriptions, and a few drawings (Figs. 3 and 4), suggesting the possibilities of varia- tion of color markings or patterns. It has been imix)ssible in this paper to include color illustrations of the various species based upon live material, though the value of such illustrations cannot be denied (see Gillette and Palmer. I!l2-i). The color descriptions, however, of most of the new siiecies described in this paper have been made from live material. For comprehensive iliscussions of the morphological characters presented by aphids, the reader is referred to papers by Baker (1915, 191?d. 1920"). jack.son (190T). Patch (1909a). San forn' (1904), Swain (1919), Theobald (1926), Thomas (1879). Vickery (1908), and others. It is highly probable that systematic studies in the future will make more use of certain obscure characters which are now almost entirely neglected in systematic writings. The Plant Lice, or Aphiidae, of Illinois 129 In preparing our descriptions we have uniformly omitted the word milHmeter, or its customary abbreviation, mm, when stating measurements regarding length of body, comparative lengths of anten- nae, width of head across eyes, and so on. We have found it advan- tageous to use both a compound binocular microscope with high mag- nifications and a wide-field binocular microscope with low magnifica- tions. While the former brings out clearly the more minute characters, the latter is more useful in preparing color descriptions and in suggest- ing comparative and grosser differences which may be checked with higher magnifications. .Terminal Primary sensoria Secondary sensona Lateral ocell'Js Median ocellus .. . Antennol tubercle Eye. Ocular lubercle ProthoroCiC tubercle ProthoraK MesothoroK MetatKorox Abdomen. Laferol lubercle Dorsol tubercle Anol projection Anal plote Cauda Cornicle Torsus. Fig. 2. Outline drawing of an imaginary plant louse, labeled to show anatomical structures used in describing and keying the various species. In the fore wings of some aphids there is a kind of accessory thickening resembling a vein which runs somewhat ])arallel to tlie longi- tudinal radial vein. Since this structure has nf)t been named in any of the previous works consulted and since it is often worthy of note in preparing descriptions, we have proposed for it the term of accessory radial thickening. 130 Illinois Natukal History Survey Bulletin- Life Histories Aphids have so many and varied ways of existence that no one generaHzed account can cover all of their interesting and often com- plicated life histories. Information about the life historj' of a species all too often begins and ends on a given host, leaving us in complete ignorance of the events transpiring between the time in the spring or early summer when the species leaves the host upon which it over- winters and the time when it returns to the same host again in the fall after a summer's sojourn upon some unknown host. Thus in the past, and even now perhaps, it has happened that a species of plant louse was known by one name when taken on its winter ( primary ) host and by another name when taken on its summer (secondary) host. This has been particularly true of those migrator}- species in which structural differences exist between the various forms of the same species, and it Fig. 3. (Left) Dorsal view of abdomen of the cabbage aphid, Brcvicorjinc brassicac (Linnaeus), showing pattern o£ dark markings. Fig. 4. (Right) Dorsal view of abdomen of Capita- phorus glllettei Theobald, showing pattern of dark mark- ings. is especially in such cases as these that biological studies are indispens- able to a thorough and accurate picture of the relationships or classifica- tion of these insects. Dr. Edith M. Patch ( l!l-2()) has admirably stated the difficulty: "To attempt to epitomize the life cycle of the aphid is like trying to draw an orderly sketch of Chaos. But after all. the confusion may be more seeming than real and certain rules, beset though they may be with exceptions, govern the life of even the aphid." An aphid's behavior is governed very largely by its food prefer- ences. A species that passes its entire life history on one host is said to be monophagous. If, however, a species requires two or more kinds of food, it niav change its diet in earlv summer by migrating troni the host on which it over-winters to a new host, called the summer or The PijiXT Lice, ok Aphiidae, of Illinois 131 secondary host, and such a species is said to be polyphagous. Some aphids, such as Mycus pcrsicac (Sulzer), are practically omnivorous in that they accept as a secondary host almost any plant which offers sufficient nourishment and succulence for their ever-increasing num- bers. Strangely enough, this ability to live on many different secondary hosts does not carry over to the sexual forms, for at the approach of cold weather in temperate and northern climates such jjlant lice return to their specific primary hosts like so many tourists returning to their homes from vacations spent in foreign places. Generalized Life Cycles In Illinois most aphids under natural conditions spend the winter in the egg stage. As a rule, the primary host upon which the eggs are laid is a tree or shrub (Figs. 8 and i(), the woody twigs and ijranches of which offer a greater degree of permanence for the preservation of the eggs than the more fragile, pithy stems of annual and herbaceous plants, which are often broken ofif at the ground and carried away by various agencies. The eggs, which are small, ovoid, and usually black, are laid either upon the twigs near the dormant buds, or upon the bark of the limbs, or in some cases even on the trunk. The hatching of the eggs in spring is usually correlated with the opening of the buds of the host. If the species is a leaf-feeding form, the newly hatched aphids, which are called stem mothers, wander about on the twigs and branches until they reach the opening buds. Once they find these, they settle down and begin to feed. This feeding continues for about two weeks ( the exact time depending largely on the temperature and species ) , and during this period the young aphids find it necessary to molt or shed their skins four times in order to provide for their rapidly increasing size. At the end of the fourth molt these first aphids to appear become full grown. The stem mother is almost invariably apterous ( wingless ) and gives birth to living young parthenogenetically (without fertilization, there being no males at this time of the year). The production of living young is known as viviparous reproduction. A stem mother normally lives for about thirty days and gives birth to numerous young during this time. These progeny, when they become mature, closely resemble the stem mother and also give birth to living young parthenogenetically. The third and fourth generations may or may not be apterous. Usually, however, es])ecially if the species is migratory ( polyjjhagous), a large proportion of the aphids are winged (alate) and are called spring migrants. If the species is not migratory, continuous genera- tions of agamic females, either alate or apterous, are produced until the appearance of the sexual forms. The time of appearance of the sexual forms varies in accordance with the seasonal adjustments of the various species, but usually they are produced in the fall of the year. If the s])ecies is migratory, the spring migrants fly to the secondary host of the s])ecies and there establisli themselves and their progeny for the summer. Usually a migrating si)ecies entirely deserts its primary host for the summer, but occasionally the spirit of the wanderlust fails to develop in all individuals, so that .some of them remain upon the 132 Illinois Natural History Sir^'ey Bii.letix primary host throughout the year. On the secondary host several generations of alate and apterous females are produced during the re- maining portion of the summer, each generation passing through the various stages of nymphal life before becoming mature. Summer generations usually require less time to mature than the stem mothers, and some individuals may become adults on the sixth or seventh day LIFE CYCLE OF A MIGRATORY APHID SEASON FORMS ON PRIMARY HOST FORMS ON SECONDARY HOST WINTER Egg None EARLY SPRING Stem Mother Apterous viviparous females None LATE SPRING Alate viviparous females ^~ ~^'"^*''«J'i«a«, t SUMMER V A few strays Alate and apterous viviparous females EARLY FALL Alate viviparous females sometimes alate males LATE FALL Sexual forms: males and oviparous females Sometimes a few strays WINTER i Egg None Fig. 5. Chart showing main sequence ot events in the life cycle of a migratory aphid. The Pi^xt Ltce, or Aphu[)ae. of Illinois 133 after birth. Each of them may produce from 60 to 100 progeny be- fore dying at an age of 'iO to 30 days. In the fall of the year alate females known as fall migrants, and occasionally alate males, are pro- duced on the summer host. These alate females return to the primary host and there give birth to oviparous females (egg-laying females) and males in case the latter are not produced on the secondary host. The oviparous females, after mating, lay fertilized eggs as described above, and in this stage the species usually over-winter. The short time that it takes these insects to mature, associated with their tremendous reproductive capacity ( there may be ten or more generations a year even out of doors in temperate climates) led Huxley to calculate that the progeny of a single stem mother would in the fall of the year equal in weight the total weight of the population of China. This, fortunately, is jiurely hypothetical and never happens because enormous numbers of aphids are destroyed by other insects dependent upon them for food, by unfavorable weather conditions, and bv many other means. The cabbage aphid, Brcvicoryne brassicac (Linn.), may be cited as a good example of a common and economic species with a rather generalized or orthodox life history. In Illinois this plant louse passes its entire life history, that is, from stem mothers in spring to sexual forms and eggs in autunm, on cabbage or related plants. There is no true or rhythmic migration from, or desertion of, the spring food plant, but simply a dispersion of individuals from time to time to other cru- ciferous plants. Many other aj)hids, such as the various species of Cinara that feed on pine and certain species inhabiting oaks and birches, do not migrate from their primary food plants to secondarv ones, but spend the entire life C)cle upon a single host or at least upon very closely allied hosts. The alate forms of these monophagous aphids serve only to distribute the s[iecies, and not to satisfy a desire for a change in diet as do those of polyphagous species. Certain species, such as My:;iis cssigi Gillette and Palmer, living on columbine, and Ap/iis rociadac Cockerel!, living on larkspur, find their hosts becoming unsuited for them ver_\ early in the summer, but instead of developing a migratory habit to more suit- able hosts they meet this adversity by producing sexual forms, and laying eggs, at an eai'ly date. A step further, but still a more or less generalized life cycle, is presented by the rusty plum aphid, Hysteroncura sctariac (Thomas), shown in Fig. 30. This plant louse, which over-winters upon plum, migrates in early summer to various grasses upon which it spends the remainder of the summer. In fall certain alate viviparous females, the fall migrants, again return to plum in order that the life cycle may be completed on the primary host. Other examples of species with secondary hosts but still with more or less generalized life histories are: Khopalosipliuui pniulfoUac (P^itch), which migrates between ajijile and cereal cro])s (big. 31) ; Hyaloptcnis pnini (Geoffroy), which migrates between plum and certain grasses ; and Aphis illiiio'.scnsis Shinier, which migrates between viburnums and grape (Fig. 'i'i). Fig. 6. (Upper Icfl) Apterous viviparous female and young nymphs of Longistiiima curiiai' (Harris) on the sycamore, Platanus occiOentalis; Ur- bana. Oct. 14. 192fl. Pig. 7. (Upper right) Alate and apterous viviparous females and pupa of Lotigisticimu cari/ae (Harris); ITrbana, Oct. 9. 1929. Fig. S. (Lower left) Oviparous female and eggs of Lonpistigma caryae (Harris) on the basswood (TUia Amerieana) : Urbana. Oct. 15. 1929. Fig. 9. (Luuer right) Egg masses of Ctilnphis hetiilaeeolens (Fitch) on low branches of the canoe birch (Betiila alho var. papiirifera) : Urbana. Oct. 15, 1929. [134] The Plant Lice, oh Aphiidae, ok Illinois 135 Spt-nali::cd Life Cycles Many plant lice have gone so far. in the development of genera- tions living under difficult conditions, that the forms fretjuenting the secondary host have changed structurally and are markedly different from those produced on the primary host. For example, most (jf the plant lice producing true galls on the primary host plant (Figs. JO, 41, 47, 49) have very complicated life histories. Some of the common species producing galls in spring and early summer on poplars {Pemphigus popnli-fraiisversHs Riley and P. popidicaulis P^itch) mi- grate to the roots of various grasses for at least part of the summer. The alate females which return to the poplars in late fall or early spring are called sexuparae and give birth to odd-appearing sexual forms. \'ery complicated life histories are exhibited also by several species in Illinois which migrate between very distantly related plants. Among these may be named Hainaiiiclistes spiiwsiis Shinier, Hormaphis hama- iiielidis (Fitch), and Proeiphihis tessellata (Fitch), which is one of llie few aphids known to hibernate in temiierate climates as nyiiiphs. HaiiiaiiieHsfcs spiiiosiis Shimer hibernates on white birch in the form of greatly modified individuals (Fig. 40), resembling coccids more than they do aphids ; descendants of these hibernating coccid-like aphids fly in early spring to witch-hazel, upon which the sexual forms are produced. The eggs are soon laid but do not hatch until May or June of the following year. Descendants of the individuals hatching from the over-wintering eggs on witch-hazel migrate to birch, where other generations soon modify themselves into the coccid-likt indi- viduals mentioned above. Thus this species spends the winter on both of its hosts but in two different ways. Proeiphihis tessellata (Fitch) migrates between maples and alders. The sexual forms are produced on maples by migrants leaving the alders in fall. The over-wintering eggs produce stem mothers in spring, which produce generations (accrifolii Riley) destined to return in sum- mer to alders. Although interrupted on its probable original host, the maple, the life cycle may continue f)n alders until the colony is destroyed by accident, disease, death of the host plant, or attack by eneni'cs. In warm climates, and tmder greenhouse conditions in colder cli- mates, the life histories of aphids may be so modified that thev may go on indefinitely reproducing viviparou.sly for years. Certain sub- terranean species, too, like Gcoiea squamosa Hart, have become modi- fied to an entirely subterranean type of life, so that the aerial forms have dropped out of existence, at least in certain geogra])hical areas. Distribution In many ways the plant lice offer much material for the student of zoogeogra])hical distribution in temperate climates. They are large enough as a family to give us a group of closely related organisms surjiassing in the number of sjiecies within the confines of our state such familiar, larger, and varied taxonomic grou]js as the trees, fishes, birds, or mammals. Two easily recognized factors, together with many others less tangible and apj^arent, have consinred to make the plant louse 136 Illinois Natihal History Sikvev Bvlletix fauna of Illinois an extensive one; namely, the fact that aphids as a group are preeminently at home in temperate climates and that the flora of Illinois upon which they directly depend for sustenance is a large and varied one, comprising components characteristic of the cypress swamjjs of the south, the tamarack swamps of the north, the prairie, the de- ciduous forests, and local biota of diverse composition. It seems clear at the present time in Illinois that the zoogeographi- cal distribution of our jilant louse fauna is governed primarilv by the distribution of their plant hosts, all other factors being secondary and Pig. 10. (Left) Distribution of Eiicrrnphis liffiilnr (Koch) and its host, the canoe birch, Brtiila nlha var. i)t Lice, oh Aphiidae, ok Illinois 137 Of course, the physiological nature of the various species plays an important part in their distribution and abundance. It must not be forgotten, however, that the plant lice have developed after the plants and have had to fit into a flora! pattern probably previously and cer- tainly independently determined. The tamarack of our northern bogs would continue to live, conditions being favorable for its existence, without its ai)hid, Ciiiara laricis ( Hartigj ( Fig. 13), but since the aphid has become restricted to this one host it could not survive without the tamarack. Where the physiological make-tip of a species of aphid in Pig. 12. (Left) Distribution of Cinara laricis (Hartig) and its host, the tamarack, Larix lariciiia. Fig. 13. (Right) Distribution ot Ptii/lhtphis fagi (L. ) and its host, the beech, Far/us grandifoUa. Illinois has tightly tied it up with a single species of host plant, or several very closely related host plants, that aphid obviously exists only where its host is present. Many examples of the primary factor of host distribution governing the distribution of nic)n()])hagnus plant lice in Illinois could be cited (Figs. ]()-1.'i). There is ample evidence to show that the {)hysiological constitution of an a])hid has limits, secondary to the ])resence of host plant nr host plants, which regulate the outlines of a full and com])lete picture of 138 Illinois Natikal History Si kvey Bulletin- the distribution of any given species of aphid over Xorth America or the world as a whole. The aphid, Euccraphis bctulac (Koch J. naturally oc- curs in Illinois only where the canoe or paper birch (Fig.lO) is native, but its physiological construction is such that it can live on specimen trees in various parts of the state. It would be a mistake to think of the present natural distribution of this plant louse as we find it in Illinois as being strictly in conformity with certain optima of temperatures, humidities, and other meteorological factors. The maximum extent of its distribution certainly can be limited or influenced bj- such factors. Pig. 14. (Left) Distribution of Aphis iioini DeGeer and one of its many hosts, the cultivated apple, Ppnis Mains. Fig. I'i. (R\(ihl) Distribution of Macrosiphiiiii pisi (Kaltenbach) and one of its hosts, the red clover, TrifaUuDi pinlciisc. but these limits cannot be determined solely by a glance at a distri- bution map of this aphid as we see it in Illinois where the natural range of its host is alone stifificient to be the decisive and the limiting factor. There are, no doubt, species of plant lice in Illinois wliich, in spite of having a suitable ho.st or combination of hosts in all j'arts of the state, exhibit a tendency of ".southerness" or "northerness" of distribution because of limiting factors of a physiological nature. Oiu" survey of the plant lice fauna, however, has not been thorough enough. The Plaxt Lke, ou Aphiidak, ok Ii.i.inois 139 or quantitative enough, in all parts at the state, to bring such cases into bold relief. Aphis fciniuca Hottes is a conspicuous reddisli brown and black species with a gregarious habit known only to occur on the wild black cherry so common in all parts of Illinois. We have taken it only once, in spite of diligent searching in apparently similar situa- tions in many places throughout the state. (Fig. 17). Why have we not found it elsewhere? Perhaps it is a migratory form and the host combination essential for its existence' rarely occurs; perhaps it is a recent or accidental introduction (only recorded in literature from Fig. 16. (Left) Distribution of 3Uicronii)1ium (jraiiarium (Kirby) and its usual host, oats, Avena sativa. Fig. 17. (Right) Distribution of Aphis ji'ininea Hottes and its host, the wild black cherry, Prunus serotina. Maine); perhaps it is such a rarity where it does occur that it is seldom seen ; but perhaps the limiting factor is a physiological make-up which demands a certain combination of environmental factors which its host does not require. Phyllaphis fagi (Linnaeus) and ProciphUus imbricator (Fitch), both found as yet only on beech, are at present known only in Illinois from certain localities in the extreme southern part of the state (Fig. K5) where beech trees are closely associated and numerous. We have looked for these species in other i)arts of 140 Illinois Natvral History Survey Bllleti.n Illinois (Fig. 1.'3) where beech is native, but scarce, without finding them. This may be due to the physiological nature of these aphid species which ties up their distribution with large stands of beech — a tree of the climax forest in Illinois. The absence of records of P. fagi and P. iuihricator from certain places in Illinois, however, may be due to the lack of a suitable combination of hosts, if these species have alternate hosts, or to error in collecting. Even though definite Illinois species of aphids are difficult to select as exhibiting examples of distri- bution limited by the physiological constitution of the aphid, there is ample evidence from a study of the world-wide distribution of plant lice, and from experimental studies, to show conclusively that physio- logical constitution is an important factor, however secondary, in a small geographical area as Illinois, it may now be to a present associa- tion with host due to close evolutionary development of aphids with certain plants. If one wishes to study the influences of temperature, relative hu- midity, and other factors as determinants in the distribution of Illinois species of plant lice, the omnivorous species afford the best prospects. As stated elsewhere, however, our Illinois field work was not thorough or quantitative enough to bring into bold relief examples illustrating this correlation. Illinois appears to us to be located in the center of the aphid current—a group of insects ideally adjusted to temperate climates. Cyru.s Thomas Collectiox Davis (1!)13). in an earlier article of the present bulletin series, reported upon the Aphiidae in the Cyrus Thomas collection, lielonging to the Survey, which at that time could be associated with data or recognized as types. In that article the types, or probable tyjies. of twelve species were reported as recovered and notes given regarding their systematic status, insofar as their identification was possible by labels or bits of information associated with certain vials or slides. At the time of the writing of the paper by Davis, it w-as not poss- ible to report upon much of the original Thomas material because many vials or slides were associated only with a number, the key to which had been lost. In rj2tl, a letter written to Professor S. A. Forbes in April 21, 188-t, by Mrs. Nettie Beattie (Miss Nettie IMiddleton ). at one time an assistant of Thomas, was found by Prison in an old letter file while searching for data regarding the dates of publication of certain reports of the state entomologists of Illinois. This letter contained a list of numbers from 1 to 78 and gave data to be associated with cer- tain numbered vials or slides of specimens in the Thomas collection. The fortunate finding of this letter has resulted in the recovery of the types of thirteen more of the Thomas species described in 1878- 1879 and the confirmation of the true "type" status of almost ?11 ma- terial previously reported as being "probable" types by Davis. It so happens that the real Thomas types previously found by Davis with one exception, were species described in the 187!) article and the tj-pes recently identified were described in the 1878 paper. The types of all but four of the eighteen sjiecies described as new in 187 8 have now been found. The Pl.\xt Lice, oi! Aphiidae, ok Illinois 141 Notes concerning these recently recovered tyjjes are scattered throughout the text under the specific names of the species to which the various types must be referred. The finding of these types ends definitely the uncertainty in regard to the sjiecific status of some of the species originally described Ijy Thomas. For their better preserva- tion, all of the specimens in the Thomas collection of plant lice in the Survey collection have been motinted on slides. For the convenience of workers located elsewhere, the following list of the species described by Thomas is given together with notes concerning their present place- ment, the slide numbers assigned to them, etc. Designation of Types In the description of new species of aphids the authors have de- parted from past customs in definitely selecting, wherever possible, a slide mount of an alate viviparous female as the holotypc and a comple- ment of mounts designated as allotypes, morphotypcs, and paratypcs. The term allotype is applied to a slide mount of a specimen of the oppo- site sex from the type, either when included in the paratypic series of a new species or when described for the first time in this paper. It ha])pens that all allotypes in this paper are males. The oviparous and a]3terous viviparous females have been designated as morphotypes, whether included in the paratypic series of a new species or described for the first time in this paper, except where a new species has been described from the apterous viviparous female on account of the lack of alate specimens. The employment of this terminology is in line with present jirocedure in other groups of insects, and it leads indirectly to the better preservation of the specimens upon which first descriptions are based—a boon to future students and revisional writers. It also directs attention to the descriptions of forms which should and will receive more study in the future. Oftentimes but one specimen has been mounted on a slide with the end in view of making such a mount a holotypic, allotypic, or morphotypic slide. Where this was not possible, from lack of recog- nition of forms as new to science in projier time, certain specimens have been indicated by the well-known method of "ringing" them on the slide, ^\'herever possible, the sexual forms have been described from mating pairs or from sexual forms taken on the same host and at the same time and place. In a few cases Icctofvpic slides have been designated to stand as holotypcs from a series of cotyjjic slides. This has been done to help eliminate nomenclatorial problems resulting from the mixing of two sj)ecies in a series of cotypic slides. Such selections are clearly noted in the text under the names of the species concerned. Certain slides in the Survey collection previously have been designated as lectotypes, or their ty])ic status rejjorted upon, by Frison ( li)27 ). 142 Illinois Natural History Sikvey Bui.letix The Plant Lice, oh Aphiidae, oI' Illinois 143 144 Illinois Natural History Sibvey Bulletin Collection and Preservation of Materl\l Aphid material in the field was collected by brushing the plant lice off the host into a metal-capjied vial partly filled with tissue paper to absorb moisture or by breaking off a small portion of the infested plant and placing it, together with the plant lice, in a similar vial. Specimens collected in this manner were usually mounted the same day or the next day, by the methods mentioned in following paragraphs. Almost all of the material collected on field trips was mounted on slides, and to do this it was necessary to carry a rather complete equipment with us in the field. The slide mounts thus made from live material, however, more than justified the carrying of the extra equipment and the spending of many hours at night making slides. It was found that three persons constituted an ideal aphid-collecting party, two doing the field work during the day while one made slide preparations, and all assisting with slide mounts at night. Without automobile facilities for rapidly transferring the field partv and equipment, such intensive work on a group of insects within such a short time would not be possible. Since plant lice are small, soft-bodied, delicate insects, they must be preserved in fluids in vials or mounted on slides. From the stand- point of maintaining a reference or study collection, and the ordinan,' determination of specimens, we are very partial to the preservation of all material on slide mounts. For certain morphological studies, how- ever, plant lice may be best preserved in fluids, and an so^ alcohol solution has proved very satisfactory. Aphids preserved in alcohol can be mounted very easily in "Euparal." a prepared mounting fluid. They are simply taken from the alcohol and mounted directly in "Euparal" on the slide. They clear in a day or two, depending upon their size, and the medium forms a yellowish, hard mount. This method of dealing with alcoholic ma- terial, especially when it is of considerable age, is more satisfactory than that of running the material through alcohol and xylol and mount- ing in balsam ; for the treatment with the higher concentrations of alcohol, and especially with xvlol. makes the legs and antennae of aphids so brittle that they break oft" when the cover glass is put over the insects on the slide. For killing aphids and mounting thent immediately, we have used the following method, which, besides being relatively fast, usually gives very good results. With a camel's hair brush the ajjliicls are removed from their host to a beaker ( olt cc), where they are killed by pouring hot water over them. The water is immediately drained oft" and re- placed with hot 9.5% alcohol. The contents of the beaker are then potired into a Syracuse watch glass, in which the aphids can be handled more easily. Large or shri\elled aphids are punctured with a needle, to allow the infiltration of xylol and consequent clearing. Small, thin- skinned forms do not re(|uire ]iuncturing. After standing until cool, the alcohol is drained from the aphids and xylol carefully jiourcd o\er them. They are left in this until clear and then mounted in Damar balsam on l!"xl" glass slides, using as thin a cover-glass as can be handled with efticiency. This method of mounting gives particularly beautiful results with some of the light and highly-colored Macrosiphea. The Plant Lice, or Aphudae. of Illinois 145 preserving in a measure the natural colors which are enhanced by transparency. Certain species of aphids are hard to clear, particularly some of the large, apterous, root-feeding forms. If they do not clear after being in xylol for fifteen or twenty minutes, drain off the xylol and add a little alcohol : then draw off' this alcohol after a minute or two, and add a second lot of xylol. This will usually hasten the clearing, but the entire procedure may have to be repeated several times in order to give the desired transparency. This process, however, makes the aphids very brittle and should be avoided whenever possible. We be- lie\e that Damar balsam is very much superior to Canada balsam as a mounting medium, because it forms an almost unstained medium and hardens a little faster when the slides are first prepared. Full data concerning host plant, time of year, etc., should be kept associated with all collections of plant lice, regardless of the method used in their preservation. Since the natural colors of aphids are liable to be lost by any method of preservation, it is highly desirable to keep detailed color notes made from living specimens. Applied Control* Being soft-bodied, sucking insects, aphids are best controlled by the use of contact insecticides. The susceptibility to insecticides, how- ever, varies greatly among different species of aphids. Many species can be killed bv very mild preparations which will not affect other species. The most common materials now in use for combating aphids are soap solutions, oils, nicotine, pyrethrum, and derris. Only the more susceptible species may be killed with the soap solutions. These insecticides are applied in the form of dusts or sprays. In many cases spraying is more efficient and reliable than dusting. Because of their tremendous powers of reproduction, it is generally considered that any control measures used against aphids must kill at least 98% of them in order to be commercially successful. The insecticides must be applied in such a way as to come into actual contact with the bodies of the aphids. Spraying or dusting the tops of leaves where aphids are working on the underside of the leaf is of no value. The problem of satisfactory control is made more difficult by the fact that many species of aphids cause curling of the foliage on which they are feeding. It is usually necessary to apply the dust or spray with considerable force in order to reach the aphids in curled foliage. Dusts Of the dust insecticides, nicotine is by far the most effective. Where the fumes from nicotine dust can be partly confined around the bodies of the aphids, a very good kill may be obtained. Nicotine dusts may be i)urchased ready to use or may be mixed at home by several methods. The advantages of home mixing, or "rolling your own," are a saving of nearly one-half of the cost of the prepared diLSt, a better guarantee of fresh material which is of a higher killing power, This section wa.s prep.Tied by W. P. F'lint. 146 Iixixois Natukal History Survey Bulletin- and immediate availability when needed without waiting for ship- ment from a distance. Good homemade nicotine dust can be prepared as follows: For Mixing Small Quantities of Dust.—Place 6 pounds of hy- drated lime, talc, dusting sulphur, or other dust to be used as a diluent, in a can, bucket, or small keg, which has a tight-fitting lid. Pour 5 ounces of 40% nicotine sulphate, or 10% free nicotine, over the dust in the container; add 10 to !") small stones about the size of walnuts. close the lid tightly, and roll the container back and forth for ten minutes. Do not roll rapidly, as the dust will mix better at about 30 to 40 revolutions per minute. After the mixing has been completed and the stones removed, the dust should be allowed to stand for 24 hours in a closed container before being used. If it is to be stored, it should be placed in a tight container and kept in a dry. cool place. For Mixing Larger Quantities of Dust.—Use a 50-g.allon tight barrel, or large keg. Cut a door in the side of the barrel to make a 6"x8" opening. Attach the door so that it will fit tightly into the barrel, padding the edge with cloth or felt to prevent leakage of the dust, and fastening it on the outside so that it will be held tightly in place. Place the hydrated lime, dusting sulphur, or other dust in this container. Povn* the desired amount of nicotine over the dust (see table of amounts), and add about 50 small stones from the size of a walnut to that of an &gg. Close the door and roll the barrel back and forth over the ground for ten minutes. Remove the dust b\' pouring through a wire screen with meshes of 34 or JX inch to catch the stones. Store in tight containers. Table Sho\vi.\g Amounts of Materials to be Used ix Mixixo Nicotine Dusts Percentage Pounds of JiO% free nicotine or Pounds of hydrated lime desired nicotine .sulphate to he used or other dust to be used 1 1% 49 2 2% 48 3 31/4 47 4 5 45 As the materials for making the dust will keep much better than the prepared dust, it is advisable to mix only what is needed at one time rather than larger quantities to be stored for the season. The nicotine sulphate has a more lasting effect than the free nicotine, but does not give quite as hi,gh a kill of resistant insects for the same percentage of nicotine in the mixture. Take care to avoid breathing the fumes when mi.xing nicotine dust. Especiallv avoid holding the head too close to the mixer when pouring out the dust, as the nicotine will be strong enough to cause headache or nausea if a sufficient quantity is breathed. Sf^rays A spray that is very effective against aphids can be made at home ver)' easily and (|uickly bv mixing one part of 40% nicotine sul])hate with eight-hundred jiarts of water and four parts of "Penctrol," which is a commercial product recently developed as an activator for nicotine. The Plant Lice, or Aphiidae, of Illinois 147 The "Penetrol" increases the killing power of the nicotine so that the spray can be relied upon to be 100% effective against all classes of plant lice if applied to their bodies. A spray of nearly as high killing power may be made by using soap instead of Penetrol. In this case soft water should be used. The following formula will make an excellent aphid spray: Nicotine sulphate . 1 part Water 800 parts Soap Yz ounce to 1 gallon of water A number of commercial preparations for the control of aphids are now on the market. Where these are used, they must be applied at strengths and under conditions recommended by the manufacturers. Natural Control and Interrelations Plant lice are often so completely held in check by natural control factors, such as parasitic and predaceous insects, fungus diseases, and unfavorable weather conditions, that applied or artificial control is not necessary. The writings on this subject would fill several volumes and it would be inadvisable in this paper to attempt to give a detailed account of them. The reader is referred, rather, to the numerous publications listed in the bibliography, many of which contain much information about this phase of the subject. The chief insect enemies are the common lady bird beetles ( Coc- cinellidae), the syrphid flies (Syrphidae), the lace wing flies fChry- so]iidae), and certain minute wasp-like insects ( Braconidae and Chalcididae ) . The first three of these groups of insects are predaceous, and only the last group are internal parasites. The chief fungus enemies belong mainly to the genus Einpusa. Many birds, also, eat plant lice and their eggs and thus aid in their control. The interrelations between ants and aphids have attracted the attention of scientists and others from the earliest to the present times, and again volumes have been written upon the subject. It suffices here simpl)' to state that ants frequently care for aphids in return for a secretion commonly known as "honey-dew." In .some cases this care on the part of the ants for the aphids is of a temporary nature, but in other cases the interrelationship has proceeded so far that certain species of plant lice are said to be absolutely dependent upon ants. The corn root aphid (Apliis maidi-radicis Forbes) is a good example of a ])lant louse relying to a great extent upon ants. Forbes (18S4) has shown that the eggs of this aphid are cared for by the ants during the winter. For a comj^lete review of the interrelations between ants and aphids the reader is referred to a recent and excellent paper by Jones (]92!)). 148 Illinois Natural Histoby Slevey Bulletin PART II FAMILY APHIIDAE By the incorporation of information regarding the biology and phylogeny of aphids, along with certain structural characters, it is possible by the use of a few couplets to key the aphids into two. three, or four subfamilies, depending upon the classification adopted. In preparing a purely artificial key for the determination of the aphids for the use of persons not having esoteric information, it is impossible to key the subfamilies without resorting to the use of numerous couplets or expanding a few couplets to include numerous exceptions. In line with our policy of making keys to begin with an unknown and end with a known, without the injection of information concerning phy- logeny or biology, we have been forced to use numerous couplets. This is rather indicative of the fact that the aphids can not be divided easily, concisely, or sharply into two, three, or four subfamilies comparable to the subfamilies of some other families of insects. It indicates, also, that the present classification has many points in it which are jjurely arbitrary and hence may be changed in the future. It must also be kept in mind that this paper is not a revisional study in its broadest sense, and that the keys are prepared solely for the recognition of our Illinois fauna. Species not included in this paper may or may not key out correctly. A'^y TO SUBFAMILIES (Based on alale viviparous females) 1. Antennae with pronounced annular or band-like sensoria almost completely encircling segment ( Fig. 224 ) 2 —. Antennae with circular (Pig. 2S3). transverse (Pig. 226) or elongate-oval (Fig. 227) sensoria, not almost completely en- circling segment 3 2. Anal plate indented, cauda knobbed (Fig. 222), both distinct: antennae of alate forms either three- or five-segmented, aleurodi- form or coccidiform generations (Fig. 332) developed, aerial forms, confined to birches and witch-hazel Hormaptiidinae (Horninphisi p. 375— •. Anal plate and cauda rounded, indistinct (Fig. 221); antennae of alate forms six-segmented [except MvJniyhis miuutus Baker which is five-segmented—not known from lUinoisl : aleurodi- form or coccidiform generations not developed; aerial genera- tions on various plants, especiall.v elms and poplars, and sub- terranean generations on roots of various plants Eriosomatinae (in part ) p. 345 3. Radial vein of tore wing arising near base of stigma or where stigmal shading begins (Fig. 51) Mindarinae i Miiuianis) p. 374— . Radial vein of fore wing arising from body of stigma (Fig. 56) or at its apex (Pig. 67), always beyond base of stigma or where stigmal shading begins 4 The Plant Lre, oi; ArHiiiiAE, oi Ii.i.i.nois 149 4. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment longer than basal portion 5 •— . Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment not longer than basal portion 6 5. Terminal filament with distinct sensoria Eriosomatinae {Mordwilkoja. (undatrigenia) p. 345 — . Terminal filament without distinct sensoria Aphiinae (in great part) p. 149 6. Terminal filament a mere stub I Fig. 241), in length about equal to greatest width of segment 7 — . Terminal filament distinct (Fig. 266), at least twice as long as greatest width of segment Aphiinae (in part) p. 149 7. Costa of hind wing nearly straight, branches not originating at same point and more or less parallel ( Fig. 87 ) S — . Costa of hind wing curving upwards near point of articulation with branches originating at or about the same point, there- fore forming a somewhat three-fingered fork ( Fig. 94 ) Eriosomatinae (in part) p. 345 S. Cornicles conspicuous, cone-like or on prominent elevations (Fig. 130) Aphiinae (in part) p. 149 — . Cornicles lacking, or indistinct and mere rings, not on prominent elevations ( Fig. 159 ) 9 9. Antennae five-segmented Eriosomatinae (Forda and Geoica) p. 345 — . Antennae six-segmented 10 10. Fore wings with medial veins not branched (Fig. 64) Eriosomatinae (Prociphilun and Trifidaphis) p. 345 — . Fore wings with medial veins branched (Fig. 69) 11 11. Sensoria narrow, transverse, many encircling at least half of segment Eriosomatinae (Grorgiaphis) p. 345 -— . Sensoria circular or transverse-oval ...Aphiinae (Tamalia, Phyllaphis. Eulachnu.i and StpgophyUa) p. 149 SUBFAMILY APHIINAE KEY TO SUPERTR1BE8 1. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment shorter than base of segment ( Fig. 231) 2 —. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment equal to (Fig. 234), or longer than (Fig. 248), base of segment 4 2 Stigma of fore wings linear, very long and narrow (Figs. 52, 59, 67) ; epicranial suture on head distinct (Fig. 75) Lachnea (Cinnni. Eulachnus. LonghtUnnii. and Tubrrolachnus) p. 150 — . Stigma of fore wings short, usually more bulbous in shape (Figs. 54, 56, 62, 66) ; head without epicranial suture (Fig. 79) 3 3. Antennae with numerous, long, hair-like setae (Fig. 231) Lachnea (Auoccia) p. 150 — , Antennae without such hair-like setae, at most with a few, scat- tered short setae (Fig. 235) Callipterea (in part) p. 242 4. Body or appendages (exclusive of tibiae and tarsi), or both, with numerous, long, hair-like setae (Figs. 230, 324), the setae never enlarged or modified at tip Chaitophorea (in part) p. 160 — . Body and appendages (exclusive of tibiae and tarsi) without long, hair-like setae, either with a few short, scattered setae (Fig. 285), or with setae enlarged at the tip and modified (Figs. 316. 317, 318, 320) 5 150 Illinois Natukal Historv Sirvev Billetix 5. Anal plate either distinctly indented (Fig. 220) or bilobed (Figs. 16S. 219) except in Euteraphis : cauda knob-like i Figs. ITS. 219), with a constriction near the middle, the apical portion circular or transverse-oval; cornicles, if apparent, trapezoidal (Pig. 155), never long and cylindrical; secondary sensoria often elongate-oval (Fig. 236) Callipterea (in part) p. 242 —. Anal plate always with apex rounded (Fig. 214). never indented: Cauda clavate (Fig. 187) or tapering (Figs. 1S5, 199), never knob-like; cornicles, if apparent, usually cylindrical (Fig. 135), often long (Fig. 120) or swollen (Figs. 145, 148, 149, 160). never trapezoidal; secondary sensoria round (Figs. 268, 274, 293 ) never elongate oval 6 6. Cornicles either absent or much shorter than hind tarsi exclus- ive of claws 7 — . Cornicles subequal to, or longer than, length of hind tarsi ex- clusive of claws 8 7. Anal plate wide F-shaped (Fig. 209), cauda subequal to anal plate in length, rounded; third antennal segment very long. almost twice width of head across eyes.Chaitophorea (in part) p. 160 —. Anal plate semi-circular (Fig. 210), cauda tapering to more or less of a point, usually much longer than anal plate; third antennal segment (except in Brevicoryne) subequal to width of head across eyes Aphiea ( in part ) p. 176 8. Cornicles absent or minute Aphiea (Asiphonaphis and Brachycolux) p. 175 — . Cornicles present and conspicuous 9 9. Hind wings with one oblique vein (cubitus) lacking (Fig. 89) or only partially developed, or with both oblique veins (cubitus and media ) lacking ( Fig. 96 ) 10 — . Hind wings with both oblique veins (cubitus and media) present ( Fig. 91 ) 12 10. Radial sector of fore wing deeply curved downward and either uniting with media to form a closed cell beneath stigma (Fig. 74) or almost uniting with media ( Figs 5S. 66 ) Macrosiphea ( Idioptcnis and Pintalonia i p. 273 — . Radial sector of fore wing not deeply curved downward, no closed cell beneath stigma (Figs. 56, 62) 11 U. Hind wings without oblique veins (cubitus and media) (Fig. 96) Macrosiphea (Micioparsusi p. 273 — . Hind wings with one oblique vein (cubitus) lacking or only partially developed. . .Aphiea (Alphituaphis and Hiiatiiuiieura) p. 175 12. Media of fore wings normally branched once (Fig. 70) Aphiea (Toxopteraj p. 175 — . Media of fore wings normally branched twice (Fig. 62) 13 13. Inner margins of antennal sockets considerably produced anter- iorly (Figs. 82. 86) Macrosiphea (in part) p. 273 —. Inner margins of antennal sockets not produced anteriorly or only very slightly so (Fig. SO) Aphiea (in part) p. 175 SUI'l'IRTRIBE LACHXE.X KEY TO GENERA 1. Fore wings (Fig. 59) with dark suffusion of stiginal region ex- tending as a distinct band beyond stigma to tip of wings Longistigma p. 157 — . Fore wings (Figs. 60, 67) with stigmal suffusion not extending as a distinct band to tip of wings 2 The F>lant Lice, ou Aphiidae. ok Illinois 151 2. Radial sector (Fig. 6S) of fore wings bowed, arising from body of stigma ; not feeding on conifers 3 — . Radial sector (Figs. 60. 67) of fore wings straight, arising from lower distal angle of stigma; feeding on conifers 4 3. Dark stigmal suffusion of fore wings bulbous in shape (Fig. 6S ) ; hind tibiae little it any longer than antennae; without large tubercle on dorsum of abdomen; small species Anoecia p. 151 — . Dark stigmal suffusion of fore wings elongate and more linear (Fig. 52); hind tibiae about twice as long as antennae; with large tubercle on middle of dorsum of abdomen (difflcult to see on flat-mounted specimens on slides but conspicuous in live material); very large species Tuberolachnus p. 159 4. Cornicles on conspicuous cone-shaped areas (Fig. 153); ocular tubercles present but small; comparatively large robust forms; feeding on bark of stems and branches Cinara p. 153 — . Cornicles pore-like, not on cone-shaped areas (Fig. 158); ocular tubercles absent; medium-sized elongate forms; feeders on needles Eulachnus p. 157 Gents ANOECIA Koch Key to Upecies of the Genus Anoecia* 1. Third antennal segment with about seven secondary sensoria. fourth and fifth antennal segments each with one or two sec- ondary sensoria; dark forms querci (Fitch) p. 152 — . Third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments rarely with secondary sensoria; light form.s oenotherae Wilson p. 151 ANOECIA OENOTHERAE Wiuso.n Anoecia oenotherae Wilson. Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLIII. No. 2, February, 1911, p. 63. I his stibterranean aphid is recorded from Illinois for the first time. It is retained tentatively as a good species, but further investiga- tions may reveal it to be a summer form of Anoecia querci (Fitch) as Baker (1916) has suggested. When Wilson described this plant louse he stated that the third segment has "three or four widely-. eparated sensoria, which are not as prominent as those in other s])ecies of .Anoecia." Our alate viviparous females rarely have secondary sensoria on the third segment, and Miss M. A. Palmer reports that a cotypic slide of oenotherae Wilson examined by her "contains two alate vivi- parae, one shows no .sensoria on antennal joint III and the other ex- ample shows only one or two." A. setariae Gillette and Palmer (I'.I'M) is very similar and, as stated in a letter from Miss Palmer, "may be identical." I'.iological investigations are needed to settle the (juestion definitely. Data associated with our specimens, collected on roots of Oenothera, are as follows: Muncie (May 5) and Oakwood (July 8), 1928; Oakwood (July 22). Oregon (July 11), Rock Island (July 7), Seymour (July 20), and Starved Rock State Park (July 6), 1929. • Tlie alate vivip:ireiiis fi-maU-s lin-.vcd Iii-re as separate species may repre- .sent a summer I iieiiiilliei-acj foriii and spriiiK and fall mnei-c-i) forms of a single varialale species. 152 iLLi.NOis Nauuai. Histoky SrKVf;Y Bii.i.eti.v ANOECIA QUERCI (Fitch) Fic. 68 Uridsoma qucrci Fitch. Fifth Report of the Noxious and other Insects of the State of New York, Transactions of the New York State Agricul- tural Society, Vol. XVIII, 18.58 (printed 18.59), p. 804. What was presumaljly thi.s species was first recorded from Illinois (near Rock Island) by Walsh (l.S(J2) as "Eriosoma? coruicola n. sp." It was again reported from Illinois by Thomas (isT!)) under the new- specific name of "Schiconcura panicohi." Davis (lOlOd) was the first to report this species from the state ( northern Ihinuis ) under the specific name of qnerci Fitch. Baker (lyidc) has given the best account of the habits and char- acters of this species. In addition to placing Rliizobiits clcitsiiiis Thomas and Scliiaoneura paiiicola Thomas as synonyms of this species (Osborn had previously placed the latter as a synonym of conii in sense of pre- vious authors). Raker suggests that Aiioccin ncuolhcrac Wilson is "only another of the root-feeding forms of qucrci. which in this particular case was feeding upon Oenothera." Forbes and Hart (I8!i.')) have presented under the name of Scliicoiieitra puiiicola Thomas much infor- mation regarding what are no doubt the summer or root forms of this species. Although they frequently found this form on roots of com. they considered it as having little economic significance. Both clciisiiiis Thomas and panicola Thomas, as shown by the cotypic material, belong to the genus Aiioccia. luiker's ( llMtic ) position in sinking rlcusinis Thomas as a synonym, based upon rearings of Per- gande, seems tenable to us, especially since the apterous cotypic ma- terial can not be separated from ajjlerous forms of qucrci (Fitch). The cotypic slide of panicola is in such poor condition, and our present knowledge of the genus is so limited, that a specific determination is opinionative. Maxson has stated in a letter to us that it "is different than any species of this geints (Aiioccia) with which I am actiuainted." We believe that Baker is ])robably correct in cotisidering panicola Thomas as a synonym of qucrci. Since this siiecies spends ]iart of its life cycle as a summer form on the roots of grasses, etc.. and has Comas as its over-wintering host. the specific name of ciuerci appears to be a misnomer. "Drifts"' of qucrci Fitch from Cornn.\- are fre(|uenlly found on plants other than their hosts, as are many other s])ecies of migratory plant lice Data associated with our specimens collected on various species of Conius are as follows: I'rbana (May 17). 1S94: Catlin (Sept. 27). Danville (Sept. IS). Herod (Dec. 12). 192S; Decatur (Oct. 5). Kappa (Sept. 9. 22. Oct. 3). 1929; Humboldt (Nov. 12). 1930. Specimens of "drifts" or migrating specimens were collected as follows: I'rbana (.Tune 25). 1SS9: Vrbana (Oct. 19), 1928; Homer I'ark (Oct. 23), Seymour (Oct. 30). 1929: Trbana (Sept. 28-Oct. 30), 1930. Data associated with apterous forms on roots of Sclaria. Zea. Erigeron and undetermined grasses are as follows: Champaign (July 31), Polo (July 1.5). 18S3: I'rbana (.May 20), 1887; I'rbana (Oct. 10), 1S90; Champaign (Oct. 17), 1S94; I'rbana (Sept. 27). 19:?0. Cotypic slide of Rhi.zobiu.s clciisinis Thomas (Slide No. 8777) is from Carbondale. Illinois. on roots of Elciisiiir iiiilifii. Seplember 3. 1877. and the cotypic slide of Schizoneurn iMinicahi Thomas (Slide No. 2770) is from St. Louis. Missouri. November, on roots of Pa)nfuii} (jlnhniiii. collected by H. Pergande. The Plant Lice, oh Ai'hudae, oi- Ir.i.ixois 153 Genus CINARA Curtis The life histories of the species in this genus are so uniformly similar that comments concerning them are not given unrler each species, as is the case in some of the more complex and migratory forms in other genera. Along with other closely related forms, the genus Ciiiara is considered to he among the most primitive of the living aphids. The various species show strict fidelity to the pine family, or I'inaceae. upon which the entire non-migratory life cycle is spent. The aphids over-winter in the egg stage. The stem mothers produce apter- our viviparous females, which in turn give rise to other apterous vivi- ])arous females, alate viviparous females, and finallv alate or a];terous males and oviparous females. Key to Species of the (Irnii.i Chinrci 1. First tarsal segment about one-fifth the length of the second segment exclusive of claws pinicola (Kaltenbach) p. 156— . First tarsal segment from about one-third to one-half the length of the second segment exclusive of claws 2 2. Hind tibiae uniformly dark brownish 3— . Hind tibiae with basal and apical portions dark brownish, area between yellowish brown, the two colors distinctly contrasting 4 3. Third antennal segment approximately twice as long as hind tarsus exclusive of claws strobi (Fitch) p. 157 — . Third antennal segment but slightly longer than hind tarsus ex- clusive of claws..... difficilis n. sp. p. 153 4. Hairs on antennae very short and spine-like, little if any longer than width of the antennal segments laricis (Hartig) p. 155 — . Hairs on antennae longer, many of them at least twice the width of the antennal segments 5 5. Tibiae of fore legs almost uniformly dark brownish; hair on hind tibiae not numerous, stout, rather spine-like, many erect partic- ularly on basal half pini (Linnaeus) p. 156— . Tibiae of fore legs with basal and apical portions dark brownish, area between yellowish brown, the two colors distinctly con- trasting; hairs on hind tibia numerous, rather fine and mostly reclinate palmerae (Gillette) p. 156 CINARA DIFFICILIS new species Fk;. 231 Alatk Vivii'AKins Female Size and (tencnil ealor.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.60.* Entire body dull with a fine waxy bloom easily seen under a microscope. Head and thorax dusky brown, the head with a conspicuous darker median line, the thoi'ax with the tegulae, paraptera, and notal membranes reddish brown. Abdomen cinnamon brown with a slight pinkish cast; cornicles and the cone-shaped areas at the base of the cornicles, Cauda, anal plate, and a transverse patch immediately anterior to the caiida are dark brown. There are four rows of small brownish spots longitudinally arranged on the dorsum of the abdomen. The first two antennal segments are concolorous with tlie head; the base of the third antennal segment is much lighter in color than the remaining portion of this segment which is a light chestnut brown; fourth, fifth, and sixth antennal segments uniformly light chestnut brown. Coxae and trochanters of all legs blackish brown; femora of all legs uni- formly dark chestnut brown, except that the femora of the hind legs are * All measurenifiits in llii.s paper ai-c in inillinu-ters. 154 IixiNOis Natuhai, Histokv Sikvey Bui.letix slightly lighter at or near their base; tibiae dark chestnut brown with a slight tendency to be a shade or so lighter near the center of the segment. except for the tibiae of the hind legs which are uniformly brownish: tarsi dark chestnut brown. The last three apical segments of the beak are dark chestnut brown, the remaining segments are considerably lighter in color than the apical segments, and the apical portion of the long second segment is more or less spotted with dark brown areas from which arise hairs with a light colored base. Costal margin of wings deeply suffused with brown. Head and apprndafirs.—Average width of head across eyes. .69. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: 111— .29 to .39. average ..35; IV— .10 to .16. average .14: V— .14 to .21. average .17: VI—.14 to .14. average .14 plus .03 to .04, average .03. The secondary sensoria are distributed as follows (Fig. 231): third antennal segment with six to nine sensoria. and with the exception of a single sensorium arranged in a straight row. the first sensorium being located about one-fifth of the length of the segment from the base: the fourth and fifth segments have a single, more or less centrally located, secondary sensorium in addition to the large primary sensorium. The ocular tubercles are present but are poorly developed. The beak almost reaches to the cornicles. Thorai and appendages.—Fore wings with a prominent dark brownish suffusion along the costal margin ; subcostal vein large and dark brown. In- terrupted or broken near stigmal area, therefore a clearly defined sti^mal area lacking: median vein only once forked and feebly developed: radial sector, cubitus, and first anal veins strongly outlined: hind margin cf wing slightly thickened at point of articulation with first anal and cubital veins. Tibiae of metathoracic legs slightly inwardly curved a short distance beyond the middle. Tarsi of metathoracic legs about one-fifth shorter than the length of the third antennal segment. Abdomen.—The cornicles are situated on comparatively shallow cone- shaped areas which have their outer margin very irregular. The maximum dimensions of the cornicles plus the cone-shaped area are as follows: height, .16: width, .36. The cauda is one-third wider at the base than it is long; its sides are not rounded but arise to form an angle of slightly more than ninety degrees. Hair.—Hair, wherever found, fine and not spine-like: on antennae al- most twice as long as width of segment and quite erect for about one-half their length; on basal portion of hind tibiae quite erect and about one-fifth longer than width of segment, and on apical portion somewhat longer and more recumbent than those on the basal portion: on anal plate and cauda much longer than any other found on the body. Ai'TKiiois Vivii'.viiors Fk.male Size and general eolor.—Averaie length from vertex to lip of anal plate, 2.71. Color, except for legs and a slight grayish-brown on the abdomen, identical with color characters as given for the alate viviparous female. The legs of this form are a dark chestnut brown except that one-half to one- third of the tibiae near their basal portions are light yellowish brown as are also the bases of the femora. Antennae colored as in the alate except in some specimens they are lighter in color as a whole. Head and appendagex.—Average width of head across eyes. .74. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.24 to .41. average 31; IV—.10 to .16, average .13: V— .14 to .19. average .17; VI—.10 to .14. average .12 plus .03 to .06. average .04. The secondary sensoria are oonfine.1 wholly to the fifth antennal segment and range in number from one to two (two in only one case). Tlie head is divided by a median line, the position of which is further emphasized by a median furrow which in some individuals makes the head appear bilobed or indented at its anterior margin. The beak is colored as in the alate viviparous female. The hind tibiae are shaped as the hind tibiae of the alate female; the hind tarsi exclusive of claws are subequal in length to the third antennal segment. The Plant Lice, oh Ai'IIiidae, ok Illinois 155 Ahdomen.—Abdomen and structures similar to those described for the alate viviparous female. The cornicles vary from .31 to .43 and average .35. The Cauda is broadly rounded. Hair.—The hairs are similar to those described for the alate viviparous female except that those on the apical portions of the hind tibiae are slightly more upright. Holotype.—Alate viviparous female; Herod. Illinois, June 2S. 1931, on Junii)erus virginia7)a. ( Frison and Ross). The wings of the holotype are broken off a short distance from articulation with the thorax, a condition probably caused by the manipulation of attendant ants. On slide with two nymphs and one pupa. Slide No. 1059S. Morphotype.—Apterous viviparous female; Herod, Illinois. .lune 16, 1930, on Juniiieriis virginiana. (Frison and Ross). Slide No. 10599. Paratopes.—Forty-two slides of alate viviparous females, apterous viviparous females, pupae and nymphs; all collected in Illinois on Jutiiiyirus i^irginiaiia by T. H. Frison. F. C. Hottes, and H. H. Ross. The localities and dates are as follows: Herod (June 21 and September 27), Anna (June 24), and Galena (June 10), 1929; Herod (June 16), 1930. Slides Nos. 10600-10625 and others unnumbered. This .species was discovereil by investigating a covered runway in which an ant ( Crematogastcr lincolata Say) was seen to enter ; the runway was located on a small woody branch of red cedar. In this [jrotected situation a single alate viviparous female with mutilated wings was fotind. Examination of other and siinilar ant structures on the trunk and branches of the host tree revealed additional specimens. The specimens were usually in two's or three's but nearly one-hundred specimens were removed from one place where a branch had split away from the main trunk of the tree and then partially healed, the open and exposed crevice being walled over by the ants with mud and shreds of bark until it was effectively concealed. Specimens found at all three localities were associated with the .same species of ant and cleverly con- cealed by the ant structures. The mutilated condition of the wings of all but one alate viviparous female may be due to the ants chewing off the wings. The characters of the body of this species strongly suggest Ciiiara riibicunda (Wilson) described from Jiiiiiperus communis in Oregon. It may be separated from that species, however, by the venation. In this new species the median vein is but once-forked, whereas in nihicitiicltis it is stated and illustrated as twice-forked. This species also comes close to C. jnnipcri DeGeer of Europe, but apparently may be separated from it on the basis of the longer beak. Specimens of this species were submitted to Professor H. F. Wilson who kindly examined them and reported that these specimens "do not agree with any that I have." Other specimens were submitted to Miss Al. A. Palmer, who reported that she did not know this form. CINARA LARICIS (H.uiTKi) Figs. 12, 75. 153, 213, 216 iMchnux Jaricis Hartig. Jahresberichte iiber die Fortschritte der Forstwissen- schatt und forstlichen Naturkunde im Jahre 1836 and 1S37. Berlin, 1839, p. 645. Aphis laricis Walker, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. II, second series, 1848, p. 102. llnmonym and synonym. 156 Ii.i.i.Nois Nati T.Ai, HisTOKV SritvKY Bi ilktix This Eiirojiean as well as American species has not been previously recorded from Illinois. Although its host, the tamarack. Lur/.r /anVijia, occurs as a specimen tree in numerous localities throughout the state, our material was taken only in the locality where the tamarack occurs as a native tree. Our determination of this species has been checked by Professor H. F. \\'ilson. Theobald ( l!)2i) ) and Wilson ( V.fiS ) give good descriptions of the various forms except the oviparous female, which is described by Schoutetlen ( li)(i6 ). Patch ( lillSa) has presented descriptions and drawings, under the name of Lacliiiiis laricifc.v Fitch. based upon specimens collected in ^Nlaine. The placement of laricis Hartig (ISStj in the genus Lacliiiiis and its association with the larch ( Larix ) are sufficient to make this name valid according to Article 25a of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Antioch. June 16, 192S. CINARA PALMERAE (Gillette) Lachnus palmcnic Gillette. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Vol. X, No. 2, June, 1917. p. 135. This species is here recorded from Illinois for the first time. Our specimens were determined by Professor H. F. Wilson and at his sug- gestion sent to Professor C. P. Gillette and r^Iiss M. A. Palmer for comparison with cotypic material. Such a comparison was made by Miss Palmer who found that our specimens checked with tlie. types. The host of this species is spruce (Picca sp.). Gillette has described all forms of this species in detail. Data associated witli our specimens are as follows: Galena. July. 10. 1929. CINARA PINT (LiXNAEVs) Aphis pini Linnaeus, Systema Naturae. Editio Decinia. 175S. p. 453. A wadely distributed species not previously recorded from the state. It is a large species and feeds on the bark of pine (Pintis sp.). Theobald (1929) and Wilson (192;?) give good descriptions and notes regarding this plant louse. Data associated with our Illinois specimens are as follows: Decatur (Nov. 4). Havana (June 21). 1928; Chicago (June S). 1930. CINARA PINICOLA (KALTEMiAcn) Lnvhiiu.s piniriiln Kaltenbach, Monographie der Faniilie:i der Pflanzenlause. Aachen, 1S43. p. 154. This species, occurring in Europe as well as .\nierica. has not been previously recorded from Illinois. ( iood descriptions and notes regard- ing this plant louse are given by Theobald (192!)) and Wilson (1923). We are indebted to Professor II. 1-'. Wilson for checking our determi- nation of this species. Thk Plant Lick, on ArniiDAE, nstituting this gri^iuji oi plant lice have presented us with one of our most baflliug problems, and it is evident from the statements of various students of the .\])hiidae (_ Patch, l!ii;>a. The Plant Lick, oh Ai-hudae, oi- Illinois 161 and Davis, l!)l()d) that others have faced the same unsatisfactory situation. \\'ith the exception of one species (qitcrcicola) , which is rca(Hly sejjaraled in the alate forms because of its conspicuously marked winys and in apterous forms because of its spiny condition, no good differential structural characters have been found. Com- parative lengths of antennal segments, number of sensoria. etc., are quite variable in a series of ajiparently the same species. In all parts of Illinois our captures are readily separated on the basis of habitus and host ]ilants into the following fi\-e forms: the dis- tinct qiicrcicola with marked wings on oaks, a medium-sizerl green or lilackish form on willows such as Scilix nigra, a minute whitish pel- lucid form on Sali.v aiuygdaloides. and two light-colored forms (one large and one small) on various s])ecies of Populus. Biological stud- ies including numerous transfer tests of forms from one host to another are badly needed to throw light ujion our present dilemma. Meanwhile it seems the best policy to keep separate the forms invohed, however weak may be our key for their differentiation. Key to tSi)e<'irs of tin- Genus Chuitniitionis 1. Veins of wings margined with fuscous (Fig. 62); stout dark spines on dorsum of abdomen in apterous forms quercicola Monell p. 164 — . Veins of wings not margined with fuscous (Fig. TO), no stout darli spines on dorsum of abdomen in apterous form.s 2 2. Occurring on Salix 3— . Occurring on Populus 4 3. Species of minute size; abdomen partially pellucid or whitish; on Salij- iiiiiiiijilaloides pusillus n. sp. p. 163 — . Larger species; abdomen partially greenish or blackish; on var- ious species of Salix viminalis Monell p. 165 4. Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment forming an ir- regular row (Fig. 250); transverse dark patches on dorsum of middle abdominal segments broad and rectangular in shape IFig. 336) populifoliae Oesthnul p, 163— . Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment forming almost a straight row (Fig. 253); transverse dark patches on dorsum of middle abdominal segments narrower with lateral ends taper- ing and clear intersegmental areas more prominent (Fig. 335) neglectus n. sp. p. 161 CHAITOPHORUS NEGLECTUS new species Fics. 253, 335 Alate Vivii-arous Fk.mat.e Size and giuenil rnlor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.27. Head and thorax dusky brown. Abdomen (Fig. 335) light greenish- yellow, the dorsum marked with dusky-l)rown bars and spots, as follows; each segment anterior to cornicles typically with a transverse, elongate, diamond-shaped bar often extending almost the entire width of the segment, with a large lateral siibquadrate spot, and with several small, variously shapped spots extending transversely between the lateral spots and forming a chain between the large transverse bands. Segments jjosterior to cornicles with dorsum, except for intersegmental areas, a solid dusky brown. Cornicles, Cauda, and anal plate light dusky. First and second anicnnal segments concolorous with head, third antennal segment light brownish, usually 162 Illinois Natikal Histoky Sikvey Billeti.n somewhat lighter at or near the base, remaining segments brownish with their apical portions darker. Femora usually yellowish basally and apically. middle portion light brownish, some specimens with the hind femora con- siderably darker than the others; tibiae uniformly yellowish; tarsi light brownish. Beak yellowish with apex brownish. Stigma and veins brown; posterior margin of wing in vicinity of anal vein brownish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .39. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.30 to .39, average .33; IV—.14 to .21, average .17; V— .11 to .16, average .14; VI—.09 to .10, average .10 plus .27 to .40, average .34. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 253) usually con- fined to the third antennal segment, numbering from 7 to 13 and averaging 9, arranged in a straight row, sometimes fourth segment with a single sensorium. For a Chaitophorus. this species is remarkably constant in re- gard to numbers and arrangement of secondary sensoria. Primary sensorium on sixth antennal segment with a group of about 5 marginal sensoria at one side. Front of head with about six long hairs. Beak reaching about midway between first and second coxae. Thorar and apprndapcs.—Stigma of fore wings somewhat arched anteriorly, wing beyond apex of stigma distinctly narrower than at stigma. Second fork of media variable in position but always nearer to margin of wing than to the first fork or midway between them. All veins failing to reach the margin of the wing. Hairs on legs fine. long, and only slightly drooping. Abdomen.—Cornicles about .06 long with closed reticulations at the apex. very little wider at base than at apex. Cauda .08 long, distinctly knobbed. Anal plate rounded. ApTEHOis Viviparous Fkm.\le Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.52. Head yellowish-brown, darkest on dorsum. Thorax brownish on dorsum with yellowish-green towards the lateral portions. Abdomen yellow- ish-green with two broad, longitudinal bands of brown on dorsum, bands confluent anteriorly with brown on thorax and on the segment posterior to the cornicles with each other. Brown marks on dorsum of entire body fashioned info a somewhat fork-shaped effect, outlined by the surrounding yellowish color of the body. Cornicles yellowish-green. Cauda and anal plate very light dusky brown. First two antennal segments concolorous with head, third antennal segment and basal half of fourth antennal segment yellowish, remaining portion of antennae brown. Legs and beak as in alate viviparous female. Head and appcndagci.—Average width of head across eyes, .37. Antennal segments with the following proportions: III—.27 to .29. average .28: IV — .14 to .17, average .16; V—.13 to .14. average .14; VI—.09 to .11. average .10 plus .16 to .37, average .30. There are no secondary sensoria; primary sensorium on sixth antennal segment with about six marginal sensoria to one side. All antennal segments lightly imbricated. Beak reaching just to or but slightly beyond mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and ((bdonien.—Similar to thorax and abdomen of alate vivip- arous female except that the anal plate has a very slight indentation near the center of the posterior margin. Holotiipe.—Alate viviparous female; Starved Rock State Park. Illinois. August 14, 1929, on Popiiliis dritoide.'i. (Frison and Hottesl. On slide with paratypic apterous viviparous females and nymphs. Slide Xo. 10037. Morplioti/pv.—Apterous viviparous female; some data as hololype. On slide with paratypic alate and apterous viviparous females and nymphs. Slide No. 1003S. Parati/pcti.—Fourteen slides containing alate and apterous vivip- arous females, pupae, and nymphs, all collected in 1929 on Pupulus diltoidc: and P. grandidenfala by T. H. Frison and F. C. Hottes as follows: Beach (August 29) and Starved Rock State Park (August 14). Slides Nos. 10039- 10049 and others unnumbered. The Pi^-^nt Lice, oit Aphiidae. ok Illinois 163 This species is extremely close to C. cssigi (iillette & Palmer and C. popiilclla Gillette & Palmer, from which it differs in having a larger number of sensoria on the third antennal segment and in having distinct bands on the dorsum. Specimens tentatively determined as Chaito- plionis populcUa G. & P. were submitted to ^liss Palmer who pointed out the differences already mentioned and suggested that if the forms run constant it would be the safest procedure to describe them as new. At the same time she ventured the opinion that they are perhaps con- necting links between C. populcUa and C. cssigi, which she says may sometime prove to he synonymous. CHAITOPHORUS POPULIFOLIAE Oestlu.vd Fkis. 250, 336 Chaitophorti,s populifoliae (Fitch) Oestlund, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, Bulletin No. 4. 18S7, p. 38. Misidentiflcation. Chaiiophorus popuUfulinr Oestlund proposed for Chnitophorus populifoliae (Fitch) Oestlund, Davis, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. Ill, No. 6, 1910, p. 489. This species (Fig. 336) was redescribed by Davis (191()e), but credit for the specific name was given to Oestlund. Very little is known concerning the biology and distribution of this species. Data associated with our specimens, all collected on leaves of Popnlus (leltoiden or P. grandidentata. are as follows: Cave-in-Rock (May 30), Eliza- bethtown (Oct. 12). Herod (Oct. 12), Starved Rock State Park (June 13). 1928; Elizabethtown (June 20), Farmer City (Sept. 22), Grayville (June 19), Oakwood (July 22). Starved Rock State Park (July 5, Aug 14), 1929; Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. CHAITOPHORUS PUSILLUS new/ species Figs. 70, 151, 252 Ai.ATE Viviparous Female Size and gi-nrral color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. .95. Head and thorax light brown. Abdomen yellowish, almost whitish, with a large light-brownish or buff spot on the dorsum. Cornicles fuscous; Cauda and anal plate yellowish. Legs variable in color, usually yellowish, with tarsi and sometimes portions of femora distinctly fuscous. Stigma fuscous, veins of wings light brown. Beak yellowish except for extreme tip, which is fuscous. Head and apixiidagrs.—Average width of head across eyes, .31. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .20 to .29, average .24; IV~.09 to .16, average .U; V—.11 to .14, average .13; VI—.07 to .09, average .08 jilus .20 to .29, average .26. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 252) on third antennal segment ranging in numbers from 4 to 7 and averaging six: fourth and fifth segments with sometimes one or two sensoria each; sensoria usually arranged in a straight row. Primary sensoria on sixth antennal segment with a group of marginal sensoria at one side. Hair on antennae sparse, but very long and fine, being two to three times as long as the width of the segment. Beak reaching midway between the pro- and mesothoraclc coxae. Thorax and ajiprndages.—Costal margin of wing in vicinity of stigma very much curved, stigma comparatively narrow, short, and bluntly pointed; second fork of media variable in position, usually midway between first fork and margin of wing. Alidoinrn.—Cornicles (Fig. 151) typical for genus in shape; averaging .95 in length, imbricated very faintly and reticulated at apex. Cauda typical for genus, rarely extending beyond lip of anal plate which is rounded and not indented. 164 Ii.i.i.Nois Natvuai. History Sikvey Bii.i.eti.n Ai'TEiiors ViviPAHors FE\rAi.E Size and genrral cnUir.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal platfe, 1.09. Head, thorax, abdomen, cornicles, Cauda and anal plate a pellucid yellowish-white. Apical portion of fifth antennal segment, base of sixth and apical portion of terminal filament are fuscous. Eyes reddish-brown. Legs concolorus with body except that tarsi are often somewhat fuscous. Head and ijitprndiK.irH.—Average width of head across eyes, .33. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.16 to .24. average .19; IV—.07 to .11. average ,10; V— .09 to .11, average .10; VI—.07 to .09. average ,09 plus ,17 to .29, average .25. Tliere are no secondary sensoria. The beak reaches to the end of the mesothoracic coxae. Abdomen.—The cornicles and Cauda have the same average length as similar structures in the alate viviparous female. The body is sparsely covered with fine but unusually long hair, the hairs average .14 in lengtli. Holotijpc.—Alate viviparous female; Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, July 6, 1929, on Salix (iiniiriddlitidrs, (Prison and Hottes). Slide No. 10680. Morphotype.—Apterous viviparous female; same data as for hulotypr. On slide with numerous apterous viviparous females and nymphs. Slide No. 106S1. Parntiipes.—Thirty slides of alate and apterous viviparous females and nymphs, all collected on i<(ili.r tun i/fidaloidrf; in Illinois, by T, H. Frison. F. C. Hottes. and H. H. Ross, with localities and data as follows; Galena t.Iuly 10), Oakwood (,Iuly 22), Rock Island (July 7), and Starved Rock State Park (July 6-August 14, and September 10), 1929; Oakwood (Mav 9). and Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. Slides Nos. 106S2-10704 and others un- numbered. This .species shows a preference for the terminal leaves of Sali.v auiygdaloidcs and occurs on hoth the dorsal and \entral leaf surfaces. Its minute size, jiellucid a])pearance, and host are a ciMiihination of characters which distinguish it from other descrihed s])ecies of Chailo- phonis. The lack of good .structural characters for the separation of the forms now considered as species has already lieen mentioned in our remarks concerning the genus as a whole. CHAITOPHORUS QUERCICOLA (Monei.i.) Fig. 62 CaUipti rus.' qiirrcivohi Monell, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1, Jauuarv 22, 1S79, Art. 1, p, 31, (Alate form described ). Chaitophorus (iiirrcicola Monell, /;)/(/., p, 32, (description of apterous farm). This species was origitiall}- descrihed hv INIonell (18T!>) from si>eci- mens sent to him from Peoria, Illinois. Both Davis (llMOd) and Baker (lilKb) have placed C. s/^inosiis Oestlund as a synonym of qucrcicola. and this placement seems to us to be correct. s}>iiiosus be- ing described from apterous ovi])arous females. Davis (lilUkl) has also placed Calliptcnis qucrc'ifolii Thomas (18T0) as a svnonvm of quercicola (Monell). The cotypic slide of Calliptcnis qiicrcitolii Thomas in our collection (slide T(i5S) certainly is C. qucrcicola (Mo- nell) as Davis has stated ( IHIOd and 1913). 'i'liis slide contains alate and apterous females in poor condition from Sauk Citv, Wisconsin, collected in June In- Hundv on red oak leaves. Data associated with our alate and apterous viviparous females, all collected on Quircns m(irri)cnrpii. are as follows: Antioch I June 16), Kan- kakee (June 29), Oregon (June 28), 192S, Davis reports the oviparous females from Kankakee. Oct. 13, 190S. and viviparous females from Hevwortli, April 10, 1908. Thk Plant Lice, ois Aphiidae, oi Illinois 165 CHAITOPHORUS VIMINALIS Monei.l Flu. ISS Cliaitoiilionts viiiiiiialis Monell, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1, January 22, 1879, Art. 1, p. 31. The material in our collection strongly indicates that t. viiniiialis Monell and C. n'ujrac Oesthmd are the Tsame species, the latter beinj;; a dark phase of the former. Baker (IDlTli) held that ziin'uiaJis and ii'u/rac were distinct, mainly upon the reticulated condition of the skin of the ai)terous forms. We are not able to separate our series of slides upon this basis. Comparative lengths of antennal segments and dis- tribution of secondary sensoria intergrade, too, in specimens which on the basis of color might be regarded as two species. In all parts of Illinois we have found the dark and liglit forms closely associated and intermixed on the same leaves and stems. This is rather un- usual if they are diiTerent species. Data associated with our specimens, all collected on various species ol So/i.c. are as follovifs: Antioch (June 16), Carhondale (June 4), Elizabeth- town (Oct. 12), Galena (June 26), Havana (June 21), Kankakee I June 29), Mattoon (June 10), Metropolis (June 1), Muncie (May 12), Quincy (June 6), Starved Rock State Park (June 13), Urbana (July 10), 192S; Beach (July 13, Aug. 29), Cairo (June 22), Chebanse (Apr. 24), Elizabethtown (Juiie 20), Galena (July 10), Hardin (June 25), Muncie (April 17), Oakwood (Oct. 13), Olney (June 18), Oregon (July 11), Rock Island (July 7), Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14), 1929; Robinson (April 14), Snyder (April 14), 1930. Slide No. 3784 in the Survey collection was compared with a slide mount of cotypic specimens "/S/SB Mplis 26" in the collection of Dr. Oestlund. Gen-US CL.WIGERUS Szepligeti Key to the Siiecies of the Genus Clavifienix 1. Cornicles about twice as long as their greatest diameter ( Fig. 1451 smithiae (Monell) p. 166 — . Cornicles three times or more as long as their greatest diameter (Fig. 146) populifoliae (FitchI p. 165 CLAVIGERUS POPULIFOLIAE (Finn) Figs. 77, 146, 147 Aphis poimlifoUae Fitch. Fourth Annual Report of the Regents of the Uni- versity on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, State of New York, January 14, 1851, p. 66. This s]X'cies is here reported for the first time fnim Illinois. Davis, in l!)l()e, used the specific name assigned to this species by b'itch in connection with another species for which Patch (191?) has jiroposed the name of A. davisi. .All of our material has been col- lected on Salix. Descriptions of two heretofore undescribed forms are presented. 166 Illinois Natiral Histoby Si rvey Billktin- Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Elizabethtown (May 29, Oct. 12), Harrisburg (May 28), Oakwood I May 12. 23), Shawneetown (May 27), 1928; Elizabethtown (June 20), Galena (July 10), Oakwood (Nov. 7, Oct. 17), 1929; Calvin (April 15), Cobden (April 19), Oakwood (June 1), 1930. Alate Male Average length, 2.96. Color essentially similar to that of alate vivip- arous female. Average width of head across eyes, .64. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III—.59 to .61, average .60; IV—.39 to .43. average .40; V—.36; VI—.17 plus .26. Secondary sensoria on third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments, averaging as follows: III— 35, IV—14, V—11, irregularly arranged, but confined to one side of the segment. Beak reach- ing to mesothoracic coxae. Prothorax with a large lateral tubercle. Cornicles .24 long. Cauda .10. both structures similar in shape to those of alate vivip- arous female. Genitalia very dark brown. Al'TEROrS OvIPAROIS FE-MALE Average length. 3.26. Color essentially similar to apterous viviparous female. Average width of head across eyes. .71. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III—.54 to .60. average .58; IV—.33 to .39. average .36; V—.30 to .36. average .34; VI—.16 to .17. average .17 plus .21. There are no secondary sensoria. Prothorax with lateral tubercles. Lateral tubercles on abdomen not constant but sometimes present. Cornicles .36 long. Cauda .18 long, both similar in shape to those of apterous viviparous female. Sensoria on hind tibiae numbering between three and four hundred. Allotype-—Alate male; Slide No. 8295. Oakwood. Illinois. October 7. 1929. on Salix sp., (T. H. Prison). On slide with male. Morphotjipr.— Apterous oviparous female; Slide No. S294. sa^e data as allotype. On slide with oviparous female. CLAVIGERCS SMITHIAE (Moxell) Fig. 145 ChaHophoni.s xmithiae Monell, Bulletin of the t'nited States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1. Januarv 22. 1879. Art. 1. p. 32. SpcciiiK'iis from I'curia. Illinoi,^. funned tlie cotvpic material from which this species was described. This large aphid with its brisjlit orange cornicles is quite common on Salix. Specimens have been col- lected, also, on Populus gra)ididciita!a and Acer sacchariiimii. Descrip- tions of the ]ireviotisly nndescribed sexual forms are presented here. Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Normal I Aug. 31, Sept. 24), 1883; Chicago (Oct. 9). 1897; Mansfield (Sept. 22). 1921; Cham- paign (Sept. 26). Decatur (Sept. IS. Oct. 4). Fisher (Nov. 11). Homer Park (Oct. 23). Kankakee (June 29). Mahomet (Oct. 2). I'rbana (Sept. 26). 1928; Duncan Mills (May 4). Oakwood (Oct. 13. 17). I'rbana lOct. 21). 1929: Pox Lake (May 14), Joliet (April 23), 1930. Mating pairs were collected November 11, 1928. Alate Male Averasjc length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 2.32. Color essentially similar to alate viviparous fenuUe. Average width of head across eyes. .66. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows; HI—.53 to .64. average .58; IV—.33 to .51. average .41; V—.31 to .34. average .32; VI— .16 to .19. average .17 plus .19 to .21. average .20. Secondary sensoria present on third. fourth, and tiflh antennal segments, irregularly arranged on all segments. The Plant Lice, oh Ai'Hiihae. oi- Illinois 167 apparently on all sides of the third segment but confined largely to one side of the fourth and fifth segments; average distribution as follows: III—95. IV—63. V— 12. Prothorax with lateral tubercles. Four abdominal segments anterior to cornicles as well as the segment posterior to cornicles with lateral tubercles. Beak reaching middle of metathoracic coxae. Cornicles .19 long, Cauda .08 long, otherwise similar to those of alate viviparous female. Al'TEKOUS OVU'AHOU.S FEMALE Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 3.39. Color essentially that of apterous viviparous female. Average width of head across eyes, .69. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III—.46 to .54, average .50; IV—.30 to ,31, average .31; V— .23 to .29, average .26; VI—.11 to .16. average .13 plus .20. There are no secondary sensoria. Beak reaching to base of metathoracic coxae. Cornicles .29 long, cauda .14, both similar to those of the apterous viviparous female. Hind tibiae slightly swollen, with about 90 sensoria. Allot !ii>c.~A\tite male; Slide No. 7086, Homer Park, Illinois, October 23, 1928, on tiulix sp., ( Frison and Park). On slide with male, oviparous female, and nymph. MoiphotiiiK?.—Apterous oviparous female; Slide No, 7019, Fisher, Illinois, November 11, 1928, on Acer .laccltarinuiu. (T. H. Frison). GEN-U.S GYPSOAPHTS Oestluxd GYPSOAPHIS OESTLUNDI Hottes Fi(is. 209, 314 Aiihis lonicriac Monell, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geo- graphical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1, January 22, 1S79, Art, I, p. 26. Xdiiic i)rcoccupi<'(l. Gijiisoaphis orstlumli Hottes, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wash- ington, Vol. 43. October 7, 1930, p. 181, yi'iv name. This .sjiecies wa.s first recorded from Illinois \i\ Davis (IDlOe) by the fianie given it in the original description. It is peculiar amotig the siipertribe Chaitophorea of Illinois in that the cornicles are lacking. This plant louse is partial to the leaves and more terminal shoots of the red hone\'suck!e (Louiccra sp. ) Data associated with our records of this species are as follows: Antioch i.Iune 15), Galena (June 26), Mt. Carroll (June 25), Oregon (June 28), Rock Island (June 24), 1928; Decatur (May 12), Urbana (May 26), 1929. PADL'CIA new genus .\ntennae four-.segmented (Fig. "^^O) and much shorter than the Ijody. Atiteniiae. legs, and body covered with riunierous long hairs as in Lachnus. Mead ( F"ig. T*!) very broad and without antennal tuliercles. Media of fore wings (Fig. .j5) once-forked, hind wings with both media and culiitus present. Cornicles (Fig. 1 III) long .-ind greatly swollen, constricted near liase and before flange at ape.x. Cauda (Fig. lilO) elongate, constricted in middle; ti]) rounded, almost knoblied. .\nal plate very liroad. Lateral margins of alxlomen ( F''ig. 1513) in alate vi\i])arous female with large well'develo])ed lateral tubercles; apterous ovi])arous females with lateral glands on the abdomen jxjorly dexeloped. 168 Illinois Nati ual Histoky Sikvky BrLLETi.x Genotype, Mclanoxanthcrinui aiitciiiiatiuii Patch, by original and present designation. This genus has lieen placed in the supertribe Chaitophorea and probably is most closely related to the tribe Pteroconiniini. but it might be considered as representing a new tribe because of its four-segmented antennae and elongate constricted cauda. PADUCIA A.XTEX.XATA (Patch) Melanoxantherium antennatum Patch. Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, Bulletin 213, June. 1913, p. ST. This unique and curious plant louse has not as yet been defi- nitely associated with its host. Our first specimen, an alate viviparous female, was found resting on a fern leaf, and the oviparous females were first noticed on the sin- face of a small stream flowing into the Salt Fork Ri\er near Oakwood. Illinois. Subsequently a few speci- mens were found climbing (j\er rocks protruding from the stream. The restriction of these ovijmrous females to an area of stream not exceeding forty feet in length and two to four feet in width is signifi- cant and indicates the host plant was somewhere in the immediate neighborhood. Although a thorough search failed to locate the host, some evidence was obtained to indicate that this aphid occurred on plant roots ex])osed by the erosive action of the stream. The ty]>ic specimens described by Patch were collected "on and in a pinnp which stands beneath an old willtiw," indicating that willow is probably the host. We are associating the alate and ovi]iarous females on the basis of similar cornicles and numerous other peculiarities. This species and the new genus to which it has been assigned have no near relati\-es and may be sharply and distinctly separated from all other A])hiidae. The cornicles, cauda, and anal ]ilate strongly suggest similar structures of Anij^horophora splaiii Thomas, but the lack of antennal tubercles, the once- forked media, the lateral glands, and, most significant of all, the four-segmented antennae at once sever all at- tempts to associate the two species. Tentatively, we have considered this new form as most closely related to the tribe Pterocommini. .Since the alate A'iviparous female has not been ]ireviously described. and the ovijiarous female but briefly, we are ])resenling detailed descrip- tions (if these two tonus. Alaik Vivu'.vuoi s Fkmalk l^izr ((»(/ (iniridl color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.36. Heart and thorax rtark hrown, l)oun(larios of thoracic sderites particularly darkly outlined. Abdomen mostly brown, lighter yellowish-browu areas on both sirtes and posterior to large, median, brownish spot, with hiteral tuber- cles arising from brownish areas; Cauda and anal plate dark brown: cor- nicles dark l)rown. darkest near base and posterior to widest portion of cornicles. First and second antennal segments brownish but lighter in color than head, second segment a little more yellow than first segment. third antennal segment dark brown except for extreme tip of segment which is yellowish, fourth segment essentially brownish becoming more yellowish- brown near base, l.egs brown; femora lighter at liase than elsewhere: tibiae almost uniformly brown, darkest at apices; tarsae somewhat lighter in color Thr Plaxt Lice, or ApHiinAE. of Illinois 169 than tibiae. Veins of fore wings brown; base of radius, cubitus, and anal veins more distinctly margined with brown than other veins. Beak brown- ish. Body and appendages with numerous long hairs. Hi'dd am! nppcndages.—Average width of head across eyes, .44. Anten- nal segments with comparative length as follows: I- .10; II- .10; III- .55; IV- .11 plus .41. Third antennal segment (Fig. 230) with nineteen to twenty- three secondary sensoria which are irregularly arranged but mostly confined to one side of the segment The beak extends to the base of the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs. Thora.r and aiiijcndai/es.—Prothorax with three pairs of lateral glands or tubercles. Stigma of fore wings (Fig. ,'i.') ) narrow, distinctly pointed, and with a well-developed brownish accessory vein: media once-forked, hind wings with both medius and cubitus present. AhiUiiiicn.—Four pairs of tubercles (Fig. ZV-i) on lateral portion of ab- domen anterior to cornicles, and a single pair of tubercles posterior to the cornicles, some of the tubercles appear to arise from low volcano shaped areas. The cornicles (Fig. 149) are about four times the length of the cauda and are weakly imbricated just before their apex. Cauda ( Fig. 190 1 some- what narrowed at base and distinctly constricted beyond middle, with two pairs of hairs on lateral margins. Anal plate wide and distinctly rounded. Ai'TEiious OvirAUors Female t^lzc iiitd (jrncral color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.02. Body and appendages clothed with numerous long hairs as in alate viviparous female. Head, thorax, and abdomen essentially dark chocolate brown shading to almost black in some places; area at base of cornicles more noticeably yellowish and contrasting with the cornicles, which are dark brown to almost black; cauda and anal plate dark brown to blackish. First, second, and third antennal segments mostly concolorous with head; fourth segment at base about concolorous with other segments but lighter beyond sensoria. Legs essentially concolorous with the body, somewhat darker at apices than at bases; tarsi lighter in color than the other seg- ments. Beak brownish, with terminal segments darker. Head and apiiendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .49, An- tennal fegments with comparative length as follows: III- .37 to .57, aver- age .45; IV- 10 to .14, average .12 plus .31 to .39, average .35. There are no secondary sensoria. Head sometimes with two glands on dorsum but oc- casionally with only one or none. The beak reaches about to the metathor- acic pair of legs and sometimes beyond. Thorar and ajipcndafics.—Prothorax with three pair of lateral glands as in the alate viviparous female. Mesothorax on dorsum separated from metathorax by an almost continuous row of glandular structures. All femoia with large oval sensoria. Hind tibiae with irmn eight to twenty exceedingly small sensoria, which are extremely diflficult to distinguish from the light colored bases of the hairs, Ahdamrn.—Four double rows of glandular structures on the lateral and mid-lateral surfaces anterior to the cornicles; lateral ijortion of abdomen posterior to cornicles always with two pairs of glandular structures and occasionally three pairs (possibly three is the normal number but the third and more dorsal pair is smaller than the others and more difficult to dis- tinguish). The cornicles are shaped as in the alate viviparous female and are faintly imbricated at the constricted area near tlie apex; in some speci- mens these imbrications are indented all over the surface of the cornicle Init are extremely taint. The tip of the abdomen always extends beyond tlie anal plate and may even extend beyond the constriction of the cauda so that only the extreme tip of the cauda may be seen unobstructed. The tip of the Cauda is very "bushy," the hairs, which are difficult to count, average about six pair,s on a side The abdomen of the oviparous female usually contains only two very large eggs. Morphotypc—Alate viviparous female; Starved Rock State Park. Illi- nois. ,Iuly 6, 1929 (Frison and Hottes). Host unknown. 170 Illinois Natikal Histoky Sikvey Bulletix Our material, in addition to the single, previously unknown alate viviparous female, consists of oviparous females, collected at Oakwood. Illinois, on November 7 and 10. 1929 (T. H. Prison) and Xoveniber 9. 1929 (H. H. Ross). One of the specimens taken on Xovember 7 is aberrant in that the cornicles are not as swollen as in typical specimens. Host in all cases unknown. Our oviparous females have been com- pared with a cotypic slide of this species kindly furnished by Dr. Patch. Genu.s PERIPHYLLUS \'..\n der Hoevex (SrnGENKiiA PERIPHYLLUS Vax der Hoevex and XEOTHOMASIA Baker) Key to the Species of the Genus Periphi/lUis 1. Veins of tore wings conspicuously margined with dark fuscous (Pig. .54) popullcola (Thomas) p. 172 — . Veins of fore wings not margined with fuscous 2 2. Secondary sensoria of third antennal segment numerous, vary- ing in number from fourteen to over twenty: dorsum of abdo- men with brownish markings: sixth antennal segment with terminal filament at least three times as long as basal portion lyropictus (Kessler) p. 170 — . Secondary sensoria of third antennal segment few. varying in number from six to ten: dorsum of abdomen without brownish markings: sixth antennal segment with terminal filament less than three times as long as basal portion negundinis (Thomas) p. 170 PERIPHYLLUS LYROPICTUS (Kessler) Chaitophoriis Jin'opictiis Kessler, Nova acta Academic Caesareae Leopoldino- Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum. Band LI, No. 2. 1S86. p. 171. This larye species, which inhabits the under surface of the leaves of majiles, has been previously reported from Chicago and the near vicinity by Gillette (19()9d) and Davis (1910d) under the name of Cliaitof'horus occris Linn. The entire life historv is spent upon its host. No diiiiorphs, as in P. iicgniKliiiis. have thus far been observed. All of our specimens have been collected on hard maple. Acer sarrharum. Data asi-ociateil with our specimens are as follows: Decatur (Oct. 2. Nov. 22), 192S; Decatur (Oct. 21), Urbana (Oct 2!1 ) , Waukegan (July i:?. Aug. 29), 1929: Urbnna (May 20), 19.30. Our earliest record for the alate and apterous viviparous females at Urbana is May 20. Males and oviparous females are found in Illinois in September and October. A mating pair was observed at Urbana on October 29, 1929. PERIPHYLLUS NEGUNDINIS (Thomas) Fiiis. 152. :?;?i Chiiil(}iihoriin iirfiiiiKlhiis Thomas. Bulletin Illinois State Laboratory of Nat- ural History, Vol. I, No. 2, June, 1S78, p. 10. This species is of special interest because of the production of the so-called "diniorphs." which are readily recognized by ]ieculiar leaf- like flabellae protruding fniiu the sides of the alHlonien antl head (Fig. .'i31). Otn^ best iiituniiaticm concerning these diniorphs is given in two The Plant Lue, oi! ArmiDAK. ni- Ii.ijxois 171 papers by Davis (]!)08b and l!)10a). In the locality of Urbana, the di- niorphs appear in June. Later in the season they are replaced by the nurnial forms. A related European species, P. tcsludinatus Thornton, has similar dimorphs. At times this ]jlant louse l)ecomes so abundant on l)ox elder in Illinois that it is exceedingly obnoxious, for the honev dew covers the Fig. 19. Characteristic grouping of a colony of Pcriij1niUii\ popti- Ucola (Thomas) on upper side of a leaf of the cottonwool!. I'opuJuH dcUoUles: Champaign. Sept. 9, 1929. sidewalks beneath infested trees. Our records indicate it is common and widely distributed in all parts of the state. The best general ac- count regarding it is gi\-en by W'elister (IDIT). The cotypic specimens from which the original description was made are mounted on Slide 2775 of the Survey collection. Data as.sociated with this slide mount of alate and apterous viviparous females are as follows: Peoria, Illinois, June, collected by Miss Smith, on Aver Scgnndo. 172 Illinois Natural History Si kvey Bulletin Data associated with our specimens, all collected on Acer yegundo are as follows: Normal (Sept. 24), 1883; Normal (May 12, ID, 1884; Antioeh (June 15), Carbondale (June 4), Champaign (May 17, 211. Galena (June 26), Havana (June 21), Kankakee (June 29), LeRoy (June 20). Mattoon (June 10), Metropolis (May 31), Mt. Carmel (May 26), Mt. Carroll (June 35), Oregon (June 27), Pekin (June 20), Quincy (June 6), Shawneetown (May 271. Starved Rock State Park (June 12, 13), Urbana (May 24, June 7, Oct. 1). 1928; Collinsville (Sept. 11), Effingham (June 18), Macomb (May 4), Rantoul (April 24), Rock Island (July 7), Springfield (May 2), 1929. PERIPHVLLUS POPULICOLA (Ti[o.\ia.s) Pic;s. 19, 54 Chaitopliorns poiniUcola Thomas, Bulletin Illinois State Laboratory of Nat- ural History, Vol. I, No. 2, June, 1878, p. 10. This dark-colored aphid (Fig. 19). with wing veins bordered with fuscous (Fig. 5-1:), is one of the most common aphids on poplar in Illi- nois. Dimorphic forms, such as are produced in summer by P. iicgtin- diiiis (Thomas), are not produced by this species. It is partial to water'sprouts or new and succulent growth. Since the description by Thomas, based on Illinois material, it has been recorded from the state by Davis (lOlOd). \\'ilson (IDlOb) made this sjiecies the type of a new genus called Tlioinasia. Finding that Tlioniasia Wilson had been used previously for another genus of insects. Baker (19"^0) proposed the generic name of A'cotlioiiiasia for the same insect. \\"e are con- sidering Neothomasia as a subgeneric complex. Cotypic specimens of this species were found among the recently dis- covered Thomas types in our collection. These cotypic alate and apterous specimens, in poor condition but easily recognizable as this species, are mounted in damar balsam on Slide No. 8177. They were collected at Car- bondale. Illinois, July 19, 1877, on sprouts of PvpuUt.i. Data associated with our alate and apterous specimens, all collected on PopuVus sp.. are as follows: Pekin (Aug. 8). 1882: Champaign (July 15, 27), Danville (Sept. 18), Elizabethtown (Oct. 12). Galena (June 25). Ha- vana (June 20), Metropolis (June 1), Morton (July 22). Muncie (Aug. S). Oakwood (July 18). Oregon (June 27. 28). Pekin (July 22). Quincy (June 6), Urbana (July 27), 192S: Cairo (June 22). East St. Louis June L'4 ). Edwardsville (Aug. 11), Eldorado (June 9). Elizabethtown (June 20). Ga- lena (July 10), Grayville (June 19). Hillsboro (Sept. 10), Kansas (June 17), Oakwood (Oct. 13, 11, Nov. 10), Richmond (July 12). Rock Island (July 7). Starved Rock State Park (July 5). 1929; Oakwood (Oct. 22). Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. We have taken the sexual forms at Oakwood, Illinois, on October 13, 17, and November 10, 1929, and October 22, 1930. GicNcs I'LOCAMAPIIIS Oestiaxd Kcij to Sprcii's of the dcruiti Plocamaphis Body flocculent in livin,!; specimens, cornicles distinctly swollen and well developed (Fig. 162). secondary sensoria on third an- tennal segment averaging about twenty ... .flocculosa (Weed) p. 173 Body not flocculent in living specimens, cornicles not distinctly swollen and weakly developed (Fig. 161). secondary sensoria on third antennal segment averaging about thirteen terricola n. sp. p 173 The Plant Lice, ok Aphiidae, ok Illinois 173 PLOCAMAPHIS FLOCCULOSA (Weed) Melanoxantlius flocciilosum. Weed, Insect Life, Vol. Ill, No. 6, March, 1S91, p. 291. This species has not previous!}" been reported from Illinois. It is a bark feeder. Because of its body being very flocculent it is quite conspicuous on the bare and leafless branches of its host. The sexual forms have been descrilied by \\'eed. Data associated with our specimens, all taken on Salix sp., are as fol- lows: Elizahethtown (Oct. 121, Herod (Nov. 30), 1928; Kankakee (July 25), Mounds (June 21), Oakwood (Oct. 17, Nov. 10). Oregon (July 11), 1929. We have taken the oviparous females In October and November. Eggs were being deposited on willows at Herod, Illinois, on November 30, 192S. PLOCAMAPHIS TERRICOLA new species Figs. 161, 214, 256 Alate ViviPAROis Female Size and rieneral color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.46. Head and thorax dusky cinnamon brown: abdomen light cinnamon brown with darker brown on outer margin of cauda; anal plate slightly darker than the abdomen and reddish tinge less in evidence. First antennal seg- ment concolorous with the head, second segment and basal portion of third segment light brown, remainder of antennae a dusky brown. Coxae, tro- chanters, and basal portion of femora light brown ; remainder of femora, tibiae, and tarsi darii brown, particularly apical ends of tibiae and tarsi. The beak is mostly light brownish shading to dark brown at its apex. Wings with the stigma and the base of wings slightly suffused, the veins are well defined and light brown in color. Head and appenda(i<'H.—Average width of head across eyes, .66. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III- .46 to .50, average .49; IV- .36 to .36, average .36: V- .31 to .36, average .33; VI- .17 to .20, aver- age .18 plus .31 to .43, average .39 The secondary sensoria are limited to the third antennal segment (Fig 256) and with the exception of one or two are arranged in a straight row; in number they average abaut 13; the ter- minal filament is more blunt than usual; hairs on antennae fine and fairly numerous, those on the third antennal segment from subequal to one and one- half times as long as width of segment. The beak i.s unusually long, always extending to the tip of the anal plate and often beyond. Thorax and appendaijes.—Fore wings with the second fork of media variable in relation to the first fork and margin of the wing, either closer to first fork or midway between first fork and margin of the wing; and in one specimen Mj is entirely lacking. The second segment of the hind tarsi, exclusive of claws, is about as long as the cornicles but in several examples it is slightly longer. The prothorax has a pair of large, well-developed lateral tubercles. Abdomen.—At least three abdominal segments with well-developed lat- eral tubercles anterior to the cornicles. The cornicles (Fig. 161) are feeb- ly developed and without a flange, are but slightly swollen and difficult to locate because of being lighter in color than the abdomen and not protrud- ing beyond it: their length varies from .13 to .17 and averages .15. The Cauda (Fig. 214) is much shorter than the anal plate and varies in length from .1(1 to .15 and averages .13. The anal plate (Fig. 214) is unusually well developed, often having its sides almost parallel and its posterior mar- gin only slightly rounded. 174 Illinois Natikal Histohy Si kvky Billktin ApTEItOlS ViVlPAKOlS FeM.U.E Size and ffoitinl color.—Average length from vertex to tip ot anal plate. 3.08. Geuerai color about as describe:! for the alate viviparous female; differs in that the antennae and legs are darker in color. The dorsum and lateral portions of thorax and certain small areas in the abdomen are dis- tinctly dusky brown. Head and (iiJiii'iidagcs.—Average width of head across eyes. .73. An- tennal segments with average comparative length as follows: III- .40: IV- .30; V- .30; VI- .17 plus .36. The secondary sensoria are restricted to the third antennal segment and vary in number from one to tour. The beak is similar to that of the alate viviparous female but usually extends only to the base of the cornicles. Ahdomi'n.—Lateral tubercles, Cauda, anal plate, and cornicles as in the alate viviparous female. Holotypc.—Alate viviparous female; Beach, Illinois, July 13. 1929, on Salis sp., (Frison and Hottes). Slide No. 106.59. Morphotijpe.—Apterous viviparous female; Beach, Illinois, July 13, 1929. on Salix .s;i.. (Prison and Hottes). Slide No. 10660. Pnrati/jjes.—Thirty-four slides of alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae and nymphs; all collected at Beach, Illinois, July 13 and August 29, 1929, on SalU- sp., (Frison and Hottest. Slides Nos. 10661-10679 and others unnumbered. Thi.s species was found on the roots and near the crown of a species of .S'(;/u- growing in the sand not far from the .'^hore line of Lake Michigan. It may he separated from Plocaiiiapltis flocciilosiiiii (Weed) Ijv not being flocculent and terrestrial as well as hy morpho- logical characters, the most noticeable of which is the fact that the cornicles are much shorter and distinctly less swollen. In spite of the fact that the median vein has two forks instead of one. this species is perhaps most closely allied to Ploraniaf^his I'ragcji Gillette and Palmer. In addition to venational characters it may be separated from this lat- ter species by its larger cornicles and difference in comparative lengths of antennal segments. Genus SIPHA Passerini SIPHA FLAVA (PoRiiE.s) Chaitoiihonm Jhiviis Forbes, Thirteenth Report of the State Entomoiogist of the State of Illinois, May 31, 1884, p. 42. Althongh the sorghum aphis was described from Illinois by Forbes in 188-1, its life history was mainly imknown imtil the studies of Davis ( l!)09a ) were ])ublished. The general details of the life history are simi- lar to most other non-migratory sjjecies. exce])t that some evidence was obtained by Davis to lead him to believe that the stem mothers are winged. The sorghum aphis is sometimes abundant enough to cause serious damage to liroom corn and sorghum in Illinois. In Porto Rico it has frec[uently been a serious pest of young sugar cane. Data associated with material in our collection are as follows: Heyworth (Aug. 11), 1883; Champaign (May 7), 1886: Urbana (Sept. 11). ISSS; Havana (June 26), 1907; Carbondale (June 4), Decatur (Nov. 4), Mt, Carmel (May 26), 1928; Mitchell (Juno 25), 1929. Lectotypic slide. No. 3152, selected by Frison (1927). contains an alate viviparous female collected at Champaign. Illinois. July 25. 1SS3, on sorghum by S. A. Forbes. Paratypic slides. Nos. 3151, 3153-3156, are associated with the same data as the lectotype slide. The Plant Lkk, oit Aphiiiiae, oi- Ii.i.ixois 175 SUPERTRIBE APHIEA KEY TO GENERA 1. Cornicles absent or minute 2 — . Cornicles present anil conspicuous 3 2. Abdomen with lateral tubercles (Fig. 312); cornicles absent: body not elongate: basal portion of sixth antennal segment much shorter than tifth segment Asiphonaphis p. 225— . Abdomen without lateral tubercles: cornicles present but min- ute: body elongate: fifth and basal portion of sixth antennal segments about equal in length Brachycolus p. 22S 3. With a caudal projection (supra-anal process) situated above Cauda (Fig. 206 » Cavariella p. 229— . Without a caudal projection above cauda 4 i. Antennae five-segmented (Fig. 232) Cerosipha p. 229— . Antennae six-segmented ( Pig. 266 ) 5 5. Media of fore wings normally branched once (Pig. 70) Toxoptera p. 241 — . Media of fore wings normally branched twice (Fig. 57) 6 6. Hind wings with cubitus lacking (Fig. 89) or only partially de- veloped ( Pig. 93 ) 7— . Hind wings with cubitus well developed (Pig. 91) S 7. Cornicles without a flange (Fig. 136); secondary sensoria num- erous on third, fourth and fifth segments: hind tibiae between four and five times as long as cornicles Alphitoaphis p. 175— . Cornicles with flange (Fig. 135); secondary sensoria few or lack- ing on fourth and fifth segments: hind tibiae about three times as long as cornicles Hysteroneura p. 232 S. Cornicles cylindrical or tapering (Fig. 131) Aphis p. 176 — . Cornicles more or less swollen (Fig. 160) with distinct constric- striction before apical flange 9 9. Cornicles about as long as basal portion of sixth antennal seg- ment 10— . Cornicles much longer than basal portion of sixth antennal seg- ment Rhopalosiphum p. 234 10. Cauda short, width at base about equal to length (Fig. 201) Brevicoryne p. 228— . Cauda elongate, much longer than width at base (Fig. 199) Hyalopterus p. 231 Genus ALPHITOAPHIS Hottes ALPHITOAPHIS LONICERICOLA ( Wii.i.iam.s) Fui.s. 79, 93, 136 Afhis lonireiicolri Williams, University Studies, University of Nebraska, Vol. X, No. 2, March, 1911, p. 45. This comparatively rare aphid i.s here recorded for the first time from Ilhnois. It causes the terminal leaves of its host, the red honey- suckle, to curl. A complete account of the life history of this non- migratory species, triving- descriptions of all the various forms, has never heen published. Data associated with our specimens, all collected on Lonici'ra sp., are as follows: Antioch (June 15), Galena (June 26), Mt. Carroll (June 25), Oregon (June 28). 192S; Oakwood (June 1). 1929. 1V6 Illinois Natukal Histoiiy Svkvky Bl lletix Genus APHIS Lixxaecs (SUBUE.NEKA APHIS LlXXAEUS AXD ANURAPHIS DfX GUEBCIO) Key to the Si)ecies of the Genus Ai/his' 1. Dorsum of abdomen with a large dark patch or saddle-like area super-imposed on a lighter ground color ( Fig, 4 ) 2 — . Dorsum of abdomen of a uniform light or dark color, or at the most with lateral dark spots, narrow median, entire or inter- rupted, transverse bars, or dark areas around or posterior to the bases of the cornicles I Fig. 23 I 8 2. Cauda or anal plate or both brown, decidedly darker than venter of abdomen ; cornicles dark brown or blackish, sometimes lighter towards apex 3 — , Cauda and anal plate red. concolorous with venter of abdomen (both appearing yellow in cleared specimens), cornicles pale. sometimes slightly dusky near apex rociadae Cockerell p, 214 3. Cornicles either without imbrications, or with them only indis- tinctly developed, the sides of the cornicles appearing prac- ticall.v smooth 4 — . Cornicles with distinct, fine, close imbrications, giving the sides of the cornicles a minutely serrate appearance 6 4. Cornicles less than twice length of cauda; cornicles practically without imbrications padi Linnaeus p. 209 — . Cornicles distinctly longer than twice length of cauda: cornicles with feeble imbrications 5 5. Fourth antennal segment with more than 15 sensoria; on apple. . rosea Baker p. 214 — . Fourth antennal segment with less than 10 sensoria: on thistle cardui Linnaeus p. 185 6. Third antennal segment with more than 25 sensoria tulipae Fonscolombe^ p. 222 — . Third antennal segment with less than 25 sensoria T 7. Cornicles and cauda subequal in length: migrating between apple and clover bakeri Cowen p. 181 — . Cornicles two or three times length of cauda: making a leaf-curl on Viburnum (Fig. 28) viburnicola Gillette p. 223 8. Abdomen bright yellow with a very large black spot at the base of each cornicle nerii Fonscolombe p. 206 — . Abdomen either not a bright yellow or without such a very large spot at the base of the cornicles 9 9. Cornicles subequal to only one-half length of cauda 10 — . Cornicles subequal to. or greater than, entire length of cauda 11 10. Fourth antennal segment with secondary sensoria c4-5): third antennal segment with more than 10 sensoria debilicornis Gillette and Palmer p. 191 — . Fourth antennal segment normally without sensoria. rarely with one or two: third antennal segment with less than 10 sensoria spiraephila Patch p. 222 11. Cornicles smooth, entirely without imbrications: species forming a tight leaf-fold on Solidtipo ( Fig. 271 solidaginifoliae Williams p. 220 'The preparation of a key for the recognition of the Illinois species of plant lice belonffinR to the genus Ai)lii.i has proved to lie a ditflcult and hiphly unsat- isfactory uiKlertakiiig. This ke.v is suhniitted with tlie realization th;it it is imperfect and that it demands a partial knowlodKo of tlie colors of liviiiK apbids as well as the structures revealed liy slide preparations. The ke.v has been made by a study of many individu.ils nf each species and an effort has lieen made to take into consideration reasonable variation. The inability to easily separate in a ke.v certain forms ;it present eonsidered as separate species reflects the need for pains-taking morphologii al and biologieal studies within the genus. studies of a character not iiossible for us to earr.v to completion at this time. - We have not examined alate viviiiarous females of tliis species liul have placed it in the kev on the basis of the description of Theobald (1!>;T). The Plant Lice, oii Ai'iiiidae, of Illinois 177 — . Cornicles with imbrications, usually distinct, especially on basal portion, but only weakly developed in the case of i)f'rsicai'-nigcr 12 12. Antennae with numerous conspicuous setae as long as, or longer than, the width of the segments of the antennae; on Populus . . maculatae Oestlund p. 201 — . Antennae with only inconspicuous, translucent setae, usually difficult to find; not on Populns 13 13. Sensoria on third antennal segment arranged in a more or less straight and regular row 36 — . Sensoria on third antennal segment not arranged in a straight row, being scattered more indiscriminately over the surface of the segment 14 14. Cauda elongate, constricted near the middle (Fig. 197), always two or three times its width at the middle 23 — . Cauda shorter, conical (Fig. 194), spatulate (Fig. 193), or broadly rounded ( Fig. 191 ) , not constricted near middle 15 15. Cornicles subequal to cauda in length 16 — . C amides longer than cauda 17 16. Fourth antennal segment with more than 10 sensoria; on Physo- carpus neilliae Oestlund p. 205 — . Fourth antennal segment normally lacking sensoria; on Cornus caliginosa Hottes and Frisoii p. 1S2 17. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment less than twice length of cornicles 19 — . Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment twice or more than twice length of cornicles IS IS. Cornicles subequal to or only slightly greater than length of base of sixth antennal segment crataegifoliae Fitch p. 190 — . Cornicles at least twice as long as base of sixth antennal seg- ment persicae-niger Smith p. 209 19. Abdomen a very dark green, appearing almost bluish or black; hind tibiae usually pallid with the apex darker; on Kumbiicus sambucifoliae Fitch p. 218 — . Abdomen red or yellow with darker lateral or caudal patches; hind tibiae entirely black or blackish brown, sometimes with a central lighter area 20 20. Abdomen with four pairs of large lateral tubercles anterior to cornicles feminea Hottes p. 193— . Abdomen with only one or two pairs of large lateral tubercles anterior to cornicles 21 21. Sixth antennal segment with terminal filament not more than twice the length of the base; a subterranean or semi-subter- ranean species on the roots and crowns of dandelion {Turu.ni- cum sp.) knowltoni Hottes and Frison p. 199 — . Sixth antennal segment with terminal filament more than twice length of base, often three times or more; not subterranean, inhabiting leaves and stems 22 22. Color of abdomen distinctly reddish brown; distance from second fork of media to closest edge of wing four-fifths or more times the distance from second fork to first fork of media ; fourth antennal segment w-ith 2 to 4 sensoria viburniphila Patch p. 224 — . Color of abdomen yellow; distance from second fork nf media to closest edge of wing less than two-thirds of the distance be- tween first and second forks of media; fourth antennal seg- ment with 7 to 13 sensoria luridis Hottes and Frison p. 200 23. Abdomen black, brown, or reddisli, not green or yellow 24— . Abdomen green or yellow or some shade of these two colors 27 24. Terminal filament subequal to length of third antenna! segment. always much longer than one-half of the third segment 25— . Terminal filament subequal to one-half length of third antennal segment 27 178 Illinois Xatikal Histokv Sikvev Bi u.etin 25. Cornicles almost equal to, or longer than, twice length of hind tarsi exclusive of claws; color bluish or black or greenish black 26 — . Cornicles shorter, at most scarcely more, than one and one-half times length of hind tarsi exclusive of claws; color of abdomen pruinose reddish brown cephalanthi Thomas p. 185 86. Fourth antennal segment with 3 to 16 sensoria: on Orrnr/lia . . . . rumicis var. gerardiae (Thomast p. 217 —. Fourth antennal segment with less than S sensoria. usually 1 to 3; on a great variety of plants rumicis Linnaeus p. 21.:i 27. Third antennal segment with 20 or more sensoria 28 — . Third antennal segment with less than 20 sensoria 32 2S. Fourth antennal segment with more than 5 sensoria 29 — . Fourth antennal segment with less than 4 sensoria •?! 29. Terminal filament of si.xth antennal segment about twice as long as fifth antennal segment, ground color of abdomen golden yellow luridis Hottes and Frison p. 200 —. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment only slightly longer than fifth antennal segment, ground color of abdomen yellow or greenish 30 30. Secondary sensoria conspicuously large, those on fourth antennal segment mostly larger than primary sensorium on fifth; abdo- men essentially dark brown or almost black: on Srnrcio nyctalis Hottes and Frison p. 206 — . Secondary sensoria mostly small, those on fourth usually dis- tinctly smaller than primary sensorium of fifth; abdomen essentially dark green; on Zizki and other umbelliferous plants signatis Hottes and Frison p. 219 'il. On Asclepias and Apoviinitv) sp. ; abdomen yellow with lateral and caudal black spots; third antennal segment with 10-20 sensoria. fourth without sensoria; cornicles not more than l^^ times length of cauda and subequal to, or longer than, fourth antennal segment: sixth antennal segment with terminal fila- ment 2 or 3 times length of base asclepiadis Fitch p. ISl — . On Circium: abdomen essentially moderately dark green; with lateral and caudal blackish spots: third antennal segment with 15-25 sensoria, fourth without; cornicles subequal to, or consid- erably more than, II/2 times cauda. and slightly longer than fourth antennal segment; sixth antennal segment with term- inal filament about twice length of base carduella Walsh p. 183 — . On Pdstiniirii : abdomen yellow with large lateral blackish patches: third antennal segment with 35-50 sensoria, fourtn usually without sensoria but occasionally with one or two: cornicles always distinctly longer than I14 times length of Cauda, and always longer than fourth antennal segment: sixth antennal segment with terminal filament about three times base decepta Hottes and Frison p. 192 — . On Contus or Hrliinilhus- : abdomen dark green with dark brown lateral and caudal patches; third antennal segment with 25-35 sensoria. fourth normally without sensoria. rarely with one or two: cornicles suliequal to, or longer than, lin times length of Cauda and much longer than fourth antennal segment: sixth antennal segment with terminal filament about twice length of base helianthi Monell p. 196 32, Hind tarsi entirely dark brown or black; on corn . . . maidis Fitch p. 205 — . Hind tarsi pallid or yellow with the apices dark brown and con- trasting with the basal portion; not on corn 33 33, Fourth antennal segment usually with three or more sensoria, rare specimens without sensoria on fourth 34 —. Fourth antennal segment normally without sensoria, rarely with one or two sensoria 3-^ 34, On gooseberry and currant (Ribrs) sanborni Patch p. 218 —. On h'haiiiiius and a large variety of summer hosts rhamni Fonscolonibe, p. 214 The Plant Lice, ok Apiiiidae, of Illinois 179 35. Abdomen yellowish green; on AscJpi)ias and AiJaciiniiiii sp asclepiadis Fitch p. ISl—. Abdomen pea green; on Circium carduella Walsh p. 1S3 36. Hind tibiae pallid or yellowish with apex brown, contrasting with basal portion 44 — . Hind tibiae entirely black or blackish brown, or with the basal half and the apex dark brown and the middle portion lighter 37 37. Ground color of abdomen yellow or green 38 — . Ground color of abdomen red. purplish, or reddish brown 40 38. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment four or more times the length of basal portion of segment ageratoidis Oestlund p. 181 and coreopsidis (Thomas) p. 188 — . Terminal filament much less than three times the length of basal portion of segment, usually about twice as long 39 39. Cauda short and conical (Fig. 201), not constricted near middle; on roots and crowns of corn and other plants maidi-radicis Forbes p. 202 — . Cauda longer (Fig. 197), constricted near middle; on leaves and stalks of corn and other plants maidis Fitch p. 205 40. Cauda short, not constricted near middle (Figs. 192, 201) 41 — . Cauda longer, distinctly constricted near middle (Fig. 197) 43 41. Abdomen with four pairs of large prominent lateral tubercles anterior to cornicles; fourth and fifth antennal segments with secondary sensoria, usually 3 to 5 on each. . . feminea Hottes p. 193 — . Abdomen at the most with only one or two pairs of large lateral tubercles anterior to cornicles; fourth and fifth antennal seg- ments normally without secondary sensoria 42 42. Cornicles longer than terminal filament of sixth antennal seg- ment; on Prnnns chetansapa Hottes and Frison p. 186— . Cornicles very much shorter than terminal filament of sixth an- tennal segment, subequal to half its length; on PseiJera folsomii Davis p 193 43. Cornicles subequal in length to terminal filament of sixth anten- nal segment; on grape illinoisensis Shimer p. 198 — . Cornicles very much shorter than terminal filament of sixth an- tennal segment, subequal to half itii length; on CcpJiiiliiiithus and Impulien.i cephalanthi Thomas p. 185 44. Abdomen blue, blackish, brown or reddish-brown 45 — . Abdomen green or yellow 51 45. Cornicles very much shorter than third antennal segment 46 — . Cornicles subequal to, or longer than, third antennal segment 49 46. Cauda short, broad, and rounded (Fig. 202), not constricted near middle; on Contiis 47 — . Cauda longer and more slender (Fig. 200), slightly constricted near middle 48 47. Cornicles slightl.v shorter than cauda; abdomen with three single pairs and one double pair of large lateral tubercles anterior to cornicles (Fig. 309) caliginosa Hottes and Frison p. 182 — . Cornicles longer than cauda; abdomen with less than five pairs of lateral tubercles anterior to cornicles cornifoliae Fitch p. 189 48. Fourth antennal segment usually with one to four sensoria; a pruinose reddish-brown species on CrphaUinlhiis or Iwpatiens . cephalanthi Thomas p. 185 — . Fourth antennal segment without sensoria; a pulverulent l)luish- green species on Euphurhia pulchella Hottes and Frison p. 212 49. Distance between first and second fork of media less than twice distance between second fork and edge of wing measured along vein media 1 50— . Distance between first and second fork of media more than twice distance between second fork and edge of wing measured along vein media 1 forbesi Weed p. 194 180 Illinois Natiisal History Sikvet Bru.ETix 50. Sixth antennal segment (base plus filament i longer than cor- nicles: species on Liatris funesta Hottes and Prison p. 194 — . Sixth antennal segment subequal to cornicles; species on Labur- num and other legumes laburni Kaltenbach p. 199 51. Base of sixth antennal segment shorter than fifth, and also fourth, antennal segment 53 — . Base of sixth antennal segment subequal to, or slightly longer than, fifth, and usually also fourth, antennal segment 52 52. Cornicle nearly twice or more than twice, length of cauda; spe- cies on leaves and stems of Eupatnrium and allied Compositae vernoniae Thomas p. 222 — . Cornicle distinctly less than twice as long as cauda: species on roots and crowns of corn and other plants maidi-radicis Forbes p. 202 53. Cornicles longer than cauda 55 — . Cornicles equal to or slightly shorter than cauda 54 54. Fourth antennal segment with secondary sensoria. usually num- oering 3-5; on gooseberry sanborni Patch p. 218 — . Fourth antennal segment lacking secondary sensoria: on Liniris zilora Hottes and Frison p. 224 55. Cornicle subequal to. or greater than, twice length of fourth an- tennal segment 56 — . Cornicle distinctly shorter than twice length of fourth antennal segment 57 56. Cauda (Fig. 194) triangular in outline, not markedly constricted near middle; small species with a bright yellowish green abdo- men; on Eupatori\im and Vcrnonia vernoniae Thomas p. 222 — . Cauda (Fig. 197) markedly constricted near middle; species with a green abdomen; on •^alix saliceti Kaltenbach p. 217 57. Fourth antennal segment usually with sensoria numbering from one to six. occasionally without, in which ease the third seg- ment usually has 8 or more sensoria 58 — . Fourth antennal segment normally without sensoria. a rare speci- men with one or two: third antennal se.?ment usually with less than 7 sensoria 61 58. On gooseberry and currant (Rihesi: cornicles shorter than third antennal segment; third antennal segment with 6-10 sensoria. often not iu a straight row; fourth with 2-6 sensoria. either in a row or grouped sanborni Patch p. 21S — . On Monar(}ii : cornicles shorter than third antennal segment; third antennal segment with 4-ti sensoria. always in a row- fourth with 1-3. usually 2; cauda with portion beyond constric- tion relatively short and broad (Fig. 190) . .monardae Oestlund p. 205 — . On hosts other than Hihes or Monurda 59 59. Cornicles usually as long as third antennal segment, only rarely distinctly shorter; third antennal segment with 6-10 sensoria, fourth with 1-4, but usually 2 60 — . Cornicles always shorter than third antennal segment; third antennal segment with 6-16 sensoria, fourth with 0-S. fifth with 0-4; overwintering on Rhiiiiiniis and migrating to many and varied summer hosts rhamni Fonscolombe p 214 60. On apple and related species (Pinim or Crataegus) : hind tibiae of oviparous females slender, w-ith few sensoria; males apterous. pomi DeGeer p. 210 —. On Spiraea and many other summer hosts: hind tibiae of ovipar- ous females swollen, thickly studded with sensoria ; males alate spiraecola Patch p. 220 61. Cauda spatulate (Fig. 193) or triangular in outline (Fig. 194), not constricted near middle 62 — . Cauda constricted near middle (Fig. 197) 63 The Plant Lice, ni; Aimiiidae, or Illinois 181 62. Cauda spatulate (Fig. 193), ape.x rounded: third antennal seg- ment subequal in length to terminal filament, small species curling leaves of blackberry rubicola Oestlund p. 215 — . Cauda triangular (Fig. 194), apex pointed: third antennal seg- ment distinctly shorter than terminal filament, a medium-sized species curling leaves of chokecherry cerasifoliae Fitch p. 186 63. On Oenothera oestlundi Gillette p. 208 — . On cotton, cucurbits, and many other plants gossypii Glover p. 195 APHIS AGERATOIDIS Oe.stlu.xm Aphis (igeratoklis Oestlund, Fourteenth Annual Report of the State Geologist of Minnesota, March, 1886, p. 38. This species is recoi'ded nov.- from Illinois for the first time. When Oestliin(J described this species he commented on its being very closely allied to A ['his frondosac Oestlund. The latter has since been made a synonym of Apliis corcopsidis (Thomas). Although recognizing the difficulty of separating Aphis agcratoidis from A. corcopsidis, we prefer for the present to recognize the two forms as distinct. The sexual forms ha\e not been described. Data associated with our viviparous specimens placed as this species are as follows: Catlin (Sept. 27, Oct. 6), East Dubuque (June 26), Havana (June 21), Herod (May 29). Mt. Carroll (June 25). Oakwood (Sept. 17), Oregon (June 28), Urbana (May 16, July 10), 1928; Kappa (Sept. 9). Oak- wood (Oct. 17). 1929; Oakwood (Oct. 22), 1930. Collected on Blephilia hirsuta. BrickelUa sp., Eupatoriurn urticaefoUum. Eupatorium sp , Xepeta catarUi. and Yrrnonia sp. APHIS ASCLEPIADIS Fitch Aphis (isch pitiflis Fitch. Fourth Annual Report of the Regents of the Univer- sity on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, State of New York, January 14, 1851, p. 65. The species which we are considering under the above name has been previously reported from Illinois by (jillette ( I'JIO) and by Davis (I'JlOa). The Aphis apocynii Koch listed by Thomas (18^!)) from Wisconsin, as shown liy a slide {il&h), of Thomas, is undoubtedly this species. It is quite generally distributed in Illinois on niilkweei^l. Data associated with our alate and apterous viviparous specimens, all collected- on Asclcpias sp. or Apoci/num sp., are as follows: Galena (June 25), Kankakee (June 29), 1928; Beach (July 13), Bloomington (July 5), Edwardsville (Sept. 11), Jerseyville (June 25), Rock Island (Julv 7), Sey- mour (June 13), 1929. APHIS BAKERI Cowex Fid. 99 Aphis hiikrri Cowen, Agricultural Experiment Station of Colorado State Agricultural College, Bulletin No. 31, Technical Series No. 1. May, 1895, p. 118. The short-beaked clover aphid was first re]jorted as occurring in Illinois by Davis ( l!)()Sc) who reported it as a common species through- out the state on red clover. This species has been shown by Gillette 182 Illinois NArriiAL Histoisy Survey Bli.i.etix and Taylor flOOS) to spend the winter in the egg stage chiefly iii)on apple, pear, Cnilac(jus, etc.. and the summer upon clover. Gillette (liiosb) has given detailed descriptions of all the various forms. In Colorado A. bakcri is sometimes a pest on apples. Data associated with our alate and apterous viviparous specimens, all collected on Trifnlium pnitensc. are as follows: Normal (May 14). 1884; Champaign (Nov.), 1SS5; Benient (June 17). Cairo (June 2). East Peoria (July 22), Galena (June 2.5). LeRoy (June 20). Morgan County (June 19). Muneie (Oct. 6). Oakwood (July IS). Oregon (June 2S). St. Anne (July 15). 1928; Cairo (June 22 I, Edwardsville (Sept. 111. 192^. APHIS CALIGINOSA new species Figs. 140, 202, 284, ;309 Al.\te Viviparou.'s Female Size anil (iriurul cahir.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.60. Head, thorax, and cornicles black. Abdomen with base and apex blackish, intermediate area somewhat light brown. First and second anlen- nal segments concolorous with head; apex of fifth and all of sixth segments blackish; remainder of antennae light brownish. Eyes black. Coxae and trochanters concolorous with venter of body; fore femora yellowish brown. middle and hind femora blackish except for extreme brownish bases; tibiae of all legs essentially yellowish brown with apices black for a distance about equal to length of tarsi; tarsi of all legs black. Beak brown, with extreme tip blackish. Costal margin of front wing yellowish brown near base; remainder of veins dark brown. Head and aijprndani.s.—Average width of head across eyes. .39. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.20 to .29. average .25; IV— .1:3 to .16. average .15; V— .11 to .16. average .1:3; VI—.07 to .11. average .09 plus .14 to .2:3. average .IS. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 2S4) limited to the third segment, numbering from 5 to 9. averaging 6. arranged in a more or less straight row. or in two sub-parallel rows. Sensoria usually closer to- gether towards apex of segment, leaving the basal third of the segment free from sensoria. Primary sensorium of the sixth antennal segment subequal to that of fifth, with a group of marginal sensoria. All antennal segments beyond second distinctly imbricated. Beak varying in length, reaching either not quite to. or a little beyond, the mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and appendafiex.—Prothorax with a pair of large, flat cone- shaped, lateral tubercles with unusually large bases. Fore wings with stigma rather bluntly pointed at apex. Cell Ri shallow, not much, if any. wider than stigma. Second fork of media closer to margin of the wing than to the first fork, although not constant in position; in some cases entirely absent. Middle and hind femora with from three to four sensoria near their base. Hairs on tibiae fine and about as long as the width of the segiuent. Abdomen.—Abdomen (Fig. 309) with five pairs of lateral tubercles anterior to the cornicles, the first segment apparently Ijearing two pairs. The posterior three pairs are small, usually ilifRcult to find. Segment posterior to cornicles with a pair of unusually large lateral tubercles, which are approximately the same size and shape as those on prothorax. Cornicles (Fig. 1401 averaging .111 in length, shorter than cauda. straight, without an apical flange, imbricated throughout, and very slightly constricted at. or just before, apex. Cauda (Fig. 202) averaging .12 in length, not constricted. larger tlian cornicles, with from 7 to S pairs of lateral hairs, in addition to a dense covering of small spine-like setae. Anal plate well developed, a little longer than usual, and clothed with short spine-like setae in addition to fringe of numerous long hairs. Pn-A Color.—Head and thorax more greenish than alate form; dorsum of abdomen with two longitudinal pruinose areas and a transverse pruinose patch posterior (o cornicles. The Plant Lice, ok Ai'iriir)AE, of Illinois 183 ArTEUous Viviparous Female (Virgogenia) Size and gcnrral color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.27. Color as in alate viviparous female, except that abdomen is mottled, due to green embryos showing through integument, and the fore legs are darker in color. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .39. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.17 to .19, average .18; IV—.09 to .11, average .10; V— .09 to 11. average .10; VI— .09 to .10, average .09 plus .10 to .17, average .14. Secondary sensoria absent. Antennae imbri- cated and with scattered, short, fine hairs. Beak extending to, or slightly beyond, metathoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Surface of thorax reticulate. Prothorax with large lateral tubercles. Abdomen.—Surface of abdomen imbricated or imperfectly reticulate. Lateral tubercles similar in number and position to those of alate viviparous female, but smaller, the anterior pair on the first segment being small and pointed, much smaller than those of the second, third, and four segments. Tubercles on segment posterior to cornicles, the same shape and size as those of alate viviparous female. Cornicles .10 in length, in shape similar to those of the alate viviparous female. Cauda .12 in length, similar to that of the alate viviparous female. Apterous Viviparous Female (Pundatbix) Similar in size, color and structure to virgogenia, but differing in the following details. Average width of head across eyes, .39. Antennae five- segmented, the comparative lengths being as follows; III— .21 to .26, average .24; IV—.10 to .11, average .10; V—.09 to .10, average .09 plus .09 to .11, average .10. Lateral tubercles of prothorax and abdomen slightly smaller, those of second, third, and fourth abdominal segments being especially small and flat. Holoti/pe.—Alate viviparous female; Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, June 13, 1928, on Corn us sp., (Frison and Hottes). On slide with paratypic specimens of alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae and nymphs. Slide No. 3966. Morphotype.—Apterous viviparous female (virgogenia); same data as holotype. Siide No. 3968. Morphotype.—Apterous viviparous female (fundatrix); Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, May 13, 1930. on Cornus sp., (Frison and Ross). Slide No. 10481. Paratypes.—Seventy-one slides, containing alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae and nymphs, collected in Illinois on species of Cornus. by T. H. Frison, F. C. Hottes. H. H. Ross and Marten. The dates and localities are as follows: Urbana (May 1, 12 and 15) (Ace. Nos. 19944, 1994.5, and 19946), 1894; Herod (May 29) and Starved Rock State Park (June 13), 1928; Hardin (June 25), Herod (June 21) and Macomb (May 4), 1929; and Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. Slides Nos. 3964-3965, 3967, 3969-3970, 3984-3986, 10482-10524 and others unnumbered. This species ma)- be collected on the more terminal branches of its host. In at least one case it was attended by the ant, Crciiiatogastcr Uncolata Say, which had constructed an aphid shed over the aphids. This species is closely allied to Aphis iiiaidi-radicis Forbes from which it may be separated by its brownish color, and the nnich more strongly developed lateral tubercles posterior to tlie cornicles. APHIS CARDUELLA Walsh Fios. 132, 195, 279 Aphis carduella Walsh, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Phila- delphia, Vol. I. December, 1862. p. 300. .\lthough this species seems to be common in Illinois on Cirsimn hiiiccolaluiii, Oestlund (ISST) is the only writer known to us who has 184 Il.MNOIS NATI'liAL HiSTOItV SuitVKY BULLETIN" noted its occurrence anywhere since tlie original description was pub- lished. Our specimens agree well with the meagre original descrip- tion except for minor details and statement regarding color. We are of the opinion that in this last mentioned resjiect Walsh was misled by dead material. We are informed by Oestlund that his description of this species is based upon a male, thus accounting for the difficulty at first encoimtered in connecting our material with his description and our interpretation of the species described by Walsh. Specimens iden- tified as cardiiclla by Oestlund are similar to those we are considering as this species. The oviparous female has not been described. Since the original description is \-ery meagre and the types are lost, Slide No. 9461 in the Survey collection has been selected as the neot\pic slide and redescriptions are given of the alate and apterous viviparous females. Data associated with this neotypic slide are as follows: Alate viviparous female; Sparta, Illinois. June 24, 1929, on Cirslum UnicFolatum. (Prison and Hottes). On slide with alate viviparous female. All of our Illinois material has been collected on Cirsium lancrolatum. Our data are as follows: Bloomington (July 5), Farmer City (July 5), Mitchell (June 25), Nameoki (June 2.5), Rock Island (July 7 1. St. Clair Countv (June 24), St. Joseph (June 29), Sparta (June 241. Urbana (August 27), and Woodford (July 5). 1929. Alate Vivicarois Fe.mai.e 8ise and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.31. Head and thorax dark greenish brown. Abdomen green with five lateral brown spots, those posterior to the cornicles being the largest. Cornicles, cauda, and anal plate dark brown. Antennae coucolorous with, or slightly lighter than, head. Legs with coxae dark brown, trochanters luteous; femora luteous at base with apical two-thirds brown, middle and hind femora dark brown; tibiae luteous with enlarged apical portion dark brown; tarsi dark brown. Porewings with stigma brownish, veins light brown, posterior margin of wing in vicinity of anal vein brownish. Beak brownish, its apical portion darkest. Head and apprndagrs.—Average width of head across eyes, .38. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.17 to .29. average .24; IV—.11 to .16. average .14; V—.10 to .14, average .12; VI—.07 to .10. average .09 plus .17 to .2,'i, average .18. Secondary sensoria (Pig. 279) typically limited to third antennal segment, numbering from IS to 25. averaging 20. mostly confined to one side of segment, very irregularly arranged and vary- ing greatly in size; some specimens differ in having from 1 to 4 secondary sensoria on fourth antennal segment. Primary sensorium on sixth antennal segment with a group of small marginal sensoria to one side of it. Antennae imbricated and with a few short hairs. Beak extending to middle of metathoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of small lateral tubercles. Second fork of media closer to margin of wing than to first fork. Stigma rather bluntly pointed. Abdomen.—First abdominal segment and segment posterior to cornicles with a pair of small lateral tubercles. Cornicles (Fig. 132) straight, averag- ing .19 in length, without a distinct tlange at apex, and imbricated. Cauda (Fig. 195) averaging .12 in length, constricted at middle, with from five to six pairs of lateral hairs, the terminal pairs incurved. Ai'rE[i()is Vivii'.vuois Female ( Vikg0) and ]iroduces all forms on this host : and occasionally the onuiivorous .1. ruuiicis. Our use of the name hclianthi Monell is ba.sed upon a checking of a cotypic slide of this species kindly loaned by Professor ]. J. Davis. Our use of the name cornifoliac Fitch is based upon an examination of typic specimens kindly loaned by Mr. P. W. Mason of the U. S. Xa- tiiinal Musc'uni. It should he nH'ntioned that we are informed hv Pro- The Pl.ANT LuK, oi; Ai'iiiujae, oi-' Illinois 197 fessor Oestlund that his description of licliaiithi Monell (ISST) is based upon a male and accordingly is not to be compared with descrip- tions based upon alate viviparous females ; and judging from his state- ments about the curling of leaves and subsef|uent collections of ma- terial, his reference is to what we are calling dcbiliconiis. Data associated with our viviparous specimens, all collected on Cornus stolonifera. Cornus inns. Cornns sp., or Hcliant.htis sp., are as follows: Dan- ville (Sept. IS), Herod (Oct. 12), Urbana (May 16). 1928; Beach (Aug. 29), East St. Louis (.lune 25), Galena (July 10), Macomb (May 3), Riverside (July 14), Rock Island (July 9). Springfield (May 2), Urbana (April 17, 22, 26, May 1, June 17, Aug. 16, 19), 1929. Pig. 21. Curling of leaves of the dogwood, Cornus mas. caused by Aiiliis hrVidnlhi Monell; Urbana, June 22, 1929. Normal foliage on right and infested foliage on left. 19S Illinois Natural History Slr\-ey Bi'lletix APHIS ILLIXOISEXSIS Shimer Fi<;. 198 Aphis illinoisrnsis Shimer, Prairie Farmer, Vol. 18, No. 20, November 17, 1866, p. 316. The grapevine ajihid has been shown by Baker (I'tlTc) to over- winter on J'ibuniuiii and to migrate to wild and cultivated grapes in spring. Detailed descriptions of all forms are given by the same writer. This aphid is often destructive to cultivated varieties and is rarelv absent from some of the succulent stems, leaves, tendrils, and Pig. 22. Tendrils and leaves of the grape. Vitis labrusca. covered with the grape-vine aphid. Aphis iUinoiscnsis Shinier. leaf petioles (Fig. 22) of such plantings. We have taken this species in twenty-three localities in all parts of Illinois, and it is safe to as- sume that it occurs in every county in the state. Among the recently recovered types of ]ilant lice described from Illinois by Thomas (1S?S) are those of Siplioiiof'ltora viticohi. Tliese specimens agree with the s])ecies now going by the name of illiiioiseiisis The Plant Lice, oh Ai'iiiidae, ok Illinois 199 Shinier, and hence I'lticDla 'ilionias can he definitely placed as a syno- nym of it as Davis (lyiOe) thought. Undoubtedly the Illinois records of "A. z'ilis/ Scopoli" of Walsh (18(j2) refer to this species. The cotvpes of riticola Thomas have been mounted in damar balsam on two slides. Slide Xo. TGitS has been designated as the Icctotypic slide and Slide No. 769!) as a paratypic slide. Both contain specimens of alate and apterous viviparous females and nymphs. The original vial containing these t)'pic specimens was assigned the number 33 by Thomas. The data associated with the typic slides are as follows : Irvington. Illinois. June 2!), 1877, on grape. ^'eofiii'ic sUdc.—Since this species was originally described from Illinois by Dr. Shinier and there is no record of a type having been preserved, a slide (409S) in the Survey collection is selected as the neotype. The data associated with the neotypic slide are as follows: Oakwood, Illinois, on grape. July 18, 192S (Coll. Prison and Hottes). Our records for viviparous specimens of this species are as follows: Morris (July) and Villa Ridge (July 11), 1883; Cairo (June 2), Champaign (June 10-19), Havana (June 21), Jacksonville (June 18), LeRoy (June 20), Mattoon (June 10), Metropolis (June 1), Neoga (June 10), Oakwood (July 8-18), Pekin (June 20), Quincy (June 6), St. Joseph (June 17), Urbana (July 7-10), 192S: Beach (July 13), Cairo (June 22), Champaign (June 10), Effingham (June 18). Elizabethtown (June 2U), Galena (July 10), Homer (June 29), Kansas (June 17), Oregon (July 12), Starved Rock State Park (July 6), 1929. Pound on the young stems, leaves, tendrils, and leaf petioles of both cultivated and wild grapes iVitis). APHIS KNOWLTONI new name Chaitophoroides middletonii (Thomas) Knowlton. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, Vol. VI, No. 1, July, 1929, p. 34. In working over material belonging to the iiiaidi-nidiris or iiiid- dlctoiiii C()m])lex. we have studied s])eciniens upon which the records and descriptions of Chaitophoroides iiiiddlctoiiii of Knowlton ( l!)29b) were based. The species he is calling middletonii Thomas does not come within the concept of iiiaidi-mdicis Forbes or middletonii Thomas as used by other writers, and since it represents an ajjparently new species we are jiroposing the new name of knotvltoni for it. Knowlton has described and figured in detail the alate and apterous vivi])arous females and the a]>terous oviparous female, and his slides should be considered as the coty]iic material. The two cotypic slides we studied of Knowlton's material bear the following data : Logan, Utah Sept. 4-7, 192(5, on roots and crown of dandelion, collected by G. K. Knowlton. By courtesy of Mr. Knowlton these two slides liave been assigned the numljcrs S!).')7 and 108(1.5 and dcjiosited in the Survey collection. We have collected apterous viviparous specimens of this species at Urbana on two occasions, September 22, 1928, and May 22, 1929, each time on the roots of Tnraxaciim officinalp. APHIS LABURNI K.^i.te.nuac n Aphis: laburni Kaltenbach, Monographie der Familien der I'tlanzenliiuse, Aachen, 1843, p. 85. This species was first reported from Chicago, Illinois, liy Davis (191(Je) under the name of Aphis niedicat/inis Koch. Thc^mas ( 1S79) 200 Illinois Natural Histoky SrR\-EV Biixetix mentions both labiirni, as a synonym of Aphis niiiiicis L.. and mcdi- caginis. He did not, however, claim to know the species, and his references are not to be construed as Ilhnois records. Davis reports it as an important enemy of the l)lack locust in the Chicago parks. We ourselves have taken this species only once, on the tender terminal shoots of young black locust. Our viviparous specimens were collected on Rohinia Pseudo-Acacia at Union Grove, Illinois, September S, 192S. by Mr. C. C. Compton, and at McCusky, Illinois, June 20, 1931, by Frison and Ross. APHIS LURIDIS new species Fig. 268 Ai.ATE ViviPABors Female Size and genera} color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.79. Head and thorax dark chestnut-brown. Dorsum and venter of abdomen golden yellow, with brownish, segmentally arranged, lateral patches which tend to become confluent a short distance posterior to the base of the cornicles; cornicles, cauda, and anal plate dark brown. Antennae essentially concolorous with head except extreme base of third segment, which is lighter. Legs brownish, fore pair lightest and hind pair darkest, femora usually paler near base, tibiae usaally darker at apical portion; tarsi con- colorous with apices of tibiae. Fore wings with stigma smoky, veins light brown and only moderately well developed, posterior margin of wing brown- ish near junction with anal vein. Beak almost uniformly brownish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .4.3. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.37 to .49. average .44; IV—.16 to .21, average .19; V—.14 to .17. average .16; VI—.10 to .11. average .11 plus .26 to .31, average .28. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 268) are found on the third, fourth and fifth segments and are distributed as follows: III—2S to 40, average 35; IV—7 to 13, average 10; V—2 to 7. average 5. Secondary sensoria well developed, with wide rims, and very tuberculate; on the third antennal segment they appear to be quite equally distributed over its en- tire surface, except for a short free area near the base which is less in length than second segment and a tendency in some specimens towards a concentration near apex; on fourth and fifth segments confined mostly to one side of the segment; those on fourth segment scattered and those on fifth segment in a more regular row. All segments of the antennae, except where sensoria interfere, strongly imbricated. The beak is quite variable in length, in some specimens not quite reaching the coxae of the mesothoracic pair of legs and in others reaching the coxae of the metathoracic pair. Thora.r and appendiigcs.—Prothorax with a pair of large, unusually well developed, lateral tubercles; mesothorax with a pair of wax glands on the ventro-lateral surface which are rather difficult to distinguish. Fore wing with second fork of the media variable in relation to margin of wing and first fork. Second joint of the tarsus, exclusive of claws, subequal to the base of sixth antenn.Tl segment. Abdomen.—First abdominal segment and segment posterior to cornicles each with a pair of large, well-developed, lateral tubercles. Cornicles but slightly tapering from base to apex, a little less than twice the length of the fifth antennal segment, or about twice the length of the Cauda, and averaging about .25 in length, strongly imbricated throughout and with a poorly developed flange at the tip. Cauda distinctly narrowed beyond middle. with from four to five hairs on a side, the four terminal hairs strongly bent inwardly, averaging about .15 in length. Anal plate rather deep and rounded. Ai'Ti:iims Vivii'Auoi's Female mze and general eolor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.52. Head yellowish brown; thorax and abdomen golden yellow, except for a small brownish patch near posterior base of each cornicle. Cornicles The Pi.axt Lice, on Athiidae, oi' Illinois 201 dark brown. Cauda and anal plate considerably lighter in color than similar structures of the alate viviparous female but still somewhat brownish or dusky. First and second antennal segments concolorous with the head; remaining segments almost uniformly dark brown, except basal half of third segment which is lighter in color than the apical half. Femora vary- ing in color from almost uniform brown to basal halt yellowish and apical half brownish, fore femora usually lightest; tibiae yellowish-brown with the exception of apical portions, which are darker brown; tarsi brownish. Beak brownish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .41. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .33 to .37, average .36; IV—.16 to .19, average .17; V—.13 to .14. average .14; VI—.09 to .11, average .10 plus .17 to .21, average .20. Secondary sensoria usually present on third, fourth and fifth antennal segments; not very constant and varying con- siderably in size; on the third antennal segment they are confined to the apical one-third of the segment and they number from one to nine; scattered on the fourth and fifth antennal segments, on fourth segment varying in num- ber from five to seven and on fifth segment from two to three; all segments strongly imbricated. The beak usually extends to the middle of the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of large, well-developed, lateral tubercles. Abdomen.—First abdominal segment and the segment posterior to the cornicles each provided with a pair of large, well-developed, lateral tubercles. Cornicles about three times the length of the base of the sixth antennal seg- ment and averaging about .28 in length, tapering a trifle towards the apex, strongly imbricated, the flange poorly developed. Cauda about one-half the length of the cornicles, averaging about .16 in length; in shape it is similar to that of the alate viviparous female; with from five to six pairs of lateral hairs, the two terminal pairs strongly bend inwardly. Anal plate similar to that of the alate viviparous female. Holotijpe.—Alate viviparous female; Carbondale, Illinois, June 4, 1928. on 7Azia sp., (Frison and Hottes). Slide No. 10459. Morplwtype.—Apterous viviparous female; Channel Lake, Antioch, Illinois. .June 15, 192S, on Zizia aurea. (Frison and Hottes). On slide with alate viviparous female. Slide No. 10460. Paraii/pes.—Twenty-five slides of alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae and nymphs; all collected in Illinois by T. H. Frison. F. C. Hottes, and H. H. Ross from Zizia aurea or Zizia sp. The localities and dates are as follows: Beach (July 13, 1929); Carbondale (June 4, 1928); Channel Lake, Antioch (June 15, 1928); Metropolis I May 31. 192S ) ; and Starved Rock State Park (June 13, 1928). Slides Nos. 10461-10480 and others unnumbered. This .species is veiy closely allied to Apliis sigiuilis. a new species described in this ])aper. It may be distinguished ]jy its color, the longer cornicles, and the fact that the apterous vivi])arous female has secondary sensoria on the third, fourth, and lifth antennal seg- ments. It may be separated from both A. iiyctalis and A. si(/mitis by characters given in the key. Specimens of this new species are found both in folded leaves and along the main flower stalks, particularly the latter. APHIS MACULATAE Oi:.sTLixi> Aphis marulatae Oestlund, Geological and Natural History Survey of .Min- nesota, Bulletin No. 4, 1887, p. 61. Aphis darisi Patch, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 10, No. 4, August 1917. p. 419. yew siinongyny. This specias was first reported by Davis (liUOe) from northern Illinois. A. macitlalcic Oestlund has been ctjnsidered a synonym of 202 Illinois Natural Histoisy SrK\T,v Biixetin popuUfoliac Fitch, but Baker (19]iia) has shown that the typic speci- mens of the latter belong to the genus Clavhjcrus. and hence iiiacii- latac is the first name available for this species. The original descrip- tion of A. popuUfoliac Fitch is very unsatisfactory and there arc some points upon which the description better fits this species than that of the species with which the name is associated on the basis of the existence of typic specimens. Davis (1910e) and Patch (l!»l:5a) have referred to this species as A. popuUfoliac Fitch. Later, as a result of Baker's (1916a) work, showing popuUfoliac belongs in a diflferent genus. Patch (1917) pro- posed tlie name dai'isi. Oestlund's (1887) iiiaculatiic, however, re- fers to this same species and hence has priority over the name pro- posed by Patch. Patch (1913a) and Knowlton (l!f.^9b—under name of populifoliae Fitch—have given good descriptions of the viviparous forms and the male. As far as known, the entire life cycle of this large, handsome species is spent upon the poplar or a.spen. It occurs on the under- sides of leaves and on succulent shoots. Some recent writers have placed this species in the genus Chai- toplwroidcs Mordvilko (1909). but we have not seen fit here to recognize this genus. We have taken this species only once, upon Puiiiilus trcmiiloidrs at Oregon, Illinois. June 27, 1928. APHIS MAIDI-RADICIS Forbes Fills. 23, 24 Aphis mriidi-radicis Forhes, Seventeenth Report of the Slate Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois. Sixth Re- port of S. A. Forbes for the years 1SS9 and 1890, 1891, p. 64. The corn root louse (Figs. 2'A, 24) was first reported from Illi- nois by Walsh (1802) under the name of "Aphis iiiaidis/ Fitch." Since then, because of its economic importance, it has attracted the attention of many workers, so that the literature referring to it is very extensive. Forbes has published numerous papers concerning this insect, among which his articles of 1891 and 189."> arc most im- portant. In the 1891 jiaper, a new specific name was projtosed, based upon e.x]ieriments demonstrating that the aerial aphid on corn was not the same as the subterranean ajihid on corn : both formerly .going under the name of iiuiiilis Fitch. The lite history of this root louse in Illinois may be briefly sum- marized as follows: the eggs are cared for by common field ants during the winter; in s]iring the first young nymphs are ]>laced by ants u]ion the rootlets of various ])lants such as smartweed : later the ]ilant lice are transferred to certain ]ilants including corn where the sexual forms are iiroduced in late fall. The corn root aphid is one of the few ajihids that seem to be almost, if not entirely, depenilent upon ants. A more detailed but still comparatively short account of the corn root louse and suggested methods for control is given bv Davis (1917). The Pi-axt Lice, ok Aphiihae. oi- Illinois 203 Previous to the separation of imiiili-radicis from iiiuidis Fitch, Thomas (18Ti») named an Aphis found in lUinois on the roots of various plants, as iiiiddlcloiiii. The close, if not co-specific, relation- ship of the latter to iiiaidi-radiris appears never to have been sus- ])ected by Forbes. Now, however, there exists considerable doubt whether there are two or but one species involved; if the latter ever becomes demonstrated, the name of Thomas will have priority. .\fter a careful study of a large series of slides belongincr to the Survey collection, and an equally large number kindly loaned to us by various individuals from Maine to California, we are still in a quandary whether we are dealing with one variable or two species in this state, though inclined to the view that only one species is involved. Since the name of inaidi-radicis Forbes is so well estab- Pig. 23. Alate and apterous viviparous females of the corn root aphid. Aphis maidi-radicis Forbes. (After Forbes: 111. Ent. Rep. 18.) lished in economic literature, we are not definitely considering it as a svnonym of iiiiddlctoiiii Thomas. The name iiiaidi-radicis is asso- ciated by some students of aphids mostly with material collected on roots of corn, and the name of iiiiddlctonii applied to a very similar appearing root louse found on such plants as Erigcron, SoUdago, and Aster. The former is considered, too, as having on the average fewer secondary sensoria than the latter. We believe that only careful bio- logical investigations can solve the ])rol)lem of whether we are dealing with one, two, or jierhajjs three species. Such an investigation should study variation in color jsatterns shown by different generations on the same and different hosts, as well as variation in antennal struc- tures, and should include transfer tests. We are recording under one name ( iiialdi-radicis) almost all of our Illinois material of this com]:)le.x, l)ccause of general uniformity in structural and color characters. A few slides of viviparous speci- mens which ap])roach most closely the ])resent conceiit ( X'ickery. l!no) of Iiiiddlcloiiii, are left as undetermined. 204 Illixois Natvhal HisToiiY SrR\-Ey Bllletix Data associated with our 31), Normal (July 27), 1883; 14, July 2, 5), Urbana (May specimens are as follows: Champaign (July Freeport (July 16). 1884; Champaign (May 21, Aug. 7), 1886; Champaigii (May 26. Oct. 18), Urbana (June 9), 1887; Urbana (June 19). 1888; Urbana (Oct. 3. 14), Fig. 24. Ait)iis nKiidi-railicis Forbes on roots of Eriprron phila- (lclj)hicus: Seymour, .luly 19, 1929. The Pi,ant Lice, on Ai'IIiidae, of Illinois 205 (June 29), Seymour (July 19, Aug. 6) Starved Rock State Park (July 5), 1929; Beardstown (Nov. 7), Palrmount (Sept. 28). Humboldt (Nov. 12), Oakwood (Oct. 22), Vandalia (Nov. 14), 1930. Sexual forms taken in 1930 in October and November at Beardstown, Humboldt, Oakwood, and Vandalia. Mating pair taken at Oakwood on October 22 on corn roots. Host plants are as follows: Avcna sativa. Erigeron. Plantago. Polygonum sp., Portulaca oleracea, and Zea Mays. APHIS MAIDIS Fitch Aphis maklis Fitch. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, Vol. XV, 1S55 (Printed 1856), p. 550. Walsh reporteiJ Aphis maidis Fitch as questionably occurring in Illinois. As he was dealing with a root-feeding form, the species referred to by him was vmquestionably Aphis iiiaidi-radicis Forbes and not the corn leaf aphid. The record of Thomas for maidis in Illinois undoubtedly covers both this species and iiiaidi-radicis. The complete life history of this species, at least in the north-central states, is not known. It appears in corn fields in Illinois about mid- summer and remains there until late fall, rarely becoming of serious importance as a pest. The sexual forms are unknown, and the late appearance of maidis in Illinois is suggestive either that the corn leaf aphid has an alternate host or that it migrates each season from the south, where it is present during the winter months. Davis (19()9a) gives a good account of the known biology and descriptions of this species. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Cedar Lake (Oct. 17), Normal (Oct. 25), Pekin (Aug. S), Waterman (Aug. 25-26), 1882; Champaign (July 31), Heyworth (Aug. 11), 1883; Anna (Sept. 5), Champaign (Aug. 2-4), Normal (Aug. 11, Oct. 30, Nov. 8), 1884; Champaign (Sept. 1-14), Urbana (Sept. 3, Oct. 27), 1885; Centralia (Sept. 23), Cham- paign (Aug. 10, 21-23), Urbana (July 31, Aug. 1-9, Sept. 1), 1886; Urbana (July 31), 1888; Urbana (Sept. 2-23, Oct. 3-5), 1889; Champaign (July 23-31, Aug. 3), Farina (Sept. 19), Havana (June 13), 1894; Urbana (July 9-17), 1897; Aetna (July 11), 1905; Decatur (Nov. 4), 1928; Kappa (Aug. 14, Sept. 9), Mattoon (Sept. 10), Seymour (Oct. 30), Urbana (Sept. 8), 1929. Taken on corn, sorghum, broom corn, and grass. APHIS MONARDAE Oestluno Aphis monardar Oestlund, Geological and Natural History Survey of Min- nesota, Bulletin No. 4, 1887, p. 58. Apliis monardac is here recorded from Illinois for the first time. It may be collected on the imdersides of the leaves of horse mint, which it causes to curl. Data associated with our viviparous specimens, collected on Monarda sp., are as follows: Carbondale (June 4), Champaign (July 15), Galena (June 26), Herod (May 29), Kankakee (June 29), Marshall (May 25), Oak- wood (May 21, July 18), 1928; Flora (June 18), Urbana (June 1), 1929. APHIS NEILLIAE Oesthm) Aphis nt'iiliae Oestlund, Geological and Natural History Survey of Min- nesota, Bulletin No. 4, 1887, p. 59. This species was first reported from Oak Park, Illinois, by Davis (l!)10e) who mentions appearance of ai)terous sexual forms in October. 206 Illinois Nati-kal Histoisv Surx-ev Bii.i.etix Our oljservations at Urbana indicate that this species is at times ex- tremely abundant on the undersides of the leaves and terminal portions of the new growth of nine-bark used in ornamental plantings. Data associated with our viviparous specimens, all collected on Physocarpiin opuUfolins. are as follows: Galena (June 26). Vrbana (July 26), 1928; Macomb (May 4), Urbana (April 13). 1929; I'rbana (June 20. 30), 1930. APHIS XERII FoNscoLOMiiE AjMs nerii Ponscolombe, Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, Tome X, 1841, p. 179. Ai)his lutesccns .Alonell, Bulletin ot the United States Geological and Geo- graphical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1, January 22, 1S79, Article 1, p. 23. Xrw .>!!jnonyniy. This s])ecies was first reported, presumably from Illinois, by Thomas (1879) as "Aphis nerii? Fonscol." It was later reported from the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, bv Davis (IMlOe) as Aphis lutesccns JMonell. The bright golden yellow abdomen and the black head, antennae, cornicles, and cauda make this one of the mo.st con- spicuous of Illinois aphids. Good descriptions and illustrations of the viviparous forms are given by Essig (liUla, b). An examination of cotypic slides loaned to us by Professor Davis convinces us that lutesccns Alonell is the same as Apliis ncrii. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Eliza- bethtown (Oct. 12). Pekin (June 20), 1928; Cairo (June 22), Carbondale (Sept. 28), Centralia (Sept. 28), Collinsville (Sept. 11). Ellzabethtown (Sept. 27), Forsvth (Oct. 27), Jonesboro (Sept. 28). Metropolis (Sept. 27), Oakwood (Oct. 13), Urbana (Oct. 3, 29. Nov. 10), 1929. Up to the present time we have taken this form only on its summer hosts: Goiinlohu-i hT'iist. Asclcpias curassavica. and Coni'olriilu.i scpiiim. APHIS NYCTALIS new species Figs. 137, 197, 266, 267 Alate Viviparous Female Size niul firnrral cohir.—Average length from vertex to tip ot anal plate. 1.94. Head, thorax, and abdomen in live specimens essentially dark brown or almost black. In mounted specimens the colors are as follows: Head and thorax mainly dark dusky brown. Abdomen yellowish to dark brown, the lighter areas with a distinct greenish tinge; lateral portions of abdomen with segmentally arranged fuscous spots which vary in size, shape, and intensity of color; lateral patches in the vicinity ot the base of the cornicles extend only around the posterior side of the cornicles; a large blotch of the same color as the lateral spots just anterior to the anal plate. Cornicles black; cauda black except for mid-dorsal region anterior to constriction; anal plate concolorous with al)domen at base, darker towards outer margin. The antennae are but slightly lighter in color than the head and are i>ractic- ally uniformly colored throughoiU, except that often extreme l)ase of third antennal segment is lighter in color than the remaining portion of segment. The femora of the prolhoracic pair of legs are yellowish at their base and ventrally for almost one-halt their length, remaining portions dark brown; meso- and metathoracic legs yellowish at extreme base, and remainder dark brown; tibiae uniformly dark brown; tarsi dark brown but sometimes lighter in color than tibiae. Sti.gma of fore wings brownish; the veins, and posterior margin of wing where it meets anal vein, light brown; the anal veiti lightly bordered willi brown. The beak with basal half yellowish, apical half dusky brown. The Plant Lick, oit AriniiiAE, ok Illinois 207 Head ami apfinuUiiies.—Average width of head across eyes. .46. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.34 to .46, average 40; IV—.23 to .31, average .29; V—.17 to .23, average .20; VI—.07 to .14, average .11 plus .14 to .29, average .22. Secondary sensoria (Pig. 266) found on third, fourth and fifth antennal segments; sensoria on third segment appear to be about equally distributed over the entire surface of the segment, vary- ing in number from 25 to 37 and averaging 32; fourth segment with sensoria about equally distributed throughout length but in some specimens there is a slight tendency for a grouping on one side of the segment varying in number from 12 to 20 and averaging 16; sensoria on fifth segment in a straight row. varying in number from 1 to 3; sensoria on third and fourth segments varying in size, the larger ones being unusually large; all sensoria have wide rims. The beak extending about to the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of well developed lateral tubercles. Stigma of fore wings sharply pointed at apex. Position of second fork of media somewhat variable, but always nearer to the apex of the wing than to the first fork. Hind tarsi, exclusive of claws, about one- half the length of the cornicles. Abdomen.—The first segment of the abdomen and the segment posterior to the cornicles have lateral tubercles, which may be easily over-looked be- cause they are not well developed. Cornicles (Fig. 137) with straight, sides, tapering but slightly towards apex, flange at apex poorly developed, strongly imbricated throughout their length, in length either equal to or subequal to the length of the fourth antennal segment and averaging about .27. Cauda (Fig. 197) about equal to the length of the fifth antennal segment and averaging about .19, constricted in the middle; with four to five hairs on a side, the two terminal pairs being very strongly inwardly bent. ApTKIiOlS VivLPAHors Pe.malk Size and genrral eolor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.S7. Head and thorax mainly dark dusky brown. Abdomen yellowish- brown with a greenish tinge, particularly greenish on lateral portions. Ab- domen free from lateral patches anterior to cornicles, but there is a small brownish patch directly posterior to the cornicles; posterior extremity of the abdomen, cornicles, cauda (posterior to constriction), and patch directly anterior to anal plate are dark brownish, almost black. First and second antennal segments concolorous with head; basal half of third antennal seg- ment lighter in color than remaining half, which is brown; remaining antennal segments uniformly brownish. Legs similar in color to those of the alate viviparous female. Head and appendages:—Average width of head across eyes, .47. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows; III—.29 to .41, average .35; IV—.23 to 33, average .27; V—.13 to .23, average .19; VI—.11 to .14, average .12 plus .19 to .29, average .23. The secondary sensoria of this species present an interesting study in variation: two specimens, apparently normal in every other way. have no secondary sensoria; many other specimens, also apparently normal apterous females, not presenting the appearance of alate individuals in which the development of the wings has been arrested, have secondary sensoria on the third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments (Pig. 267). Other evidence that these female specimens having secondary sensoria are not potentially alate viviparous females is provided by the peculiar ar- rangement of the sensoria, which is entirely unlike that of the alate vivip- arous female and utterly unlike that of any .ipliis species now known to the writers. The sensoria, when present, are distributed on the segments as follows: third segment 2-9, average 5; fourth segment S-17, average 10; fifth segment 1-2, generally 1. The sensoria on the third segment, although scattered, are limited to the apical one-third of the segment—a very unusual occurrence outside of the genus Cinara; on the fourth segment they cover a little more than one side of the segment but extend from end to end; and on the fifth segment the sensoria appear to have no fixed position. 208 Illinois Natlral Histoky Slrvey Bllletix Thorax and abdomen.—Similar to alate viviparous female. Holoti/pe.—Alate viviparous female; Cairo. Illinois. June 2. 1928, on Senecio glabellus. (Prison and Hottes). Slide Xo. 10338. Morphoti/pe.— Apterous viviparous female; same data as for holotype. Slide No. 10339. Paratiipes.—Twenty-four slides of alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae and nymphs; all collected at Cairo. Illinois, on Senecio glnheUus. June 2, 192S, and June 22, 1929. (Frison and Hottes). Slides Nos. 10340- 10357 and others unnumbered. Superficially this new species is suggestive of Aphis rumicis L. It differs, however, as follows : the apterous viviparous female nor- mally has secondary sensoria on the third and fourth antennal seg- ments ; in alate viviparous females the secondary sensoria are more numerous on the third and fourth antennal segments and are in- variably present on the fifth antennal segment; and there is no pul- verulent matter on the dorsum of live specimens. It differs from Aphis senecionis Williams, a closely related species, of which cotypic slides were kindh' loaned by the U. S. National Museum, in having a longer fourth antennal segment and in the larger number of sen- soria on the third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments. It may be sep- arated from A. liiridis and A. sit/iuitis by characters given in the key. This aphid congregates on the main flower stalks, particularly near the flower heads. It is easy to detect because its color con- trasts with that of its host plant. APHIS OESTLUNDI Giu.ette Aphis oesilundi Gillette. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. XX, No. 3, September, 1927, p. 345. This species was probably first reported from the state by Davis (lOlOe) as Aphis ocnothcrac Oestlund. A. ocstlundi is almost impos- sible to separate from A. gossypii on the basis of morphological or color characters, but appears to be distinct biologically, having the evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) as its primary host. We have tried with- otit success to transfer spring migrants from Oenofhem to squash plants in the insectary so that in spite of a lack of visible differences, it seems necessary to consider the species on Oenothera distinct from A. c/ossypii. In Illinois we have found in October the sexual forms of oestlididi on the undersides of leaves of Oenothera located near the ground. .Since they have never been described, the following descriptions are given. Both sexes are apterous and resemble closely the brief descrip- tions of the sexual forms of gossypii given by Patch. Ai'TEKOi's Male Length from vertex to tip of anal plate. .T7. Color of head, including antennae, brown; thorax yellowish green with pleurae and lateral and an- terior areas of dorsum brownish; abdomen yellowish green with the corni- cles and external genitalia brown. Legs, with coxae, most of femora, apices of tibiae, and tarsi, brown; trochanters, bases of femora, and most of tibiae, luteous. Width of head across eyes 27. Antennae imbricated, comparative lengths as follows: III—.19. IV—.13, V—.14, VI— .07 plus .21. Secondary sensoria distributed at random over segments as follows: III— i;'. to 19, average 17; IV—7 to 10. average S; V—3 to S, average 6. Third and fourth segments often fused, (^irnicles and cauda as in other forms, respectively .13 and .09 in length. The Plant Lice, oh ArHiiiiAE, of Ilxinois 209 Atteuous Ovipauous Female Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.10. Color deep bright green, with the head, antennae, cornicles, anal plate, apices of tibiae, and tarsi, brownish. Width of head across eyes .29. Antennae only five-segmented, imbricated, the comparative lengths as follows: III—.20, IV—.10, V—.09 plus .21. Secondary sensoria lacking, fourth segment with a small circu- lar primary sensorium near apex, fifth with one at base of terminal fila- ment. Cornicles and Cauda as in other forms, respectively .17 and .09 in length. Hind tibiae .43 in length, robust, slightly swollen and tuberculate, with distinct setae; sensoria, if present, small and very inconspicuous. Allotype.—Apterous male; Slide No. 9712, Oakwood, Illinois, October 22, 1930, on Oenothera. (Prison and Ross). On slide with two apterous males. Morphotype.—Apterous oviparous female; Slide No. 9716, same data as allotype. On slide with two oviparous females. Data associated with our viviparous specimens, which were all taken on Oenothera biennis, are as follows: Carbondale (June 4), Galena (June 26), Havana (June 21), Herod (May 31), Marshall (May 25), Pekln (June 20), Quincy (June 6), Shawneetown (May 27), Starved Rock State Park (June 12), 1928; Columbia (Sept. 11), Monticello (May 24), Peoria (May 4), Springfield (May 2), Urbana (Aug. 13), 1929; Garden Prairie (May 15), Oakwood (Oct. 22), 1930. Sexual forms and mating pairs, also on Oenothera, at Muncie on October 22, 1930. APHIS PADI Linnaeus Pig. 25, 210 Aphi.'i padi Linaeus, 175S, Systema Naturae, Editio Decima, p. 451. This species is here recorded from IlHiiois for the first time. Our observations inch'cate that it has possibiHties of doing serious in- jury to peach and plum trees, the leaves of which it causes to curl (Fig. 25). and it has been recorded by Smith (1921) as the most important plant louse affecting plum trees in Idaho. According to Theobald (1927), who presents a good account of the habits and structural characters of this s]iecies, it over-winters on jilum and migrates to tiumerous plants during the summer months. Our rec- ords from Illinois indicate that the life cycle is about the same in Illinois as in Europe. This species has heretofore been known under the name of Aphis Iiclichry.<;i : we follow Theobald in considering it a synonym of padi. Our data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Bondville (Sept. 26), Evanston (Peb. 19), Urbana (Sept. 3, Oct 7, 9), 1929; Evanston (March 12), 1930. Oviparous females were found at Bondville on September 26, 1929. Our material was collected in fall from Prunus and in winter in greenhouses on Scnecio cruentus and Myo.) belonged to this species. Davis (IDlile) recorded it from Illinois as "common and often deslructive pest of the apple." The Pi.axt Lk e, oii AriiiiDAE, ok Ii.i.inoi.s 211 The most complete account of the structural features and biology of this aphid is that by Baker and Turner (l!)l(i), and their sum- mary of it is here reproduced : "The life history of Ai)his pomi may be briefly outlined as follows: The egg is laid upon the tender twigs of the apple, though occasionally it is laid upon the bark of the older twigs. It is light yellow when laid, but later changes to shining black. Development for a tew days is very rapid, after which the egg rests for the winter. When the revolution of the embryo is completed in the spring, an increase in temperature will cause the egg to hatch. Before this revolution a high temperature only tends to destroy it. Early in April the egg hatches by a uniform splitting over the insect's head. "The stem mother is wingless and becomes mature in about 10 days. She produces summer forms, both winged and wingless, with the winged ones predominating. Tliere are 9 to 17 generations of the summer forms at Vienna, Va. After the second generation the wingless forms always out- number the others, but winged forms may occur in every generation. They become rare toward the end of the season. On the other hand, a wingless line may be carried from the stem mother to the egg. A third form, the intermediate, may occur throughout the summer. "The wingless sexes begin to appear about the 1st of September. They occur in all generations, from the eleventh to the nineteenth, inclusive, and probably also in the ninth and tenth. "The summer wingless forms and the oviparous females, which live longer than the males, remain on the trees at Vienna, Va., until the leaves drop, usually about the middle to the last of November. "Hating commences toward the close of September, one male usually serving more than one female. Both sexes feed. The oviparous female may lay infertile eggs if not reached by a male, and these eggs do not become black. The fertile egg develops to the resting stage before the first heavy frosts; otherwise it may be winterkilled and will not hatch to a stem mother the following spring." The bulletins of Gillette and Taylor (li)08), :\Iatheson (1!)19), Hodgkiss (li)19), and Patch (192;ia) contain much additional data of interest to the general student of aphids. Control measures are fully dealt with in numerous experiment station publications and general entomological texts (Metcalf and Flint, 1928). Within recent years the opinion has been advanced that A. pomi DeGeer and A. spiraccola Patch {^ spinicclla of American authors) were the same sjjecies. Patch (192:5a and ]!)29) has concluded that the two forms are very closely related and "originated from a com- mon ancestor and that the diverging forms have not yet gone far on their separate ways," and has shown that Spiraea is the over-winter- ing host in Maine for a form (spiraccola) whose summer generations frequent a great variety of plants. Likewise, the other form (pomi) finds apple an "all year host," although it may have summer genera- tions on other plants and can be colonized on Spiraea. In this ])aper we have considered the two as se]iarate species because of the follow- ing: (1) the presence in the south of an ajjliid attacking citrus which is of much economic importance and clearly (jf the spiraccola race; (2) the fact that the tiljiae of the oviparous females of spiraccola are swollen and thickly studded with sensoria, whereas in pomi on apple they are com]iaratively slender and with but few sensoria; (3) the males of spiraccola, as far as known, are winged and tlie males of pomi apterous. 212 Ii.Li-Nois Natural Histohy Sikvey Biixetis Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Normal (Aug. 24), 1883; Anna (Aug. 1.3), 1SS4; Normal (Aug. 7). 1885; Vrbana (.July 13), 1897; Antioch (June 15), Beraent (July 17). Carbondale (June 4). Centralia (Aug. 6), Cliampaign (June 21), East Peoria (July 22). Elizabethtown (May 29, 31), Galena (June 26), Kankakee (June 29). LeRoy (June 20), Metropolis (May 31, June 1), Mt. Carmel (May 26), Oregon (June 28), Rock Island (June 24), Shawneetown (May 27), St. Joseph (June 17), Union County (June 4), Urbana (May 22-24, June 6, 11, 14, 23), 1928; Beach (June 13), Decatur (June 12), Homer (June 17), Mitchell (June 25). Newton (June 17), Rock Island (July 7 1, Waukegan (July 13), 1929; Effingham (Nov. 13), 1930. Material collected on Crataegus sp., Pruniis domestica. Prunus japonica. Pninus inrginiana. Pijrus americanu. Pinua comntiini.s. and Piirus ilalus. APHIS PULCHELLA new species Figs. 141, 276 Al.^te Viviparous Fe.male Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.36. Head, thorax, and abdomen, including cornicles, cauda. and anal plate, dark brown in mounted specimens. In life the body of this species is dis- tinctly bluish-green and somewhat pulverulent. First and second antennal segments concolorous with head or lighter: flagellum entirely yellowish brown. Front and middle femora brown, paler at base; hind femora with extreme base light yellowish, remainder dark brown; tibiae light yellowish, with dark brown band at apex equal to length of tarsi: tarsi dark brown. Beak yellowish brown, extreme tip blackish. Stigma and veins light yel- lowish brown, posterior margin of front wings in vicinity of anal vein light brown. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .43. Anten- nal segments with the following comparative lengths: III—.24 to .36. aver- age .32: IV—.23 to .30, average .26; V— 23 to .30, average .27: VI—.09 to .14, average .13 plus .16 to .30, average .26. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 276) limited to third antennal segment, arranged in a straight row and number- ing from 5 to 7, averaging 6 Antennae with very sparse, short, fine hair; all segments imbricated. Primary sensoria of fifth and sixth segments sub- equal. Beak extending to, or a little beyond, the mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a jiair of peg-like lateral tu- bercles, which are only slightly larger than the ocular tubercles. Second fork of media closer to margin of wing than to first fork. Hair on tibiae short, about half the width of tibiae, spine-like and comparatively sparse. Ahdiiinen.—First abdominal segment and segment posterior to cornicles with small, lateral tubercles. Cornicles (Fig. 141) averaging .17 in length, straight, neither constricted nor with a distinct tiange at apex, the apical third smooth, the remaining portion imbricated. Cauda .16 in length, con- stricted just anterior to tip of anal plate, with from 4 to a pairs of lateral hairs, the apical pair strongly incurved. Anal plate normal. Al'TEliOUS ViVIPAROU.S FEMALE ( Vl)!llOHEMA ) Size and general eiilor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.63. General color as in alate viviparous female, differing in having the appendages a slightly deeper shade of brown. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .43. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .21 to .27. aver- age 30: IV—.11 to .29. average .21; V— .13 to .24, average .21: VI—.10 to .13. average .11 plus .16 to .27, average .22. Secondary sensoria absent. Primary sensorium on sixtli antennal segment with a group of much smaller marginal sensoria on one side. Antennae imbricated, with comparatively few, fine, short hairs. Beak extending slightly beyond mesothoracic ooxae. Thorax and appcmlages.—Prothorax with a pair of lateral tubercles. Abdomen.—First abdominal segment and segment posterior to cornicles with small lateral tubercles. Cornicles averaging .19 in length, in shape The Plant Lice, ok Aphiidka, ov Illinois 213 similar to those ot alate viviparous female. Cauda averaging .19 in length, slightly constricted beyond the anal plate, and with C to 7 pairs o£ lateral hairs, the terminal ones incurved. Alate M.vle Size and peneral color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.17. Color essentially as for alate viviparous female except as follows: antennae being darker; first three segments almost concolorous with head, the remainder of antennal segments decreasing in intensity towards apex, the extreme bases of all segments of flagellum luteous. Genital organs dark brown Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .43. Anten- nal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— .26 to .39, aver- age .33; IV— .24 to .33, average .28; V— .23 to .29, average ,25; VI—.10 to .13, average .12 plus ,27 to .33, average .29. Secondary sensoria numerous on third, fourth, and fifth segments, very much crowded on one side I hence difficult to count), distributed as follows: III—22 to 33, average 29; IV — 17 to 22, average 20; V—10 to 14, average 11. Primary sensorium of sixth antennal segment with a group of small marginal sensoria on one side. Beak reaches to, or ,iust beyond, the mesothoracic coxae. TJwrax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of lateral tubercles. Venation of wings as in alate viviparous female. Abdomen.—Cornicles averaging .11 in length, slightly imbricated with the flange very poorly developed. Cauda averaging .14 in length, indis- tinctly constricted near base, and with from 4 to 5 hairs on each side. Apterous Ovipahous Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.52. Head, thorax, and abdomen, including cornicles, Cauda, and anal plate, reddish brown. Antennae entirely yellowish-brown. Beak yellowish-brown, tipped with darker brown. Femora reddish-brown; tibiae slightly lighter except their apices which are tipped with dusky-brown; tarsi dusky-brown. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .43. Anten- nal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— .21 to .24, aver- age .23; IV— 17 to .26, average .21; V—.21 to .24, average .22; VI—.11 to .13, average .12 plus .21 to .27, average .25. Antennae without secondary sensoria; primary sensorium on sixth segment with a group of several mar- ginal sensoria; all antennal segments imbricated. Beak reaching to meta- thoracic coxae. Hind tibiae considerably swollen except for apical portion; with numerous sensoria, one tibia with approximately 90. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of small lateral tu- bercles. Abdomen.—First abdominal segment and segment posterior to cornicles with small lateral tubercles. Cornicles about .16 long, distinctly imbricated at base, less distinctly at apex, with very poorly developed flange. Cauda about .20 long, only slightly constricted, and with 6 to 7 pairs of lateral hairs, the terminal ones incurved. Anal plate normal. Holotirpc.—Alate viviparous female; Beach, Illinois, July 13, 1929, on Euphorbia sp., (Frison and Hottes). On slide with alate viviparous female and nymphs. Slide No. 10404. Allot iipe.—Alate male; Centralia, Illinois, September 26, 1929, on Euphorbia sp.. (Frison and Hottes I. On slide with apterous viviparous females and apterous oviparous female. Slide No. 1040-"). Morphotijpe.—Apterous viviparous female; same data as for holotype. On slide with alate viviparous females, apterous viviparous female, and pupa. Slide \o. 10406. .Morjihoti/pe.—Apterous oviparous female; same data as allotype. On slide with male, apterous oviparous female, and apterous vivi- parous females. Slide No. 10407. Pnrali/pes.—Fifty-one slides, containing alate and apterous viviparous females, alate males, apterous oviparous females, pupae, and nymphs, all with same data as holotype or allotype; and five slides, Kankakee, 111., September 19, 1930, on Euphorbia. Slides Nos. 10408-10440 and others unnumbered. 214 Il.LINOI.S NaTUI'.AL HiSTOItV SUKVEY BlLLETIN' APHIS RHAMNI FoNs< oi.omiie Aphis rhamni Fonscolombe, Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Tome X, 1841, p. 177. This aphid is here reported from Illinois for the first time. It has been studied very thoroughl}- by Patch (V.)'i-l) under the name of A. ahbreviata Patch, with especial reference to its seasonal migration. Theobald (192?), also, describes the forms of this species and gives its synonymy. The winter and spring host is buckthorn (Rhamnus), from which the spring migrants disperse to a large number of summer hosts. The sexual forms mate on the buckthorn in fall, and the over-wintering eggs are deposited on this host. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Galena (June 26), Quincy (June 6), Havana (June 21 I, 192S: Homer (June 29». Kappa (Sept. 9-22. Oct. 1-3). Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14 (, 1929; Kappa (May 7). 1930. Males and oviparous females taken at Kappa (Oct. 3), 1929, on Hhamnim laticcolata. Viviparous specimens taken on Amsonia Tabernaemontaini, Hibiscus sp., Xepeta cataria. and Rhamnus lanceolata. APHIS ROCIADAE Coikerei.i. Fk. 191 Aphis rociadae Cockerell. Transactions of the American Entomological So- ciety, Vol. XXIX, 1903, p. 115. Apliis rociadae is here recorded from Illinois for the first time. When abundant on its host, larksj^ur. it causes severe leaf curling and encrusts the flower stalks. The sexes are produced in Illinois in May, so that the larger ])art of the year is passed in the egg stage. This seems to be an adai>tation to the short period of growth of its host. The hairs of this s]5ecies are somewhat enlarged apically— a rather peculiar characteristic for a species belonging to this genus. Davis (liUi)) has descrilied all forms. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Evans- ton (July 15), 1929: Decatur (May 12). Elk Grove (June 7). Kappa (.May 7, 13), 1930. Oviparous females collected at Kappa. May 13, 1930. All specimens collected on Delphinium tricornc. APHIS ROSEA (Baker) Fiii. 139 Anuraphis roscus Baker, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. I.III. No. 4. April. 1921, p. 95. The ro.sy apple aphid in many sections of the country is one of the most injurious ]ilant lice feeding upon the leaves of ajijile. At times, when the infestation is particularly heavy, the fruit is attacked and characteristic deformed "aphid apples" produced. Outbreaks of this aphid are fortunately scarce in Illinois. This species has Ijeen previously reported from Illinois by Davis ]niOe) under the name of A. sorbi Kaltenbach as a "rather tnicom- mon s])ecies, which I have taken only in southern Illinois." Baker and Turner (litlC), under the name of ./. iiialifoliai' Fitch, have The Plant Lice, ou Aphiidae, of Illinois 215 given a coiii]ilete account of its general biology and descriptions of its various forms. Their studies show that it migrates between apple and plantain, the latter plant serving as the summer host. Data associated with our viviparous specimens, all collected on Pyrtis Mains or PJantago sp., are as follows: Marshall (May 85), Murphysboro (June 22), Shawneetown (May 27), Union County (June 5), and Urbana (May 23, 2S, June 6), 1928: Oakwood (Oct. 22), 1930. APHIS RUBICOLA Oestlim) Aphis rubicola Oestlund, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minne- sota, Bulletin No. 4, 1887, p. 60. This species is now recorded from Illinois for the first time, and our observations indicate that it is not common. The name of A. rubicola Oestlund (1887) was thought by Hottes (1930a) to be preoccupied by rubicola Haldeman (1841). Haldeman's specific name referring to a different, red-colored species, however, was spelled rubccula in the original description, as photostat copy shows, and hence the name of rubicola Oestlund is still available. The best account of the life history of this raspberry aphid is that by Winters (195;)b), whose studies have shown that A. rubiphila Patch is a syn- onym of rubicola Oestlund. Data associated with our specimens, all taken on raspberry (Rubus sp.), are as follows: Kansas (June 171, Macomb (May 4), 1929. APHIS RUMICIS Linnaeus Figs. 26, 28, 80 Ai)}iis rnmicis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Edito Decima, 17.58, p. 451. This species (Fig. 26) is the most common dark-colored aphid found in Illinois. Its polyphagous habits make it of special im- I^ortance as a pest in home gardens and greenhouses. It may be that this plant louse, supposed to be a native of Eurasia, was found in Illinois ])y Thomas (1879) but he gives no definite data regard- ing its occurrence. There are, however, s])ecimens in the Survey col- lection proving its existence in the state at least as early as 1884. Gil" lette (1910) was apparently the first to record it from Illinois. The biology of this insect has been studied from various angles by many investigators. These studies have shown it to be a somewhat variable species, attacking over two hundred ]ilants, and over-wintering on Chcnopodium, Evonyuius, Runtcx. and i'iburuuiu. Good technical descriptions of all its forms and much other summarized information concerning its biolo,gv can be found in the papers of Davidson (ir)21), Mors fall (19-^")), and Theobald (1937). Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Normal (May 9, June 2), 1S84: Normal I May 24), I'rbana (April 28), 1S87: Albion (May 26). Antioch (June 15), Bement (July 7), Cairo (June 2 1, Carbon- dale (June 4), Champaign (May 19), East Peoria (July 22), Elizabethtown (May 29), Galena (July 27), Golconda (Oct. VA). Havana (June 21), Kan- kakee (June 29), LeRoy (June 20), Mattoon (Juno 10), Metropolis (June 1), Muncie (Oct. 6), Oregon (June 27), Pekin (June 20), Quincy (June 216 Ii.Lixois Natihal Histoisv Survey Bl lletix Fis. 2, 1930. All specimens collectei on Ribrs Orossularia and Hibi's ninnim. The Plant Lice, or Ai'Hiidae, of Ir.Lixois 219 APHIS SIGNATIS new species Fig. 265 Alate Viviparous Female Size «?ifi general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.5V. Head and thorax dark brown; abdomen dark green except for some dark brown, lateral, segmentally arranged patches. Cauda, anal plate, and cornicles greenish-brown to dark brown. Dark lateral patches at base of cornicles more or less confluent posteriorly. Antennae with two basal seg- ments concolorous with head, flagellum a uniform, slightly lighter brown. Front femora with base and ventral margin yellow, apical and dorsal por- tions light brown; middle and hind femora yellowish at extreme base, the remainder dark brown. Tibiae yellowish to light brown, slightly darker at base, and with a distinct dark brown band at apex, not quite as wide as twice length of tarsi. Tarsi brown. Stigma, costa. veins, and hind margin of wing at apex of anal vein, brown. Beak yellowish-brown, its extreme apex dark brown. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .46. Antennal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— .39 to .47, average .43; IV— .19 to .24, average .21; V—.17 to .21, average .19; VI—.09 to .10, average .09 plus .16 to .29, average .22. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 265) present on third, fourth, and fifth segments, distributed as follows: III—38 to 43, average 41; IV—7 to 15, average 11; V—1 to S, average 4, Third segment, except extreme base, thickly dotted with sensoria, tuberculate in appearance; fourth and fifth segments with scattered sensoria, those on the fifth usually confined to one side; sensoria with rather wide rims. Beak extending to middle of mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of well-developed, peg- like, lateral tubercles. Second segment of hind tarsus subequal to one-half the length of the cornicles. Second fork of media closer to margin of wing than to first fork, distance from first to second fork usually twice the distance from second fork to margin of wing. Ahdomen.—First segment and segment posterior to cornicles with lateral tubercles, the tubercles posterior to cornicles small and difl^cult to locate. Cornicles subequal to three times the length of the base of sixth antennal segment, middle portion usually slightly narrowed, otherwise of almost uniform thickness throughout, strongly imbricated, flange present but poorly developed. Anal plate broadly rounded. Cauda subequal to three-quarters length of cornicle, constricted in the middle, with four to five hairs on each side, the terminal hairs strongly incurved. Apterous Vivip.\rous Female Size and general eolor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.79. Head, including two basal segments of antennae, prothorax, anterior portion of mesothorax. and pleurae of meso- and metathorax, chocolate brown ; remainder of thorax and abdomen, except brown patch at base of cornicles, dark green. Cornicles, Cauda, and anal plate brown to dark greenish-brown. Flagellum of antennae varying in color; younger speci- mens usually with the third and most of the fourth antennal segment yellow- ish, the apical portion shading to dark brown; older specimens sometimes with only the basal half of the third antennal segment yellowish, the re- mainder dark brown. Legs and beak essentially as in the alate viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .44. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.33 to .43, average .39; IV—.17 to .21, average .18; V— .16 to .20, average .19; VI— .09 to .11. average .11 plus .21 to .29. average .25. Secondary sensoria absent. Beak extending to metathoracic coxae. Thorax and .Xhdomen.—Prothorax with a pair of well-developed lateral tubercles. Tarsi, exclusive of claws, equal to half length of cornicles. First segment of abdomen and segment posterior to cornicles with a pair of lateral 220 Illinois Natural Histohy Survey Bi lletix tubercles. Cornicles subequal in length to the terminal process of the sixth antenna! segment, usually straight, sometimes slightly constricted as in the alate viviparous female. Cauda more than half as long as the cornicles. Holotiipc—Alate viviparous female; Urbana. Illinois, May 22, 1929, on Zizia sp., probably Z. (luien. (Prison and Ross). On slide with alate vivip- arous female, apterous viviparous females, and pupae. Slide No. 10396. Morphoti/pr.—Apterous viviparous female; same data as holotype. On slide with alate viviparous female, pupae, and nymphs. Slide No. 10397. Para- types.—Thirty-three slides containing alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae, nymphs, collected in Illinois, by T. H. Prison. F. C. Hottes. H. H. Ross, and C. O. Mohr, on Zizia aurea. Zizia sp , Angelica sp., and Hanicula sp. The localities and dates are as follows: Channel Lake, Antioch (June 15), Herod (May 29), 192S; and Urbana (May 22), 1929; Charleston (May 31), and Homer (May 29), 1931. Slides Nos. 10398-10403 and 10881-10898, and seven others unnumbered. This species resembles somewhat in color and structure Aphis samhuclfoUae Fitch, from which it differs in having shorter, feebly constricted cornicles, fewer tubercles on the abdomen, and a peg-like prothoracic tubercle. It may be separated from A. htridis and A. iivctalis by characters given in the key. APHIS SOLIDAGINIFOLIAE Williams Pig. 27 Aphis solidafiinifoiiae Williams, University Studies, University of Nebraska. Vol. X, No. 2, March, 1911, p. 58. This species has not been previously recorded from Illinois. Althotigh we have collected it at only four localities, it is probably more widely distriliuted than our records indicate. It is peculiar among most members of the genus Aphis in that it causes the leaves of goldenrod (Solidago sp.) to fold longitudinally and become pod- like (Fig, -27). Since these folded leaves still retain their normal green color, infested jilants are apt to be overlooked. The body of this species has long, somewhat knobbed hairs. The viviparous fe- males have been described by Davis (lOllc). The oviparous females formed the l)asis f(ir the original description. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Danville (Aug. 4), Muncie (Oct. 6), 1928; Rock Island i.luly 7), Urbana i Aug. 21), 1929. Oviparous females were collected at Muncie, October 6. 1928. APHIS SPIRAECOLA P.\tch Aphis spiraeetJa Schouteden, Gillette, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 3. No. 5, October. 1910, p. 404. Misideutification. Aphis spiniceola Patcli. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 233, November, 1914, p. 270. This species is very closely related to A. pomi and has beeti con- sidered by some writers as identical. Our reasons for holding it as distinct have already been given (see poiiii). The articles by Patch ( l!l"^3a and 1!I2!)), previously cited, show that spiraccohi over-winters on Spiraea in Maine and has a large number of summer hosts. This aphid is referred to in the southern states as the "citrus aphid" and is of considerable economic importance. It is .1 pest on The Pi.axt Lice, oi; AriiiiuAE, ok Illinois 221 Spiraea used in ornamental plantings in all parts of Illinois. Davis (!!llOe) records it from Illinois by the name of "spiracclla Schout. ??" and doubts its identity with the European species. He also describes the viviparous females and mentions the swollen tibiae bearing- nu- merous sensoria. Fig. 27. Pfeudo-galls on leaves of golden rod (HoUdayo), caused by Aiihis ndUddfiiiiifoliac Williams. Normal foliage on right and infected foli- age on left; Seymour. Aug. 22, 1929. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Berwyn (June 14 1, t'airo (June ?,), Carbondale (June -1), Centralia (Aug. 6), Cham- paign (May 21). Elizabethtown (May 29. 31), Galena (June 26), Havana (June 22), Kankakee (June 29), LeRoy (June 20), Marshall (May 2.5), Metropolis (May :;!, June 1), Mt. Carmel (May 2(i). Muncie (Oct. 6), Oregon (June 27, 2S), Ottawa (June 14), Pekin (June 20, July 22), Quincy (June 6), Rock Island (June 22), Shawneetown (May 27), St. Joseph (June 17), 222 Illinois Nati-ral Historv Si^kvey Bulletin Urbana (May 22, 29, June 7, July 10. 26). 1928; Alton (June 25), Decatur (June 12). Edwardsville (Sept. 11). Grayville (June 19). Jerseyville (June 25), Pontiac (Aug. 12), Starved Rock State Park (July 6). Urbana (May 15, June 10), 1929; Des Plaines (June 16), Urbana (Sept. 28). 1930. Col- lected on Arc?- Ncguriclo. Apocynum sp., Aquilegia canadensis. Asclepias sp., Catalpa speciosa. Celastrus scanclens. Convolvulus sp., Corntis stricta. Cucu- mis sativiis. Helichrysum hracteatuyyi. Hydrangea sp., Liatris squarrosa, Pastinaca satwa. Poli/gotium sp., Rumex crispus. Vernonia sp.. Viburnum sp , Titis sp. APHIS SPIRAEPHILA P.\tch Fig. 208 Aphis spiracphila Patch, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 233. November. 1914, p. 270. This aphici, previously unrecordeci from Illinois, frequents the terminal shoots of native meaciow-sweet. Spiraea salicifolia. According to Patch, it apparently spends its whole life cycle on this one host. Through the kindness of Dr. Patch our specimens were compared with cotypic material of this species. The original description refers to the apterous viviparous form as being "huckleberry black with a slight white bloom of wax powder.'" Our Illinois material was more pinkish than black. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Havana (June 22), 1928; Beach (July 13), Rock Island (Julv 9). Urbana (July 1), 1929; Rock Island (June 3), 1930. APHIS TULIPAE Foxscolosibe Aphis tuUpae Fonscolombe, Annales de la Societe Eutomologique de France. Vol, X. 1841. p. 167. This more or less cosmopolitan species is recorded from Illinois for the first time here. It has been recorded in Europe feeding upon various liliaceous plants, including Gladiolus and Tulipa. and uix)n carrot and parsley roots. According to Theobald (192T), Felt ( l!U)!t) redescribed it imder the name- Aphis gladioli from gladioli in .\merica, presumablv New York. .\ little information concerning this species is given by Theobald ( T.l"2T ). The single Illinois collection was made at Urbana. October 19. 1930. on roots of carrot (Daiiciis carotin. APHIS VERXOXIAE Thomas Aphis vrrnoniiic Thomas. Bulletin Illinois State Laboratory of Xalural His- tory, Vol. I, No. 2, June, 1S7S, p. 10. This species, described from Illinois by Thomas in 1S77. has not been recorded from the state since then. Oiu" records indicate lliat it is quite generally distributed throughout Illinois. It occurs on the flower stems of its hosts. Supplementarv descriptions have been given by Sanborn ( liK) I ). Cotypes of this species were included among the typic material of Thomas recently recovered. They have been mounted in damar balsam on The Plant Lke, oh Ai-hiidae, oe Illinois 223 four slides: Slide No. 7704 has been designated as the lectotypic slide, and Slides Nos. 7705-7707 as parati/pic slides. Data associated with the lectotypic and paratypic slides, alate and apterous viviparous females, are as follows: Carbondale, Illinois, June 20, 1S77, collected by Tliomas on Verno^iia fasciculaia. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Carbon- dale (June 4), Morton (July 22), Urbana (July 23), 192S; Cairo (June 22), Elizabethtown (June 20), Hardin (June 25), Newton (June 17), Olney (June IS), Rock Island (July 7), Urbana (August 21), 1929. Collected on Eupator- ium purpureum var. maculatum. Hi'lenmm autumnale, and Vcrnoriia Jusciculala. APHIS VIBURNICOLA Gillette Pig. 28 Aphis viinrnicola Gillette, Entomological News, Vol. XX, No. 6, June, 1909, p. 2S0. Aphis z'ibuniicola Gillette was first reported from Illinois by Davis ( lOlOe). Our records indicate that it is very widely distributed in Illinois. This species over-winters on snowball ( J'ibitniiiiii ) and in Fig. 28. Pseudo-galls on the snowball, Viburnum Opulus var. Americana, started by Aphis viburnicola Gillette, later occupied by Aphis rumicis Linnaeus and Aphis viburjiiphila Patch: Urbana, June 10, 1929. Normal foliage on left and infested foliage on right. early spring causes the leaves to curl and form pseudo-galls ( Fig. 2A). After a short time the species leaves its primary host for an unknown one and then returns again in autumn, (^jillette ( liKiDc) has given de- tailed descriptions of all the forms found on the winter host. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Antioch (June 15), Decatur (Oct. 20), Urbana (May 17), 1928; Lewistown (May 4), Macomb (May 4), Rantoul (April 24), Springfield (May 2), Urbana (April 16), 1929; Carbondale (April 17), Effingham (Nov. 13), Lawrenceville (April 14), Metropolis (April 17), Urbana (Oct. 20, Dec. 2(1), 19:?0. Sexual forms have been taken at Effingham (Nov. 13) and Urbana (Dec. 20), 1930. A. mating pair was collected at Effingham. All specimens collected on Viburnum Opulus var. americanum or Viburnum sp. 224 Illinois Xatukal Histoijy Sikvky Bli.leti.x APHIS VIBURNIPHILA Patch Fig. 28 Aphis vihurniphila Patch, Journal of Economic Entomology. Vol. 10, Xo. 4, August, 1917, p. 416. This species is probably the aphid reported by Thomas (187!J) from Carbondale, Ilhnois, under the name of Aphis viburiii Scop. Specimens of this species are often found mixed with colonies of Aphis ruiiiicis Linn. The alate and apterous viviparous females and the apterous oviparous females have been described by Patch (UllTj, who states that the species is present all year on Vibuniitiii. Data associated with our viviparous specimens of this species are as follows: Galena (June 26), Havana (June 21). Kankakee (June 29). LeRoy (June 20), Metropolis (June 1), Oregon (June 27. 28), Pekin (June 20). 1928; Catlin (May 17), Rantoul (April 24), Springfield (May 2), Urbana (April 16), 1929; Urbana (June 23), 1930. All material collected on Viburnum sp. APHIS ZILORA new species Fui.s. 143, 194, 278 Alatk Viviparous Pesiale Size and genei'a.1 color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.11. Head and thorax dark dusky brown, lateral portions of prothorax and posterior portion of head somewhat yellowish. Abdomen green. Cornicles greenish, slightly dusky apically. Cauda yellowish brown, anal plate brown. Antennae uniformly brown. Femora light yellowish brown, more yellowish near base; basal portions of tibiae yellowish, or light yellowish brown with apical portions darker brown; tarsi brown. Beak yellowish brown at base shading to light dusky brown at apex. Stigma of fore wings light dusky brown, brownish subcostal infusion present; vains and posterior margin of wings in vicinity of anal veins concolorous with stigma. Hear] and apprndaqr.t.—Average width of head across eyes. .33. Comp- parative length of antennal segments as follows: III—.14 to .16. average .14: IV—.10 to .13, average 12; V— .10 to .13. average .11; VI—.07 to .09. average .08 plus .14 to .19, average .17. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 278) confined to third antennal segment, arranged in a straight row, numbering from 3 to 5. usually 3, in most cases confined to apical portion of segment. Primary sensorium on sixth segment with marginal sensoria apparently absent. All antennal segments imbricated. Beak reaching to metathoracic coxae except in one specimen in which it just fails to reach the mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and apncndancs.—Prothorax with a pair of lateral tubercles, anterior lateral margin of mesothorax also with lateral tubercles. Stigma of fore wings quite shallow and bluntly pointed. Radial sector only slightly curved. Second fork of media lacking in one specimen, in others extremely variable in regard to first fork and margin of wing, usually closer to the latter. Ventral portion of mesopleuron with a wax-pore plate. Abdomen.—Cornicles (Fig. 143) .09 long, straight, faintly imbricated, without flange at apex, subequal to base of sixth antennal segment, and either equal to or shorter than the cauda. Cauda (Fig. 194) .10 long, not con- stricted, with four inwardly curved hairs on each side, apex sharply pointed. First abdominal segment and segemont posterior to cornicles with a pair of lateral tubercles. Ai'TKRors ViviPAROis Fkmalk tlize and (jeneral color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.09. Color of head, thorax, and abdomen light green. Cornicles yellowish witli the apical iiortion dusky. Cauda and anal plate brownish. Antennae yellowish, except for apical segments, which are light dusky. Beak yellowish The Plant Lice, oi: ArmiiiAK, of Illinois 225 with the apical portion brown. Femora yellowish with apical portions dusky; tibiae yellowish with the apical portions brownish; tarsi brown. Head and aijprndagcs.—Average width of head across eyes, .30. Com- parative lengths of antennal segments for specimens with six-segmented antennae as follows: III—.09 to .13, average .11; IV— .09 to .10, average .09; V— .09; VI—.07 to .09, average .OS plus .14 to .16, average .15. Comparative length of antennal segments for specimens with five-segmented antennae (which are the most common) as follows: III—'.17 to .21, average .19; IV — .09 to .11, average .09; V— .07 plus .14 to .19, average .15. Secondary sensoria absent. Primary sensorium on last antennal segment with a group of five marginal sensoria. All segments of antennae imbricated. Beak reaching to metathoracic coxae. Thorax.—Prothorax with a pair of lateral tubercles, anterior portion of mesothorax also with lateral tubercle. Abdomen.—Abdomen with a pair of lateral tubercles near anterior por- tion and a pair posterior to the cornicles. Cornicles .10 long, cauda .09 long, cornicles, cauda and anal plate similar to those of alate viviparous female. Holoti/pe.—Alate viviparous female; Beach, Illinois, August 29, 1929, on Liatri.s ehgan.s. (Frison and Hottes). On slide with paratypic alate and apterous viviparous females. Slide No. 10525. Morphottipe.—Apterous vivip- arous female; same data as holotype. Slide No. 10526. Paratypes.—Four slides of alate and apterous viviparous females and nymphs. Same data as holotype. Slides Nos. 10527-10529 and one other unnumbered. This .species belongs to the inaidi-radicis group, and may he sepa- rated from closely allied forms by the characters given in the key to the genus Aphis. Genus ASTPHONAPHIS Wilson and Davis Key to the Species of the Genus Asiphonaphi.i 1. Antennae with very few hairs; lateral tubercles on abdomen slender, much longer than width at base (Fig. 315); pulver- ulent in life anogis n. sp. p. 225— . Antennae with numerous hairs about as long as width of anten- nal segments; lateral tubercles on abdomen stout, about as long as width at base (Fig. 312) ; not pulverulent in life pruni Wilson & Davis p. 227 ASIPHONAPHIS ANOGIS new species Fius. 205, 270, 315 Al.vte Vivii'Aiioi's Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, l.iiS. Body in live specimens covered with a dense coat of whitish down, more abundant posteriorly than anteriorly. In mounted specimens the head is dark dusky brown, becoming almost black at the vertex, but usually a lighter color in the vicinity of the eyes and posterior to them. The pro- tliorax on the dorsum is concolorous with the head; laterally it has a green- ish tinge and is considerably lighter in color; the meso- and metathoracic segments are dark dusky brown, certain portions being almost black. The abdomen is yellowish brown, the cauda and anal plate dusky brown. All antennal segments essentially concolorous with lighter portions of the head. Basal portion of anterior femora slightly lighter in color than remaining femora, femora essentially dusky brown or dusky yellowish brown near the base, shading gradually to a more intense dusky brown at the apex; tibiae almost viniformly dusky brown; tarsi dusky browiL Stigma fuscus; veins fine, dark brown, very faintly bordered with brown, anal vein darkest and 226 Illinois Natihal History Sikvey Bllletix most heavily bordered, posterior margin of wing near articulation with anal vein thickened and brownish. Beak yellowish-brown with the apical seg- ments darker than others. Head and appendafirs.—Average width of head across eyes. .44. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III—.33 to .46. aver- age .41; IV— .21 to :.'A. average .27; V—.14 to .26, average .21; VI— .09 to .17. average .14 plus .14 to .26. average .20. Numerous secondary sensoria on third and fourth antennal segments (Fig. 270). sometimes one or two sec- ondary sensoria are found on the fifth segment; in structure they are large and have wide rims; sensoria on the third antennal segment number from 9-16 with an average of 12 and are arranged in an irregular row: sensoria on fourth antennal segment arranged in a regular row and number from .3 to 7 with an average of .5. The primary sensorium on segment six is small; in fact, the only way that it can be distinguished from the marginal sensoria is by the fringe of hair which is around its outer circumference. The beak is exceedingly variable in length: in some specimens perhaps fail- ing to reach beyond the midway point between the coxae of the pro- and mesothoracic segments, whereas in others it may extend as far as the coxae of the metathorax. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of tooth-like lateral tubercles. The tarsal segments are quite long, about equaling in length the first and second antennal segments combined. Normally the media of the fore wings is twice-branched, the second branch occurring much closer to the margin of the wing than it is to the first branch: abnormal venation is common, the media of both wings being only once-branched, or one winii with the media once-branched and the other wing with the media twice- branched, or with the media twice-branched on one wing and thrice-branched on the other. Abdomen.—Abdomen entirely covered with wax glands similar to those found in Ampliicereidiis pulferulens (Gillette) or Giip.soaphis oe.'itlundi (Hottes), and with seven pairs of tooth-like lateral tubercles (Fig. 312). Cauda (Fig. 205) not quite as long as the hind tarsae exclusive of claws. not constricted, and distinctly tapered toward apex, with from three to five pairs of lateral hairs, the terminal hairs usually strongly incurved: length varies from .13 to .14. Anal plate narrow, scarcely wider than the cauda at the base and about one-half as long. Ai'TERois Vivn>.\r,ois Femai.k Size and general eolor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.63. Body in live specimens entirely covered with a dense coat of whitish down. In mounted specimens the head, thorax, and abdomen are dark brown, and the cauda and cornicles as in the alate viviparous female. First and second antennal segments light brown, lighter in color than the head, sometimes slightly dusky on the anterior margin; basal half of third antennal segment concolorous with second segment, apical half more fus- cous; fourth, fifth, and sixth segments uniformly light brown. All legs of about the same intensity of color, similar to the legs of the alate form except that the apical portions of the tibiae are considerably darker than the remaining portions. Beak colored as in alate viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .36. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .:!0 to .40. aver- age .:i6: IV— .17 to .24. average ,21: V—.17 to .24. average .21; VI—.13 to .14, average .14 plus .19 to .21, average .20, Normally there are no sec- ondar.v sensoria. Hairs on antennae twice as long as width of segment and fine. The beak usually extends to the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs Thora.v and appendecies and show that the entire life cycle is spent upon cabbage or closely re- lated plants. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Cham- paign (Oct. 1, 2), Normal (Sept. 10), Rose Hill (Sept. 26), ISSli: Decatur (Nov. 11), 1928: Kansas (June 17), 1929; Arlington Heights (Sept. 29), 1930. Males are in the collection from Champaign. October 1-2. ISSS. All collected on Brassica olcracca. The Pi.axt Lice, oF! Ai'IIhiiae, oe Illinois 229 Genus CAV'ARIELLA Di:l Guercio CAVARIELLA AEGOPODII tScoi'OLi) Fig. 206 Aphis aegopodii Scopoli, Entomologica Carniolica, 1763, p. 399. Hyadaphis pastlnacae Davis, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 3, No. 6, December, 1910, p. 493. In part misidentiflcation. An examination of material belonging to Professor J. T. Davis proves that some specimens of this species were included in his records of Hyadapliis pastiiiacac from Illinois in 1910. These slides are as follows: Chicago. Illinois, Oct. 1, 1908, on Zicia anrca. and Oak Park, Illinois, August 4, 1909, on willow. No Illinois records, however, have been ])reviouslv reported under this specific name. Dr. Theobald has kindlv determined sjjecimens of this species submitted to him. Al- though we have collected this species only on Sali.v it is known to mi- grate to Acgopodiiim and other plants, as the records of Davis (1910e) and others demonstrate. Data associated with our Illinois specimens, all collected on f10e) imder the name of H. ariindinis Fabricius. A good account of its life history and habits is given by Davidson ( 1919 ). It is known to migrate, having spring and fall generations on plum, the leaves of which it causes to curl, and summer generations on Phragmitcs, Typlia. and Arundo; or at times in certain localities to spend the entire vear on plum. Like many other aphids of economic importance, it is reported from many parts of the world. Data associated with viviparous specimens in the Survey collection are as follows: Antioch (Aug. 13). 1906. on Phragmitvs: Rock Island (July 7), and Urbana (June 25). 1929, both on Prunus (lomcstica. Genus HYSTEROXEURA D.wis HYSTERONEURA SETARIAE (Thom.vs) Fics. 30. S9, 135. 2S3 Siphonnphora sctnriac Thomas, Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Vol. I, No. 2, June, 1S78, p. 5. This brown plum aphid was described by Thomas from siiecimens collected at Carbondale. Illinois. Our records indicate that it is verv The Plant Lice, on ArmiDAE, of Illinois 233 Fig. 3(J. Infestation of the rusty plum aphid, Hii.stfroiieura .icturiuc (Thomas), on the ornamental plum, Prunns triloba: Urbana, June 3, 1929. 234 iM.iNois Natthal HisToity Slkvey Biixetix widely distributed in the state. It over-winters on plum and in spring is often very abundant on the steins and leaves of the new growth (Fig. 30 ). Later it migrates to grasses and other plants upon which it spends the summer. The cotype.s of this species I Vial 40 of the Thomas collection) have recently been recovered and mounted on two slides in gum daraar. Slide No. 7714 has been designated as the lectoti/jtic slide and Slide No. 7715 as the paratiipic slide. Both slides contain specimens of alate and apterous viviparous females. Data associated with these slides are as follows: on Setaria ghiiica. Carbondale, Illinois, August 16, 1S77. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Normal Aug. 7), 1SS3; Duquoin (June 7), 18S4; Odin (May 7), 1895: Urbana (Octo- ber 29), 1901; Rockport (May 21), 1906; Lincoln (May 6). 1925; Albion (May 26), Carbondale (May 17, June 4-14). Centralia (Oct. 12l. Elizabeth- town (May 29-:31), Herod (May 31), LeRoy (June 20), Metropolis (June 1). Mt. Carmel (May 26), JIuncie (Oct. 6), Shawneetown (May 27), Urbana (May 23-24), 1928; Bondville (Sept. 26), Galena (July lOl. Macomb (May 3), Olney (June IS), Oregon (July 11), Rock Island (July 7), Springfield (May 2), Urbana (June 1-17, July 24), 1929: Effingham (Nov. 13). Flora (Nov. 13), Metropolis (April 17) and Starved Rock State Park (May J3). 1930. Sexual forms and mating pairs were collected at Flora. November 13, 1930. Host records are as follows: Melilotus alba. Prunus avium. Prunu.s (lomestica. Prunus posicfi. Prunus triloba. Prmius virginiana, Prunu.i sp., Setaria glaiica, and Setaria viridis. Genus RHOPALOSIPHUAI Koch (Sui't;ENFj!A RHOPALOSIPHUM Koch, HYADAPHIS K(RKAI.i>y, and LIOSOMAPHIS Walker) Kcii to the Species of the Genus Rhopalosiphum Cornicles with apical portion much swollen and contrasting with narrow basal portion (Fig. 14S ) 2 Cornicles approximately cylindrical ( Fig. 134 ) a Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment about as long as basal portion berberidis (Kaltenbach) p. 235 Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment over twice as long as basal portion 3 Third antennal segment with more than 25 sensoria: fourth antennal segment with at least 5 sensoria. .melliferum (Hottes) p. 238 Third antennal segment with less than 25, usually about 15 sen- soria; fourth antennal segment usually without sensoria, some- times with one or two 4 Hind tibiae about three times as long as width of head through the eyes; third antennal segment rarely with as many as ten secondary sensoria; cauda stout rhois Monell p. 240 Hind tibiae about twice as long as width of head through the eyes: third antennal segment with more than ten secondary sensoria; cauda somewhat elongate. ... nymphaeae (Linnaeus! p. 238 Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment less or not more than twice as long as basal portion; basal portion about equal in length to the fifth antennal segment rufomaculatum (Wilson) p. 241 Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment over twice as long as basal portion: basal portion not as long as fifth antennal segment 6 The Plant Lice, ou Ai-hiiuae, oi Illinois 235 6. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment less than thiee times as long as basal portion: cornicles and hind tibiae usually of about the same thickness .pseudobrassicae (Davis) p. 240— . Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment about four or more times as long as basal portion; cornicles usually wider than hind tibiae 7 7. Abdomen essentially greenish prunifoliae (Fitch) p. 239— . Abdomen essentially brown enigmae n. sp. p. 235 RHOPALOSIPHUM BERBERIDIS (Kaltenbach ) Fig. 148 Aphis berberidis Kaltenbach, Monographie der Pamilien der Pflanzenlause, Aachen, 1S43. p. 95. The barberry plant louse was first recorded from Illinois by Davis in lUO.s and again in IDIO as "a common and often abundant species, occasionally in such numbers as to injure the barberry." It is a small yellowish form with the apterous forms predominating. Ac- cording to our observations and those of others, it spends its entire life cycle on barberry. Detailed descriptions of all forms are given by Davis ( 19()8c). Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Antioch (June 15), Berwyn (June 14), Galena (June 25). Marshall (May 25), Mt. Carroll (June 25), Oregon (June 27), Urbana (Sept. 26, Oct. 19), 192S: Alton (June 25), Catlin (May 17). Effingham (June 18), El Paso (July 5), Starved Rock State Park (July 6), Urbana (May 8, Oct. 24), 1929. Males and oviparous females were collected at Urbana, October 24, 1929. All material taken on Berberis Thunbergii minor. RHOPALOSIPHUM ENIGMAE new species Figs. 134, 200, 207, 262, 263 A LATE ViVIPAliOlS Fe.MALE Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2. IS. Head and thorax dark dusky brown. Abdomen varying in color from yellowish brown to dark reddish brown with slight indications of darker brown spots on the lateral margins. Cornicles, cauda, and anal plate dark dusky brown. Antennae dark dusky brown except extreme base of third segment and terminal filament of sixth, which are yellowish brown. Femora of all legs dark brown except tor basal portions, which are yellowish or yellowish brown. Tibiae yellowish brown with a dark brown band at apex eijual to length of tarsi; tarsi dark brown. Stigma of fore wings yellowish brown, veins of wings dusky, posterior margin of wings in vicinity of anal vein brown. Beak brown. Head and appendufjeti.—Vertex of head prominently pointed. Average width of head across eyes, .46. Antenna! segments with the following com- parative lengths: III—.33 to .36, average 34; IV— .19: V—.17; VI—.09 plus .50 to .57, average .53. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 262) confined to third and fourth antennal segments. Third segment with sensoria numbering from 7 to 11, averaging 9, arranged in an irregular row. Fourth segment usually with one or two secondary sensoria. Primary sensoria on sixth segment with a group of very small marginal sensoria. All segments of antennae imbricated. Beak comparatively short, failing to reach middle coxae by a considerable distance. Thorar and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of small finger-like lateral tubercles. Mesothorax with a pair of small wax glands on the 236 Illinois Xatural Histoky Siiivey Billetix anterior ventro-lateral region. Stigma of fore wings rather sharply pointed; second fork of media extremely close to margin of wing when present; all veins ending in brownish suffusions. Alidomcn.—First abdominal segment and the segment posterior to corni- cles with small lateral tubercles. Cornicles (Fig. 134) about .29 in length, only very slightly swollen, the swelling accentuated by the pronounced con- striction just before the well-developed flange; entire surface distinctly im- bricated. Cauda (Fig. 200) poorly developed, .12 in length, distinctly con- stricted near middle, with two hairs on each side. Anal plate about three times as wide at the base as the cauda, and with only a few hairs. ApTEHors Vivip.\Ror.s Female Size and general eolor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.26. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous, varying from dark reddish brown to greenish brown. Cauda, anal plate, cornicles, and beak dark brown. Antennae similar in color to those of alate viviparous female. Femora dark brown, paler at base; tibiae greenish yellow, their apices and the tarsi in- fuscated with brown. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .47. Antennal segments with the following comparative lengths: III—.27 to .33, average .31; IV— .17 to .23, average .20; V—.17 to .23. average .20; VI—.09 to .10, average .10 plus .46 to .57, average .50. All segments without secondary sensoria, distinctly imbricated, and with sparse hairs. Beak reaching just beyond mesothoracic coxae. Thorax.—Prothorax with a pair of small lateral tubercles. Abdomen.—Surface of abdomen reticulated and with a very few long, fine hairs. First segment and segment posterior to cornicles with minute lateral tubercles, similar tubercles occasionally seen on other segments. Cornicles similar in shape to those of alate viviparous female, averaging .45 in length. Cauda about .17 long, and little stouter than that of the alate viviparous female, with two hairs on each side, one side occasionally with three hairs. Anal plate normal. Ai'TEHOus O^^PARous Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.90. Color essentially similar to that of apterous viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .44. Antennal segments with the following comparative lengths: III—.19; IV—.11 to .13, average .12; V— .13; VI—.07 plus .29 to .46. average .37. Secondary sensoria absent. Third and fourth antennal segments with a decided tendency to remain united or to separate incompletely, and in many cases the antennae are but five-segmented. All segments of antennae imbricated. Beak reach- ing midway between pro- and mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a large, well-developed pair of lateral tubercles. Hind tibiae with the basal half very slightly swollen, sensoria very pale and difficult to count. Ahd07nen.—Six segments of the abdomen with very minute lateral tubercles. Cornicles about .28 long, otherwise similar to those of alate viviparous female. Cauda .11 in length (Fig. 207), with hairs on each side, very thick, and not constricted, in this respect unlike that of viviparous females. Anal plate normal. Alate Male Size and general eolor.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.20. Color essentially similar to that of alate viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Antennal segments with the following com- parative lengths: III— .:!3; IV—.23: V— .21; VI—.09 plus .54. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 2(i3 ) distributed as follows: 111—17; IV— 14; V—10; irregu- larly arranged and scattered over entire surface of segment. Primary sen- sorium of sixth antennal segment with a group of about five small marginal sensoria at one side. Antennae imbricated and with a few short hairs. Beak reaching to the mesothoracic coxae. w The Plant Lice, or Aphiiiiae, ok Illinois 237 Thorax and appendages.—Prothorax with a pair of lateral tubercles. Wiugs and wing veins similar to those of alate viviparous female. Abdomen.—Cornicles .24 long, otherwise similar to those of alate vivip- arous female. Nymph Nymphs of apterous and oviparous females usually with five-segmented antennae. Holotjipc.—Alate viviparous female; Eldorado, Illinois, June 19, 1929, on Tt/pha latifoUa, (Prison and Hottes). On slide with four paratypic nymphs. Slide No. 10719. Allotype.—Alate male; Danville, Illinois, Novem- ber 4, 192S, on Typha latifoUa. (T. H. Prison). On slide with paratypic nymphs. Slide No. 10720. Morphotypc.—Apterous viviparous female; Catlin, Illinois, May 17, 1929, on Typha laiifolia. (Prison and Ross). On slide with paratypic apterous viviparous female and nymphs. Slide No. 10721. Morphotype.—Apterous oviparous female; same data as allotype. On slide with paratypic oviparous females and nymphs. Slide No. 10722. Paratype.s.— Thirty-seven slides, containing alate and apterous viviparous females, oviparous females, a male, and nymphs, all collected in Illinois on cat-tail (Typha latifoUa) by T. H. Prison, P. C. Hottes. and H. H. Ross, except one slide collected at Thompson's Lake, Havana, Illinois, August 11, 1896, on Sparganium, (Hart and Adams). The dates and localities are as follows: Carbondale (June 4), Centralia (Oct. 12), Danville (Nov. 4), Herod (May 31), Metropolis (June 1), and Quincy (June 6), 1928; Allerton (June 17), Catlin (May 17), Eldorado (June 19), Elizabethtown (June 20), Hardin (June 25), Maryville (Sept. 11), Oakwood (Oct. 17), and Seymour (June 12), 1929. Slides Nos. 4516-4521, 4524, 4535, 10723-10746 and others un- numbered. This species is structurally very similar to R. pnniifoliae (Fitch), from which it diiifers in color, being a (deep reddish brown instead of green or greenish yellow. The few alate specimens of R. cn'iamae in our possession differ from the tisual condition found in prunifoliae in having only one or two sensoria on the fourth antennal segment. Pniiiifoliac. however, varies so greatly in respect to this character that it is not of practical use. This species was sent to Dr. Edith M. Patch for determination, and she considered it to be R. iiyiiipliacac (L,.), but it differs from the form we are considering as R. nympltaeae in a num- ber of characters, especially in the length and shape of the cornicles. It should be noted that we have taken all forms on cat-tail and that specimens have been taken on this host in the spring before any migra- tory species in the same vicinity, so far as known, had left their over- wintering hosts. RHOPALOSIPHUM ENIGMAE var. PARVAE new variety This variety is essentially like R. cnigmae new species, except that the antennae are only five-segmented, the cornicles shorter, and the lateral tubercles better developed. The average width of head across the eyes is .41. Tlie comparative antennal measurements are as follows: III—.19 to .26, average .22; IV—.08 to .10, average .09; V— .07 plus .21 to .27, average .24. The cornicles average .15 in length. HoUjtype.—Apterous viviparous female, Danville, Illinois, July 22, 1930, on Cnrcx. collected by F. C. Hottes and 0. E. Tauber. Slide No. 10642. Paratypen.—Twenty-one slides with same data as for holotype. Slides Nos. 10643-10656 and others unnumbered. In view of the shorter cornicles and certain other slight differ- ences, it has seemed inadvisable to grotip these specimens with 238 Ii i.ixois Natlkal HisTortv Sikvey' Bii.i.etin cnigmae. Future collecting may prove cniyinac to be a very variable species and that this new variety can be relegated to synonym}'. On the other hand there is the possibility that the variety parvac may prove to be an entirely distinct species. RHOPALOSIPHUM MELLIFERUM (Hotte.-) Aphis xiilostri Schrank, Fauna Boica, Durchgedachte der in Baiern ein- heimischen unci zahmen Thiere, 2 Bd., 1 Abt.. Ingolstadt. 1801, p. 107. A homonym. Hyadaphis mellifcra Hottes, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wash- ington. Vol. 43, October 7, 1930, p. 184. This cosmopolitan species migrates from honeysuckle, upon which it over-winters, to parsnip and a number of other summer hosts. Good descriptions of the viviparous forms are given by Theobald (1927) and some data regarding its biology by Gillette (1911b). We have seen two of the slides recorded as "Hyadapliis pastinacac Linn.?" from Illi- nois by Davis (1910e) and find them to be the species CavariclUi acgopodii ( .Scopoli ) and not this species, which is the pastiiiacac of some American authors. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Mt. Carmel (June). Normal (Aug. 18). 1884; Urbana (July 27). 1912 (Davis): Albion (May 25-26), Antioch (June 15). Cave-in-Rock (May 29-30), Cham- paign (May 17, July 26). Decatur (Nov. 4). Metropolis (May 30-31. June 1). Quincy (June 6), Starved Rock State Park (June 12), Urbana (May 23-28. June 7, Sept. 26. Oct. 1), 1928; AUerton (June 17), Alton (June 2.5), Catlin (May 17), Galena (June 10), Morriston (July 9), Oakwood (Oct. 14), Oregon (July 11), Rock Island (July 7), Seymour (Oct. 16), Starved Rock State Park (July 6), Urbana (May 26, June 3, July 2, Aug. 22), 1929. We have taken males at Seymour, October 16, and at Oakwood, October 14, 1929. Collected on Carpx sp., Coniosrlitium chinetise. Cri/ptntaritia canadensis. Lonicera flava. Loniccra smipiTVirens. Lonirera sp., and Pastinaca sativa. RHOPALOSIPHUM NYMPHAEAE (Li.nn.vev.s) Aphis nvmpharae Linnaeus, Fauna Svecica, Editio Altera. Auctior, Stock- holm, 1761, p. 260. This cosmopolitan aphid is of more than ordinary interest because it attacks aquatic plants and at times leads almost a semi-aquatic existence. Patch (1915b) has demonstrated that the species is migra- tory, plum serving as the over-wintering host and aquatic plants as the summer host. The same type of life cycle is foliowe.l also in California, according to Davidson (19K). It occasionallv spoils the a])pearance of atpiatic plants in greenhouses and n)av injure the fruit of plums. Davis (I!)l(ic) first recorded it from Illinois and [iroved that aiiiiaticiis Jackson (19()(S) was a svnonvm of iixiiiplmcac. Jackson (1908), P'atch (1913a), and Theobald (193:) have given good de- scriptions of the viviparous forms and male. Davidson ( 191Tb) brieflv mentions the osijiarous females which are produced in autumn on ]ilnm. Our material a,grees well with the description of the Kiu"opean form except that the secondary sensoria on the fourth antennal .seg^nents of alatc forms consistcnth- average fewer. « The Plant Lice, or. AriniuAi:, n\- Illinois 239 Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows; Havana (Sept. 14), 1894; Havana (July 21), 1897; Ottawa (July 20), 1901: Decatur (Oct. 20), Urbana (May 23), 1928; Cobden (June 21), Mt. Vernon (Sept. 26), Oakwood (Oct. 17), 1929; Evanston (March 12), 1930. Collected on Nymphara costatcifora. IsUimphaca sp., Lemna trisuha. Potamogrton natans, Galium sp.. Eichhoniia sp. RHOPALOSIPHUM PRUNIFOLIAE (Fitch) Pigs. 31, 196 Ap?ii.i pninifoUae Fitch, Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, Vol. XIV, 1854 (printed 18.55), p. 826. The apple-grain aphid was first reported from lUinuis by Thomas in the Prairie Fanner for 18(;3 as Aphis az'ciiac P'abricius. Because of its cornicles—somewhat intermediate between an aphis and a typical Fig. 31. Leaves on hawthorn, Crataegus, curled by spring genera- tions of the apple grain aphid. Rhopalosiphum prtmifoliac (Fitch); Urbana, April 20, 1929. Rhopalosiphuui—this species is difficult to place generically. We are placing it in the genus Rlwpalosiphuin in accordance with present usage, although it has no more in coiunion with sj^ecies in this genus than with certain species of Aphis, the genus in which it was placed for many years. It is exceedingly abundant in Illinois in the spring of the year on Cratacgu.'; (Fig. 31) and on apple, from which it soon mi- grates to grasses and small grains to spend the summer months. The fact that this species leaves the ap])le early i" the season lessens its importance as an apple pest. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Normal (June 21), 1883; Urbana (May 23, Aug. 9), 1S85; Urbana (Oct. 27), 1886; Tonti (Oct. 14), 1887; Urbana (June 25), 1889; Normal (Nov. 16). 1894; Havana (Aug. 11), 189(i; Peoria (Nov. 7), 1906; Beech Ridge (May 22). 240 Illinois Natlral History Survey Bulletin 1907; Carbondale (Oct. 13). 1926; Antioch (June 1.5). Carbondale (May 17, June 4), Decatur (Sept. 20, 29. Nov. 4), Herod (May 31), Marshall (May 2.5), Metropolis (June 11, Muncie (Oct. 6), Nelson (June 8 1, Quincy (June 6), Urbana (May 21, Oct. 9, 18. 19, Nov. 14), 1928; Lewistown (May 4), Macomb (May 3), Mahomet (April 3). Olney (June 18). Rantoul i April 24), Seymour (Oct. 30), Springfield (May 2), St. Joseph (April 12), Urbana (April 16, 17, 22. 24, May 9), Woodriver (May 20), 1929; Effingham (Nov. 13), Urbana (Nov. 19), 1930. Collected on Avejia satira. Cnres sp., Crataegus sp.. Primus japonica, Pyriis Mulus. Pijriis sp., and undertermined grasses. RHOPALOSIPHUM PSEUDOBRASSICAE (Davis) Ai)his pseudohrassicae Davis. Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLVl. Julv. 1914, p. 231. Pigs. 21, 22. Probably many of the previously published records of Brcviroryne brassicac Linn, from Illinois have reference to this species since it has been our experience that pscudobrassicac is bv far the more com- mon and destructive species attacking cabbage and cruciferous plants in the state. Only the viviparous forms have been described, and there is some question as to how the species over-winters in Illinois. In the original description Davis suggests that the viviparous females over- winter. Paddock (111 1.5), who has studied this species in considerable detail in Texas, reports that in Texas it is not found on cultivated host plants from May tmtil September, thus suggesting it has an alternate host during the hot summer months. It occurs throughout the state and often is a serious pest in spring and fall on cruciferous garden crops. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Cairo (June 3), Carbondale (June 41, Champaign (June 19). Decatur (Sept. IS), DesPlaines (July 6), Elizabethtown (May 29l. Galena (June 25). Golconda (Oct. 13), Harrisburg (Jlay 28), Havana (June 31), Herod (.May 31). Kan- kakee (June 29), Metropolis (May 31, June 1), Mt. Carroll (June 25), Oregon (June 27). Quincy (June 6). Urbana (Aug. 6). 192S; Cairo (June 21), Homer (June 17), Kansas (June 17), Oakwood (June 29), Starved Rock State Park (July 5, 6), 1929; Allendale (October 8), 1930. All our material has been collected on Brussica oleracca. Brussica rapa. Raphanus sativiis. and Lcpidiiim virijinh-um. RHOPALOSIPHUM RHOIS Monell Rhopalosiphum rhois Monell. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V. Xo. 1. January 22. 1879, Art. 1, p 27. This large brown aphid is often ver\- conspicuous because of its superabundance on the undersides of the leaves of sumach. In the early summer this s])ecies is reported to migrate to various grasses (Gillette, 191.5) u]K)n which it sjiends the remaining ]iortion of the sum- mer. We have collected it only on sumach [Rhus i/hibra). The sum- mer generations of this ajihid were described as a new species by Wil- son (]!lll) under the name of Aiiiphorophora luncordii. Later Davis (l!)14a) redescribed in detail the viviparous forms and the male pro- duced on wild and cultivated grasses. The latter author states. ".-M- though careful search was made, we were unable to find oviparous fe- males [produced on grasses |..'" Further he states, "It appears . , .that The Plant Lice, or Apiiiidae, of Illinois 241 the winged males and winged viviparous females migrate [from grasses] to an unknown host in the fall of the year, where the ovi- parous females are produced." We have found the oviparous female on sumach in fall. A description of the heretofore undescribed apter- ous oviparous female is presented. Data associated with our viviparous specimens of tliis species are as follows: Dixon (July 29, 30), 1SS3: Champaign (July 18), 1884: Champaign (June 26), 1886; Champaign (July 31), East Peoria (July 22), Golconda (Oct. 13), Marshall (May 2.5), Metropolis (May 31), Mt. Carmel (May 26), Starved Rock State Park (June 13), Urbana (July 10, Aug. 2), 1928; Col- linsville (Sept. 11), Elizabethtown (June 20), El Paso (July .5), Galena (July 10), Hardin (June 25), Kappa (July 5), Mounds (June 21), Mt. Car- roll (Jiilv 9), Oregon (July 11), Richmond (July 12), Rock Island (July 7), 1929. ApTEHOrs OVU'AKOUS Femai.e Average length from verte.x to tip of anal plate, 1.34. General color essentially similar to apterous viviparous female. Average width of head across eyes, .34. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III—.30; IV—.16 to .17, average .17: V—.14; VI—.10 plus .30 to .36, average .34. Secondary sensoria absent. Primary sensorium on sixth antenal seg- ment with about 5 marginal sensoria. Cornicles .36 long. Cauda .18 long, with about three strongly incurved hairs on a side. Hind tibiae consider- ably swollen, with about 130 sensoria. Morphotiipe.—Apterous oviparous female; Slide No. 8135. Collinsville, Illinois, September 11, 1929, on Rhus glabra. (Frison and Ross). On slide with alate viviparous female and apterous oviparous females. RHOPALOSIPHUM RUPOMACULATUM (Wii.sox) Aphis rufomactdata Wilson, Entomological News, Vol. XIX, No. 6, June, 1908, p. 261. This species was first reported from Illinois by Davis. Our rec- ords indicate that it is of considerable economic importance as a pest of chrysanthemums growing in greenhouses. None of our speci- mens were taken on chr^-santhemum growing out of doors. This species is the genotype of Coloradoa Wilson which has been placed as a synonym of Rlwpalosipliiim bv Baker (1920). There is some evidence, however, for retaining Coloradoa as a subgeneric name. Only the viviparous forms have apparently been described. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Carbon- dale (June 4). Chicago (June 14). Des Plaines (Dec. 18), Hutsonville (Nov. 28), Lawrenceville (Nov. 28), Urbana (.May 23, June 6), 1928; Quincy (Nov. 6), 1930. Collected only on Chrysanthemum sp. Genus TOXOPTERA Koch TOXOPTERA GRAMINUM (Roniiani) Aphis graminum Rondani, Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali. Bologna, Ser. 3, Vol. VI, 1852. p. 10. The green bug, as it is referred to in the literature of economic entomology, has at times caused serious and widespread damage to wheat and oats in Illinois and many other states. It is of particular in- 242 Illinois Natuijai. Histohy SrisvKY Bli.i.eti.v terest to entomologists because of the marked epidemic character of its depredations, the epidemics depenthng mostly upon weather conditions. In normal years the excessive abundance of the green bug is held down by parasites. During long periods of cool, wet weather, however, when the temperature remains below 6.5'^F, the rate of re- production of the parasites is retarded whereas the green bug con- tinues its normal rate of reproduction under temperatures running almost as low as 40°F. Se.xual forms are produced in Illinois, but in the southern states the green bug breeds viviparously throughout the year. There are numerous references to this sjiecies in literature, among which those by Flunter and Glenn (1909), Webster and Phillips (1912), and Theobald (1927) contain good descriptions of the various forms as well as giving much information regarding its biolog\". Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Mt. Carmel (June 10). 1890; Beech Ridge (May 22), 1907: Homer (June 17). Rock Island (July 7). Seymour I June 13), 1929. Collected on Avena sativa. Carer sp., and Triticum sp. SUPERTRIBE CALLIPTEREA KEY TO GEXERA 1. Eyes without ocular tubercles (Fig. 321 ) 2 — . Eyes with ocular tubercles (Fig. S'i) 5 2. Hind wing with longitudinal vein rarely forked more than once (Fig. SS); Cauda constricted near middle and knob-like (Fig. 178); terminal filament much longer than greatest width of sixth segment (Fig. 242 ) 3 — . Hind wing with longitudinal vein forked twice (Fig. 91); cauda not constricted but rounded (Fig. 216); tern'iinal filament scarcely, if any. longer than greatest width of sixth segment (Fig. 244) Stegophylla p. 268 3. Body with peculiar modified setae (Fig. 316) 4 — . Body with normal type of spine-like setae (Fig. 324 ) .Thripsaphis p. 270 4. Modified setae on margins of abdomen long and conspicuous; third antennal segment and hind tibiae about equal in length; veins of wings conspicuously outlined with fuscous. .. Iziphya p. 250 — . Modified setae on margins of abdomen small and inconspicuous; third antennal segment much shorter than hind tibia; veins of wings not conspicuously outlined with fuscous. .. .Saltusaphis p. 265 5. Terminal filament scarcely, if any. longer than greatest width of sixth segment ( Fig. 244 ) 6 — . Terminal filament much longer than greatest width of sixth seg- ment ( Fig. 266 ) 7 6. Cauda rounded (Fig. 216 1 ; third antennal segment with ten or more narrow and transverse secondaiw sensoria. fourth seg- ment with a tew sensoria Tamalia p. 26S — . Cauda knobbed (Fi,g. 211); third antennal segment with less than ten secondary sensoria which are almost circular in shape, fourth segment without sensoria Phyllaphis p. 264 7. (conspicuous tubercles on dorsum of anterior abdominal seg- ments ( Fig. 327 ) 8 — . Tubercles on dorsum of anterior abdominal segments wanting or verv rudimentary 10 The Plant Licf:, oi! AriUiDAK. of Ii.i.i.miis 243 8. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment at least three or four times as long as basal portion of same segment (Fig. 243); cornicles moderately long and prominent (Fig. 154); anal plate slightly indented (Fig. 217) Drepanaphis p. 246 — . Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment at most twice as long as basal portion of same segment (Fig. 247); cornicles short and somewhat trapezoidal (Fig. 156); anal plate deeply indented ( Fig. 168 ) 9 9. Abdomen with well-developed lateral tubercles (Fig. :j10) in addition to those on dorsum Melanocallis p. 251 —. Abdomen without lateral tubercles Tuberculatus p. 271 10. Cauda elongate and spatulate-shaped beyond constriction ( Fig. 183) Cepegillettea p. 246 — . Cauda knob-like beyond constriction 11 11. Fore femora with a projection or tubercle near distal end (Fig. 325) Shenahweum n. gen. p. 267 — . Fore femora without a projection or tubercle near distal end (Fig. 326) 12 12. Cornicles very short, not produced, almost ring-like (Fig. 155).. Monellia p. 252 — . Cornicles distinctly produced, short or of medium length but never almost ring-like (Fig. 150) 13 13. Mesal apex of antennal tubercle protruding much beyond vertex (Fig. 78) 14 — . Mesal apex of antennal tubercle not or scarcely protruding be- yond vertex ( Fig. 81 ) 15 14. Radial sector well-developed (Fig. 72); anal and cubital veins of fore wings not margined with fuscous (Fig. 72); anal plate entire or nearly so (Pig. 173) Euceraphis p. 249 — . Radial sector lacking (Fig. 65) or partly developed (Fig. 57), except that in some specimens of C. vastaiieac it is entirely but weakly developed; anal and cubital veins of fore wings dis- tinctly margined with fuscous (Fig. 57); anal plate somewhat bilobed or cleft (Fig. 220) Calaphis p. 243 15. Cauda lengthened, constricted and with apex knob-like (Fig. 178) Myzocallis p. 254 — . Cauda not distinctly constricted and more rounded (Fig. 211)... Neosy mydobius p. 261 Genus CALAPHIS Walsh Ki'i/ to the Xpecies of the Genus Calaphis Dorsum of thorax with one median and two lateral dark stripes betulella Walsh p. 244 Dorsum of thorax without dark stripes 2 Fourth and fifth antennal segments uniformly dark-colored, third antennal segments with about eight round sensoria (Fig. 235 ) ; on chestnut castaneae ( Fitch ) p. 245 Fourth and fifth antennal segments with basal portions light and apical portions dark, third antennal segment with about twelve to eighteen oval sensoria (Fig. 236) ; on birch betulaecolens (Fitch) p. 244 244 Illinois NATurtAL Histohv Survey Bii.letix CALAPHIS BETULAECOLEXS (Fitih) Figs. 9, 11, 236 Aphis betiiJfiecolens Fitch, Fourth Annual Report of the Regents of the Uni- versity on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, State of New York, January 14, 1851, p. 66. Davis (190i)b) first reported the taking of this species in Illinois, saying "it doubtless occurs [in Illinois] wherever the birch is found." Our collecting indicates it is common in the northern part of the state. where the white birch, its host, is native, and that it is likely to be found wherever there are trees of this species. iMl of the various forms have been previotisly described in detail, particularly by Davis ( iy09b) and Baker (1916d). At times this species is abundant at Urbana and the eggs form regular masses ( Fig. 9 ) on the low branches and water- sprouts of its host. The lack of apterous viviparous females, or at least their rarity, is a feattire in the life history of this species, and that of the next two following species, which differs from that of certain other closely related genera. Data associated with our alate viviparous specimens, pupae, and nymphs are as follows: East Dubuque (Juue 251, Galena (June 25 1. Urbana (July 10), 1928: Beach (Aug. 29), Macomb (May 3), Savanna (July 9). Urbana (Aug, 20), Waukegan (July 13), 1929. Males and oviparous females have been taken at Decatur (Oct. 7) and Urbana (Oct. 15), 1929. All specimens collected on white or canoe birch, Betula alba var. papyrifera. CALAPHIS BETULELLA Walsh Fiti.s. 65, 78, 220 Calaphis betulella Walsh, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Phila- delphia, Vol. I, December, 1862, p. 301. This large and handsome species of plant louse was originally described by Walsh from specimens taken in August on Bctiila )ii distributed as follows: III—60, IV—24. V— 17. VI— 7. irregularly arranged and scattered over entire surface of segments. Wings, legs, cornicles, cauda. anal plate, and tubercles similar to those found on alate viviparous female. Apterous Oviparous Fkmale Length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.43. Head dusky brownish. thorax and abdomen light brownish with dark brown spots on dorsum and lateral portions, spots on middle of dorsum of abdomen often confluent and forming stripes. Cornicles and area around their base brown; no brownish The Plant Lice, or Apiiiidae, ok Illinois 251 marking posterior to cornicles. Average width of head across eyes, .39. Comparative lengths of antennae as follows: III— .36; IV—.16; V—.17; VI—.11 plus .10. Secondary sensoria absent. Ovipositor elongate. Hind tibiae scarcely swollen, with about 35 sensoria. Dorsum and lateral portions of abdomen without tubercles. Hairs on body very elongate and with en- larged tips. A;/oM/pe.—Alate male; Seven Hills, Alabama, October 24, 1928, on Carya iUioensis, ( L. L. English). Slide No. 10570. J/orp/ior^p.—Apterous ovip- arous female; on same slide as allotype, together with another male and two alate viviparous females. Genus MONELLIA Oestlund The key to the species belonging to this genus and the description of a new species were prepared by Dr. A. A. Granovsky, and the identification of all Illinois material has been checked by him. His measurements of antennal segments are expressed in comparative terms, not in millimeters. Key to the Species of the Genus Monellia 1. Costal margin of wing with broad black band intercepted before stigma costalis (Fitch) p. 252 — . Costal margin clear or yellowish without black band 2 2. Abdomen without brown or black maculation; terminal filament about equal to or only very slightly shorter than the basal portion of the sixth antennal segment; anal veins narrow and delicate; wings at rest held in flat position. . .caryella (Fitch) p. 252 — . Abdomen usually with brown or black maculation with the ex- ception of early summer forms, which have abdomen without such maculations, but then antennae and wings typical of the species; anal veins prominent, somewhat dusky; wings at rest held in erect position 3 3. Abdomen usually with four rows of large brown or black spots most conspicuous on anterior segments; spring forms without such spots; terminal filament usually longer than, or seldom equal to, the basal portion of the sixth antennal segment .... caryae ( Monell ) p. 251 •— . Abdomen usually with two very prominent black spots near the cornicles; spring forms without such spots; fall forms with six or eight rows of small spots over the dorsum; terminal fila- ment usually shorter than and seldom equal to the basal por- tion of the sixth antennal segment nigropunctata Granovsky n. sp. p. 252 MONELLIA CARYAE (Monell) Callipterus caryae Monell, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1, January 22, 1879, Art. 1, p. 31. Davis ( lidod) has ]M'evioiisly recorded the American walnut aphid as "occurring everywliere throughout the state on hickory and wal- nut." It frequents the lower surfaces of the leaves and holds the wings erect while resting. Davidson ( 1!)1 Ih) has given detailed descrip- tions of all forms and presented nnich information concerning the life history of this species as he found it in California on walnut. Davidson 252 Im.i.nois NATritAi. History Sukvev Bti.iKTix failed to find, during- eighteen months of study, any trace of wingless viviparous females. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Mt. Carmel (May 27), 18S4; Danville (Sept. IS), Kankakee (June 29. July 15), Mt. Carmel (May 26). St. Joseph (Aug. .5). 1928; Bloomington (July 5), Edwardsville (Sept. 11), Galena (July 10), Hardin (June 25). Kansas (June 17), Rock Island (July 7), 1929. An oviparous female was collected at Edward-sville, Sept. 11, 1929. All specimens taken on Carya sp., Juglans nigra. Jtiglann sp., and Qunxu.i sp. MOXELLIA CARYELLA (Fitch) Fig. 157 Aphis caryella Fitch, Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, Vol XIV, 1S54 (printed 1855), p. 867. The little hickory aphid was first recorded from Illinois b}" Davis (1910d), who states, "I have collected this species but once, namely, on hickory at Centralia, III, August 13, 1907." In the field it may be separated from .1/. caryac and iM. nigropiiiictata by the fact that the wings are held when at rest in a flat position over the body. Davidson ( l!)Mb) has published much information concerning the biology of this species and given technical descriptions of all the forms. He reports that the viviparous forms, so far as oliserved, all develop wings. Data associated with our viviparous specimens from Illinois, all collected on CariKi otHitn. Curiia sp., or Juglans sp.. are as follows: Antioch (June 15), Mt. Carroll (June 25), Shawueetowu (May 27). 1928; Columbia (Sept. 11), Elizabethtown (June 20). Grayville (June 19), 1929. MONELLIA COSTALIS (Fitch) FuiM. 155, 251 Ajjhis cari/ella var. contalis Fitch. Transactions of the New York State Agri- cultural Society, Vol. XIV. 1854 (printed 1855), p. 869. This species has not been jireviously recorded from Illinois. It is easily recognized because of the dark l>and on the costal margin of the fore wing. Baker (liinb) has redescribed the alate viviparous female but the sexual form.s are apparently unknown or at least not described. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Mt. Carroll (June 25), Oregon (June 28), 1928: Cairo (June 22), Elizabethtown (June 20), Grayville (June 19), 1929. All specimens collected on Carya ovata, Ciiriia sp., and Jujihnts nigra. MONELLIA NIGROPUNCTATA Guanovsky new species Al.ATK ViviPAiiors Femai.k Length of body from frons to the tip of cauda about 1.71. General body color from pale lemon yellow to orange or deep butter yellow with greenish tinge. Head concolorous with the body; frontal lobes may be slightly dusky about ocelli w-ith a few singly placed bristles. Eyes bright red. Antennae on very small frontal tubercles, each of which is marked with a thin black line on lower edge of the antennal socket, nearly as long I The Plant Lick, on Ai-hiidak. di Illinois 253 as the width of the first antennal segment, slightly thicker at the outer end. Length of antenna 1.19. Comparative average lengths of antennal segments as follows: I— 3.2; II— 3.0; III— 22.10; IV— 12.7S; V— 12.43; VI— S.04 plus unguis 6.77. Unguis dusky, usually shorter than the base of the sixth segment. Antennae pale to pale yellow with dark brown to black annula- tions at distal ends of segments II to VI, inclusive; irregular slightly dusky shading over the sensorated area of segment III usually present. The entire antennae, with the exception of segments I and II. finely imbricated, more conspicuously distad of each segment. Antennae almost naked or with a few extremely minute setae. The tip of the unguis carries a few capitate liairs. The basal three fifths or more of segment III with a row of from 4 to S, usually 5 to 7, rather large, oval, secondary sensoria. Only rarely some individuals have more and as many as 11 sensoria, covering almost the entire segment III. Segment V with a circular primary sensorium. and the usual primary oval sensorium with a few auxiliary ones at the base of the unguis. Both primary sensoria provided with fine fringes of short sensory hairs, especially at the base of each sensorium. Rostrum with its dusky tip barely reaches beyond the first pair of coxae. Thorax deep orange, occasionally with dusky tinge. Each lateral margin of prothorax is marked with a dark brown or black line, extending from the head margin to half or two-thirds of the length of the prothorax. fading caudad. Legs pale yellow, sparsely clothed with short fine hairs. Distal ends of pro- and meta-femora on inner side marked with black conspicuous patches. Meso-femora without such patches. All femora and tibiae very slightly dusky distad. All tarsi dusky. Wings hyaline. Fore wings with costa and subcosta pale yellow; stigma deeper yellow with brownish margins, especially along the radial vein, and with a conspicuous dusky patch at the base. Radial sector short, nearly obsolete or very faintly indicated distally. Jledia twice-branched, brown at the base, color fading to the tips of the branches. Cubitus dark brown at the base, intensity of the color diminish- ing distally. Anal vein dark brown with diffused shading. Cubitus and anal veins conspicuously curved at their bases. Hind wings with media and cubitus present. Wings when at rest are held in upright position. Abdomen from pale yellow to orange yellow normally with an oval, black or dark brown blotch, placed on each side, somewhat in front of the middle of the tifth abdominal segment, each with a clear hair tubercle in the middle. These blotches from dorsal and ventral sides may appear as heavy lines. They are often lacking on early spring forms, or they may be only faintly indicated. Late summer and fall forms almost without ex- ception have dorsum of the abdomen speckled with from six to eight rows of small dark brown or dusky tubercles, each bearing very small fine hair. Lateral tubercles small and usually without maculations. Cornicles re- duced to pore-like chitinized rings, back of the black abdominal blotches. Cauda yellow, short, globular, with five long bristle-like and several smaller hairs. Anal plate yellow, deeply bilobed, and provided with a few long, stout hairs supplemented with several shorter ones. Immature forms are pale yellow to orange, with from six to eight rows of very prominent dusky tubercles, each bearing stiff, long, capitate hairs. Described from over two hundred specimens collected at various places in Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, llinnesota, New York, Georgia, South Carolina, Jlississippi and other states. Host jjlants. Black walnut (Juylans nUjra), butternut (Jiinlaiis rinerea), shagbark hickory (Cnriia ovatal. bitternut (Cnriia cordifonnis). and pecan (Cnijia iUiiiO( n.sixj. Names of the trees given after Gray. Hdhil of ficijiiui. This species feeds singly or in small scattered colonies, usually near the mid-rib or lateral veins on lower side of the leaves. Distribution. It is evidently distributed throughout the eastern half of the Tnited States and Southern Canada, wherever host plants are available. It has not been collected in the area of the Great Plains and in the Western states. Tiipr Idcaliti/. It is advi.sable to limit the type locality to two states, namely, Illinois and Wisconsin. 254 Ii.i.i.vois Natui!al History Surxty Bili-etix CotypcH in the collections of the U. S. National Museum. Illinois State Natural History Survey, and in the private collection of A. A. Granovsky, are listed in the following tabulation: Date Julv Aug. Aug. Jul.v Aug. Localit.v 24, 1925 Egg Harl]Or. Wis,. 12, 1925; Egg Harbor, Wis.. 17, 1925 8, 1927 7, 1927 Aug, 9, 1927 Aug. 28, 1927 Sept, 2, 1927 June 21, 1928 June 19, 1929 .June 20, 1929 June 20, 1929 June 22, 1929 Sun Prairie, ^\*is Viroqua, Wis Egg Harbor, Wis., Green Bav. Wis., . Egg Harbor, Wis,, Green Bay, Wis,, . Havana, III Oravville, 111 Elizabethtown. 111. Elizabethtown, III, Cairo. Ill Collector 1 The Plant Lre. ou Ai-hiidae, ok Illinois 255 8. Pore wings with tips of all or almost all veins ending in fuscous areas punctata ( Monell ) p. 259 — . Fore wings with tips of few or no veins ending in fuscous areas 9 9. Fore wings immaculate except for small dark spot in stigma! area; forms small: on hazel (CoriiJus) coryli (Goeze) p. 257 — . Fore wings not entirely immaculate, usually a distinct dark band extending along costal margin to tip of wing (Fig. 63); on oak (Quercus) 10 10. Femora of fore legs mostly dark bella (Walsh) p. 257 — . Femora of fore legs mostly pale walshii (Monell) p. 259 MYZOCALLIS ALHAMBRA Davidson Fio. 334 MyzocaUis alhamhra Davidson, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. LIT, No. 6, August, 1920, p. 176. This species has been determined for us by Dr. Granovsky and is here recorded from Illinois for the first time. It is so closely re- lated to M. asclcpiadis (Monell) that we have been unable to separate it from the latter except upon the basis of host plants. Davidson described this species from California. Our material has been collected on Oncrcns inacrocarpa. Quercus alba, and Quercus bicolor. Since the sexual forms have not been described, brief descriptions of them are presented here. Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Carbondale (June 4), Catlin (Sept. 27), Havana (June 20), 1928; El Paso (July 5), Urbana (Oct. 11, 15), 1929; Urbana (Oct. 20, 24), 1930. Sexual forms were taken at Urbana on various dates in October, 1929 and 1930. A mating pair was taken on October 24, 1930. Alate Male Size and general color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.35. Width of head across eyes, .45. Head and thorax dark brown, thorax with lighter areas. Dorsum and venter of abdomen with segmentally arranged, wide, oblong dark brown areas occupying most of the two aspects; lateral margins of abdomen with quadrate dark spots; area between these spots yellowish green, sometimes interspersed with small round brownish areas; gonapophyses brown. Antennal flagellum brown, bases of segments lighter. Legs and wings as in alate viviparous female. Cornicles dusky, but with a clear area surrounding the base. structure.—Average comparative antennal lengths as follows: HI — .51, IV— .36, V— .30, VI— .14 plus. 20. Secondary sensoria present on all segments of flagellum, numbering as follows: III— 32, IV— 21, V— 7, VI— 3. Otherwise as in alate viviparous female. Ai'TERors OviPARors Female Length from vertex to tip of abdomen. 2.04. Width of head across eyes, .43. Venter of body and general ground color of other portions yellow. Antennae yellowish with apical portions of flagellar segments and all of sixth except base, dusky. Dorsum of body with dark brown markings and clothed with capitate setae arising from distinct tubercles. Pattern of color mark- ings and setae as in Fig. 334. Legs mostly concolorous with body, but with tarsi and extreme apices of tibiae blackish. Comparative antennal lengths as follows: III— .43, IV— .26, V— .21, VI— .11 plus .17. Secondary sensoria absent. Hind tibiae swollen, with about 60 sensoria. Cornicle and cauda as in alate viviparous female. Allot i/jjc.—Alate male; Slide Xo. 9654, Urbana. Illinois. October 24, 1930. on Qiiercu.^ inacrocarpd. ( Frison and Ross). On slide with males. Morpho- type.—Apterous oviparous female; Slide Xo. 9350, Urbana, Illinois, October 11, 1929, on Quercus inacrocarpa. (Frison and Ross). 256 Illinois Natlhal Histokv Sikvey Blli.etix MYZOCALLIS ALXI (DeGeer) Aphis alni DeGeer, Memoirs pour servir a I'histoire des Insectes, Tome 3, 1773, p. 47. This species was first reported from the United States by Davis (lOlOd) from specimens collected in parks at Chicago. Illinois, on the undersides of alder leaves (Ahnis sp. ). He stated that it was rather common at time of collection, October 1. 4. and -2(1. liiOi). It has not been reported from this state since then. Davis described the alate \iviparous females and sexual forms. .\I1 forms have been rede- scribed in detail and figured by Granovsky ( llfi.'^b). Davis ( litl'.i) re- ferred his determination of this species in 1910 to alnifoliiie (Fitch). but Granovsky has shown that the original determination of Davis was correct. According to Granovsky it is known in North America only from Illinois. Oregon, and British Columljia. It is a common species in Europe (Theobald. 1!I21 ). MYZOCALLIS ALXIFOLIAE (Fitch) Fifi. 249 Laclinus alnifoHae Pitch, Fourth Annual Report of the Regents of the I'ni- versity on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History State of New York, January 14, 1851, p. 67. This species is here recorded for the first time fro-.u Illinois, since the record of Davis (1919) refers to M. alni (DeGeer). It was found to be exceedingly abundant on the undersides of the leaves of alder (Alniis sp.) in the Ozarkian region of southern Illinois. Granovsky ( 1928b) has given detailed descriptions and illustrations of all forms, as well as a summary of its present known distribution. Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Herod (June 21 1 1929 and (April 16) 1930 MYZOCALLIS ASCLEPIADIS (Moneli.) Fui. 311 CiiUiptrriis a.ich'piadis Monell. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Vol. V, No. 1. January 22, 1S79, Art. 1, p. 29. Gillette (1910) was the first to report this .species from Illinois, and later Davis (19|{)d) reported it as connuon througboiU the state. As alreadv mentioned elsewhere, this species is closely related to My- ::ocaliis alhaiiibra Davidson, and we have been able to separate the two only on the basis of host ])lants ; alhaiiibra occurring on Oiicrais and asclcpiadis on Asclcpias. Dr. Granovsky writes us that the two are distinct. It is very common in all jiarts of Illinois and feeds on tlie undersides of the leaves. A descrijition of the ]ireviously undescribed oviiiarous female is given here. Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Champaign (July 27). Danville (July 15), Havana (June 21), Kankakee (July 15). Oakwood (Sept. 17). St. Joseph (Aug. 5), Urbana (July 23). 1928; Beach (Aug. 29). The Pi.AXT Lu'E, on AriiiiDAE, ok Illinois 257 Cairo (June 22), Eclwarclsville (Sept. 11), Eldorado (June 19). Galena (July 10), Grayville (June 19). Jerseyville (June 2."i), Kansas (June 17), Rich- mond (July 12), Rock Island (July 7), Seymour (Oct. 16), Starved Rock State Park (July 5, 6), 1929; Cerro Gordo (Oct. 15), 1930. Oviparous fe- males have been taken at Seymour (Oct. 16) and at Urbana (Oct. 14), 1929. Ai'TEiioi'.s Ovu'AHoi's Fe.male Length from vertex to tip of body, 1.97. Width of head across eyes, .39. Body coloring as in oviparous female of M. alhaiiibra (Fig. 334) with very similar markings and setal distribution. Average comparative anten- nal lengths as follows: III— .34, IV— .21, V— .21, VI— .10 plus .20. Sec- ondary sensoria absent. Very similar to the oviparous female of M. alham- bra and perhaps inseparable from it. Morphoti/pe.—Apterous oviparous female; Slide No. 8978, Urbana, Illi- nois, October 14, 1929, on milkweed (Asclepiaa sp.), by T. H. Prison. On slide with oviparous female. MYZOCALLIS BELLA (Walsh) Fio. 63 Aphifi bella Walsh, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, December, 1S62, p. 299. This species, originally described from near Rock Island, Illinois, by Walsh, was reported as being very common in the state by Davis (lOlOd). It may be collected on the undersides of the leaves of black oak, where it is often associated with the somewhat similarly colored, bttt smaller, species Mycocallis zvalshii (Monell). The latter lias often been considered a synonym of M. bclla (Walsh). Our determination of this species has been verified by Dr. Granovsky. Data associated with our specimens, collected on (Jiiercus i-flutina and Quercits sp., are as follows: Decatur (Sept. IS), Oregon (June 28), 1928; Decatur (Sept. 20, Oct. 12), Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14), 1929; Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. It is very likely that the sexual forms of this species are represented in a collection from Decatur (Oct. 12), but due to lack of mating pairs and mixing with material of .1/. ivalshii { Monell ) they have not been definitely segregated and therefore are not described or recorded as such. MYZOCALLIS CORY LI (GoEZE) Aithis coriili Goeze, Entomologische Beytrage zu des Ritter Linne zwolften ausgabe des Natursystems, Theil II, Leipsig, bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich. 1778, p. 311. This species was first reported from the vicinitv of Chicago, Illi- nois, by Davis (IDldd). who published descriptions and illustrations of the sexual forms and alate viviparous female. Its small size, pale color, and more or less solitary habit make this species rather difficult to collect. It frequents the under surface of leaves of hazelnut ( Coryliis sp. ) and is known from Europe as well as .America (Theobald. \'.)'i', ). Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Antioch (June I'l), Catlin (Sept. 27), Galena (June 2.5, 27), Kankakee (July 15), Oregon (Juno 28), Urbana (July lOJ, 1928; Beach (Aug. 29), 1929. 258 Illinois Natukal History SuR\T:y Billeti.v MYZOCALLIS DISCOLOR (Monexl) Figs. 61, 168, 178 Callipterus discolor Monell. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Vol. V, No. 1. January 22. 1879, Art. 1, p. 30. This species was first reported from Illinois by Davis (1910d). who stated it was common in Illinois. It is a dark-colored aphid with brown or blackish spotted wings and occurs as solitary specimens on the under surface of the leaves of oak and hickory. The sexual forms have been described by Weed (1888) and by Knowlton {T929b). Dr. Granovsky has checked our determination of this species. Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Mt. Carmel (Slay 27, 28), 1884: Carbondale (June 4), Danville (Sept. 18l, Decatur (Oct. 23). Herod (May 29), Mt. Carmel (May 26), Oakwood (Nov. 4(. 1928; Cairo (June 211, Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14), Urbana (Oct. 11). 1929: Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. We have taken the sexual forms at Quincy (Nov. 6) and Urbana (Oct. 20), 1930. MYZOCALLIS ONONIDIS (Kaltexbach) Fio. 32 Ajihis ononidis Kaltenbach, Entomologische Zeitung, Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Vol. VII, 1846, p. 173. Most remarks and descriptions in literature relating to the yellow clover aphid (Fig. 33) have been recorded under the name of Callif^- Pig. 32. Alate viviparous female of Myzocallis ononidis (Kalten- bach). (After Folsom: 111. Ent. Rep. 25.) tents trifolii }iIonell which is now considered to be a synonym of M. ononidis (^ Kaltenbach). This species was first recorded from Illinois The Plan't Lice, or AriiiiuAE, of Illinois 25^ by Davis ( 1908c) as a "common species on clover, but of little economic significance."' The accounts by Folsom (1!)09) and Davis (IDOSc, 191 -lb) give a verv complete picture of the biology, characteristics, and structural details of all forms of this species. All writers seem to agree, and this also is our own opinion, that although the yellow clover aphid is common in clover fields every year, it does not rank with Macrpsi- pliiDit pisi (Kaltenbach) as a serious clover pest. It is found in Eurasia and Africa as well as North America. Data associated with our specimens, all collected on Trifolium pratense and T. procumbens, are as follows: Mascoutah (July 17), 190fi; Carbon- dale (June 4), Herod (Oct. 12), Marshall (May 28), St. Anne (July 1.5), 192S; Edwardsville (Aug. 11), Elizabethtown (June 20), Farmer City I July 5), Homer (June 17), Oluey (June IS), Orleans (April 15, June 15), 1929. MYZOCALLIS PUNCTATA (Mo.nei.l) Fic. 71 CaUipterus punctata Monell, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1, January 22, 1S79, Art. 1. p. 30. Mycocallis pitiictatiis (Monell) was reported by Davis (]910d) as "not uncommon in Illinois." Very little is given in literature regarding this species, and the sexual forms have apparently not been described. Our determination of this species has been checked by Dr. Granovsky. Data associated with our specimens, all collected on various species of Qtterciis and Asclepias. are as follows: Antioch (June 15), Havana (June 21), Herod (May 29), Kankakee (June 29), Mt. Carmel (May 26), Shaw- neetown (May 27), Urbana (May 2S, 31. June 6), 1928; Bluff Springs (May 2), 1929. MYZOCALLIS TILIAE (Linnaeus) Aphis tiliae Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Editio Decima, 1758, p. 452. This species was first reported in Illinois from Chicago and vicinity by Davis (1909b) under the name of CaUipterus tiliae. It lives on the undersides of the leaves of basswood (Tilia americana). It is easily determined by its clouded wings. It is another one of the species of this supertribe which are widely distributed in North .\menca and Europe. All forms have been descrilied and figured in detail by Davis. Data associated with our alate and apterous viviparous specimens are as follows: Antioch (June 16), Starved Rock State Park (June 13), Urbana (July 6. 7, Aug. 6. 11, Sept. 26), 1928; Chicago (July 13), Urbana (Oct. 16), Waukegan (July 13), 1929. Sexual forms were taken at Urbana on Oct. 16, 1929. MYZOCALLIS WALSHII (Monell) Fi(i. 333 Cdllipli-nis icdlxliii Monell, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geo- graphical Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 1, January 22. 1879, Art. 1, p. 29. Ibis sjK'cics has nut been ])rc\iouslv recorded from Illinois. Our collections indicate that it is (|uite widely distrilnited in the state. We 260 Illixois NATiiiAi. HisTOTtv Stkvey Brn.ETi.v are considering it a distinct species from M. bclhi ( Walsh ). from which it differs in having much hghter-colored legs, particularly the jirothor- acic legs, and lighter-colored wings and lateral strii)es. Our determina- tions of certain of our slides of this species have been checked by Dr. Granovsky. Specimens have been collected on the undersides of leaves of various oaks and hickories ( O Kerens alba, O. z-elutiiia. O. imbricaria. Qiicrcus sp., and Carya sp. ) . Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Danville (Sept. 18), Golconda (Oct. 13), Havana (June 20, 21), Marshall (May 25), Mt. Carmel (May 26, 28), Oregon (June 28), Shawneetown (.May 27). Urbana (June 6, July 10, 26, Aug. 23, 2.^. Sept. 26), 1928; Beach (July 13). Cairo (June 22). Decatur (Oct. 12), Metropolis (Sept. 28), Starved Rock State Park (July 6), Urbana (Oct. 14). 1929; Urbana (Oct 14). 1930. Sexual forms and mating pairs have been taken on Oct. 14. 1929. and 1930. at Ur- bana. We have a series of slides collected on June 1. 1!>'?8. at Metropolis. Illinois, which may rejM-esent spring forms of this species or M. (Punc- tata Monell, or again may represent a new species. \\'e have preferred to consider them for the present as undetermined. Descriptions of the undescribed sexual forms ai'e presented here: Alate Male Size and general color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.37. Width of head across eyes, .40. Head and thorax dark brown except the metathorax and a longitudinal dorsal area on each side of meson of pro- thorax, which are luteous. and the scutellum. which is conspicuously brown- ish black; abdomen pale greenish yellow, with the gonapophyses brown. with from two to several pale-brown lateral tubercles, and with seven seg- mentally arranged, oblong, blackish-brown areas on the dorsum forming a mesal band running the length of the abdomen. Antennae grayish brown, with basal half of third segment and extreme bases of fourth and fifth seg- ments paler. Legs as in alate viviparous female, but with the femora infus- cate with grayish brown. Wings as in alate viviparous female. Structure.—Average comparative antenna! lengths as follows; III — .47, IV— .31. V— .29, VI— .l.'i plus .28. Secondary sensoria present on all segments of flagellum. averaging in number as follows; III— 26. IV— 13, V— 10, VI— 4. Abdomen with small lateral tubercles as mentioned in color description. Dark patches of abdomen bearing one or two lateral setae. Remaining structure, except gonapophyses. as in alate viviparous female ArxEiiors Ovipakois Fe.male Length from vertex to tip of abdomen, 1.86. Width of head across eyes, .38. Venter of entire body and ground color of dorsum greenish yellow. Antennae greenish white with the apical portion of the third, fourth and tifth segments and sixth except base, blackish. Dorsum of body with brown- ish black areas, these areas bearing tubercles upon each of which is a capi- tate seta. Arrangement of color pattern and setae as in Fig. 333. Cor- nicles dusky. Legs mostly concolorous with body, but with tarsi and ex- treme apices of tibiae blackish. Average comparative antennal lengths as follows; III— .34, IV— .22. V— .22, VI— .16 plus .29. Secondary sensoria absent on antennae. Hind tibiae swollen, with about 70 sensoria. Cornicle and cauda as in alate vivi- parous female. .illotiiiir.^Ahne male; Slide No 9699. Urbana. Illinois. October 14. 1930. on Qiicrcu.s aUxi. (T. II. Frison). On slide with other males. Mori>hoUii)e. —Apterous oviparous female; Slide Xo. 9703. same data as allotype. On slide with oviparous female. The Plant Lke. ok Apuiihai:, ok Ii.i.ixois 261 CxExN-us NEOSYMYDOBIUS Baker Kcii to the Species of the Genus Xeosymydobitis 1. Sixth aiitennal segment with the terminal filament shorter than the base (Fig. 245) albasiphus (Davis) p. 261 — . Sixth antennal segment with the terminal filament as long or longer than the base (Pig. 247) 2 2. Secondary sensoria of third antennal segment extending iirom near base to about two-thirds the length of segment (Fig. 254) :. annulatus (Koch) p. 262 — . Secondary sensoria of third antennal segment extending from near base almost to apex of segment (Fig. 255) 3 3. Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment averaging about nine: head and thorax brown, abdomen dorsally essentially lemon yellow; on oak memorial is n. sp. p. 262 — . Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment averaging over twenty; color essentially brown; on birch. americanus (Baker) p. 261 NEOSYMYDOBIUS ALBASIPHUS (Davi.s) Fig. 245 Synii/dobius albasiiihus Davis, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLVI, No. 7, July, 1914, p. 226. Da\is descrilx'fl this species from specimens among others col- lected at Elgin, Illinois. Since then it has not been reported in liter- ature. In Illinois we find that this species has no preference Ijetween the iii)per and lower surfaces of the leaves of certain oaks, and that it is usually, if not always, attended by ants. All forms of this plant louse were described and illustrated by Davis. The groups of sensoria- like structures on the lateral portions of the thorax and abdomen have not been mentioned in the descriptions. Our determitiation of this species has been verified by Dr. Granovsky. Data associated with our specimens, all collected on Quercus macroearpa or Quereus steUata. are as follows: Catlin (Sept. 27, Oct. 6), Cave-in-Rock (Oct. 12), Elizabethtown (May 29, 31, June 31), 1928; Elizabethtown (June 20), 1929. Sexual forms have been collected at Catlin and Cave-in-Rock on dates already mentioned. NEOSYMYDOBIUS AMERICANUS (Baker) ttiimi/dobius amerieanus Baker, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. L, No. 9, Sep- tember, 1918. p. 319. This species has not jireviously been reported from Illinois. It was collected only once, in extreme northwestern Illinois, where the white, or canoe, birch (Bctiila alba var. papyrifcni ) is abundant and native. The specimens were found feeding on the young growth near base of trees. All forms except the male have Ijeen described by Baker in the orig- inal description. According to this sa)ne author, the records of Patch ( l!»l()b) of 5. obloutjus Heyden from Maine refer to this sjjccies. Our material consists only of apterous specimens collected at Galena, July 10, 1929. 262 Ii-Li.NOis NATuitAr. Hi.stoisy Slkvey Biixetix NEOSYMYDOBIUS ANNULATUS (Koch) Fig. 254 Chaitophoius nnnulntus Koch, Die Pflanzenlause, Aphiden, Nurnberg, Heft I, 1S54, p. 7. This species, widely distributed in North America and Euro])e, has not previously been reported from Illinois. We have found it (juite generally distributed in the state on the undersides of the leaves of cut-leaf birch [Bctula pcnditla). Generically there is so little dilTer- ence between this species, formerly placed in an assortment of genera. and species already placed in the genus Ncosymydohius that we have placed it in the latter genus. The fact that apterous viviparous forms are common throughout the year indicates that it does not belong to the genus Calaphis in a narrow sense as most recently placed. \'an der Goot (1915) and Davidson (l!iKa) have described the sexual forms as well as viviparous forms. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Oregon (June 28), Quincy (June 1), 192S; Carlinville (Sept. 12). Champaign (Oct. 7. 9), Decatur (Oct. 3, 7), Galena (July 10). 1929. Sexual forms have been taken at Decatur and Champaign in company with viviparous forms on dates already given. A mating pair was taken at Champaign on October 9, 1929. NEOSYMYDOBIUS MEMORIALIS new species Figs. 81, 1.50. 211. 247, 255 Ar,.^TE ViviPAiiois Fe.mai.e. Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.33. Head and thorax essentially chestnut-brown with darker markings: some specimens have the prothorax and head slightly lighter in color than the remaining thoracic segments. Abdomen lemon yellow on dorsum and posterior regions, with seven pairs of lateral dusky patches on the sides: cornicles arising from lateral patches but slightly lighter in color than the area around their base; anal plate concolorous with abdomen, but the cauda is a shade less yellow than the abdomen and shows some indications of being dusky, particularly along its outer margin. The first two antennal segments are concolorous with the head, the third segment is lighter in color than first and second segments except that apical one-fifth again be- comes concolorous with these segments; fourth and fifth segments whitish except for apical brownish bands equal to about one-third the length of the segments; tlie base of the sixth segment is approximately half white and half brown, whereas the terminal process gradually shades from almost white to darker towards the apex and is never more than a dark dusky color. Femora of pro- and raesothoracic legs usually considerably lighter in color than the metathoracic femora, being yellowish-brown, with the dorsal regions somewhat darker; metathoracic femora brown except for extreme bases, which are yellowish: tibiae of all legs yellowish, usually slightly dusky at base and before apex; tarsi light brown. Stigma of fore wings light fuscous; veins brownish, anal and cubital veins darkest, all veins bordered with a light fuscous suffusion; surface of wings covered with brownish scale-like structures. Beak yellowish except extreme tip, which is brownish. Head and apiirndafirs.—Average width of head across eyes, .40. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .31 to .43, average .36: IV— .20 to .26, average .23; V— .14 to .23, average .20; VI— .10 to .14: average .12 plus .16 to .21, average .20. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 255) limited to third antennal segment: varying in number from eight to ten. nine being the more common number; arranged in a straight row the length The Pi.axt Lice, oij Aciiiidae, or Illinois 263 of segment and unusually large. The beak extends to the coxae of the mesothoracic pair of legs. Thorax and appendages.—Tlie prothorax is quite prominent and ex- tended laterally; upon this lateral extended area, particularly the posterior half, are grouped from six to eight sensoria-like structures. The fore wing with an accessory radial thickening (Fig. 55) and with media twice-forked; the second fork of the media is not always constant in position, but it is usually midway between the first fork of the media and the margin of the wing; an interesting feature of the venation of the wings is that none of the veins reach the margin of the wing. The tibiae of all legs are quite hairy, the longest hairs exceeding the width of the segment; hind tarsi are about equal in length to the base of the sixth antennal segment. Abdomen.—The lateral dusky patches on the margins of the abdomen, except the patch surrounding the cornicle.s, contain sensoria-like structures similar to those found on the prothorax. they are very difficult to locate and count, but appear to number three or four to a patch. The cornicles (Fig. 150) are short and about as long as the anal plate, with sides slightly in- curved and the valve considerably sunken. The Cauda (Fig. 211) is distinctly bilobed and covered with long hairs. Ai'TERois ViviPAKor.s Female t^izr and (irnrral color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.5S. Head pale yellowish, thorax light dusky brown except for a few pale irregular patches, abdomen yellowish and without lateral markings. First antennal segment essentially concolorous with the head, except for a brown- ish tinge on the anterior margin of the segment; second segment whitish; third, fourth, and fifth segments whitish except for narrow dusky brownish bands at their apical ends which increase in intensity and length respectively; sixth segment whitish at base, then with a dark brownish area extending from about the middle of the basal portion of the segment to just beyond the primary sensorium; this band, in turn, is followed by a light area, which i.s followed by a dusky terminal area. The cornicles, cauda, and anal plate are concolorous with the abdomen. Legs mainly whitish-yellow, each with a dusky-brownish spot on the dorsum of the apical region of the femora (darkest on the femora of the metathoracic pair of legs); tarsi with apical halves dusky. The beak concolorous with body except extreme tip, which is dusky. Head and appendages-.—Average width of head across eyes, .40. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: 111— .39 to .44, average .41; IV— .24 to .26, average .25; V— .17 to .23, average .20; VI— .10 to .14, average .13 plus .13 to .21. average .17. Secondary sensoria few or lacking; when present, only on third antennal segment; distribution irregular (one specimen has tour secondary sensoria on one antenna and one on the other); situated near the apex or middle area of the segment. The beak reaches between coxae of the meso- and metathoracic legs. Thorax and appendnrises on the undersides of the leaves of beach {Fagiis graiuiiforui ). which occurs as a native tree in extreme southern Illinois and in a few other comities in the state. Thus far we have taken this species onlv in southern Illinois in woods where the beach was abundant and never on specimen trees in other parts of the state. Future collecting mav reveal its presence in \'ermilion Countv. Illinois, where some small stands of native beach still exist. The Plant Lice, oi: AriuiDAE, of Illinois 265 Good accounts of the habits of this plant louse and descri]5tions of all the forms are given by Swain (ISHD) and Theobald ( l!l"i; ). The latter author states it often does a great deal of harm to lieach trees and hedges in Europe. Data associated with our apterous viviparous specimens are as follows: Marshall (May 25), 192S; Jonesboro (June 23), Mounds (June 21), 1929. Genus SALTUSAPHIS Theobald Keti to the Species of the Genus Saltusaphis 1. Alate and apterous viviparous females with posterior margin of abdomen distinctly bilobed (Fig. 215) elongata Baker p. 265 — . Alate and apterous viviparous females with posterior margin of abdomen not distinctly bilobed, almost truncate (Fig. 219) .... wanica n. sp. p. 266 SALTUSAPHIS ELONGATA Baker Figs. 215, 233, 321 Saltusaphis elongatus Baker, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, January, 1917. p. 4. This elongate and yellowish species has not previously been re- ported from Illinois ; in fact we are not aware that it has been reported from other than the typic locality of New Jersey and Madison, V/is- consin. At Seymour, Illinois, in a low prairie habitat, this species is very common, and it has been under observation from June until the last of October. It is most easily taken by sweepmg species of Carc.v. Evidently no alate viviparous females are produced and the sexual forms are likewise apterous. Our determination of Saltusaphis elon- gatus has been verified by Dr. Granovsky. Since we know of no de- scription of the male of this species, the description of this form is presented. Data associated with our apterous viviparous females, all taken on Carex sp., are as follows: Beach (Aug. 30), Mineral (July 8), Seymour (June 13, 26, July 20, Aug. 6, Oct. 7, 16, 30), Silvis (July 9), Villa Ridge (Aug. 30), 1929. Sexual forms were first observed at Seymour on Oct. 16, 1929, and were very numerous on Oct. 30, 1929, when mating pairs were collected. Apterous Male Size and gcnrrat color.—Average length from vertex to tip of Cauda, 1.90. Body pale yellow, with anterior portion of head, extreme lateral mar- gin of abdomen, and cornicles pale yellowish brown ; dorsum of thorax and abdomen with small brownish spots between segments, some spots confluent. Genitalia dark brown. Femora pale yellow, tibiae and tarsi slightly dusky. Antennae with first two segments and base of third concolorous with vertex, remainder of fiagellum uniformly dark brown except that terminal filament is sometimes as light as the base. Beak yellowish except tor extreme tip which is brownish. Structure.—Average width of head across eyes, .40. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III— .79 to .97, average .87; IV— .49 to .51, average .50; V— .43 to .47, average .46; VI— .20 to .21, average .21 plus .36 to .39. average .37. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 233) located on the third, 266 Illinois Natuiial Histouy Sikvkv Bilietix fourth, and fifth antennal segments, all arranged in a very regular row and very minute, average distribution as follows: III— 20. IV— 10. V— 12, greatest variation from average being 2. All segments very finely imbricated. Posterior extremity of body much like that of apterous oviparous female except that the posterior notch is less deep. Allot i/pe.—Apterous male; Slide No. 8244, Seymour, Illinois, on Carex sp., October 30, 1929, ( T. H. Prison). On slide with oviparous female; mating pair. SALTUSAPHIS WANICA new species Fiii.s. 219, 237, 242 Alate ViviPAiiOis Female Siee and general color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 2.19. General color of body light yellowish with dusky brown lateral patches. Head light yellowish on dorsum with light dusky brown patches laterally and anteriorly. Prothorax with mesal third of dorsum yellowish and with lateral portions light dusky brown; mesothorax with dorsal lobes light brown and lateral portions yellowish; metathorax yellowish with small dusky patches at sides. Abdomen light yellowish with lateral spots on first seven segments; cornicles, cauda, anal plate, and an irregular oblong patch in center of dorsum, a dusky brown; posterior to dorsal patch are five or six small dusky spots; lateral to large spot on dorsum, and following this, are several groups of from 2 to 3 minute dusky spots. Cornicles situated in, and concolorous with, the lateral dusky spots. First and second anten- nal segments yellowish dusky; third segment, with the exception of the extreme base, uniform brown; basal half of fourth and fifth segments yel- lowish, apical portions brownish; sixth antenna! segment with the terminal process somewhat lighter than the base, otherwise concolorous with apical portion of fifth. Pro- and meso-thoracic femora yellowish with brownish markings towards apex; meta-thoracic femora yellowish at the base and extreme tip, otherwise brownish. All tibiae yellowish except for extreme tips, which are dusky; tarsi dusky. Stigma of fore wings light dusky brown with a brownish suffusion posteriorly; veins light brown, ending in brown- ish suffusion, posterior portion of wing in vicinity of anal vein dusky brown. Beak yellowish with extreme tip light brown. Head and appcndafien —Average width of head across eyes. .43. Anten- nal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— .57; IV— .40; V— .33; VI— .20 plus .21. Secondary sensora (Fig. 237 1 confined to third antennal segment, arranged in a straight row, varying greatly in size and numbering 11 and 13. Marginal sensora on sixth antennal segment probably lacking. All segments very finely imbricated and sparsely clothed with exceedingly fine hairs. Head with vertex rounded, with two rather large spine-like hairs on the front and with numerous, scattered, finer hairs Beak very short, reaching only to posterior margin of prothorax. Ocelli well de- veloped, lateral ocelli close to eyes. Thorax and appendnfie.f.—Prothorax with postero-lateral corners turned outward, the sides somewhat bell-shaped in contour, thickly set with gland- ular structures on the dorsum; mesal half of mesonotum also glandular. Stigma of fore wings long and narrow, second fork of media considerably closer to margin of wing than to the first fork. Hind femora with about 12 sensoria on inner surface. Abdonirii.—I'ornicles mere elevated pores, typical for the genus. Pos- terior extremity of abdomen transverse, at most only a little indented on the meson. Cauda .10 long, distinctly knobbed; cauda and posterior ex- tremity with a few spine-like hairs. Anal plate bilobed. Entire surface of abdomen covered with exceedingly small, delicate imbrications. Surface of thorax and abdomen very sparsely covered with mushroom-like hairs. AriKuius Vivii'Aitoi s Female Size and r/rnrral color.—Average lengtli from vertex to tip of anal plate. 2.31. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow; thorax and abdomen oc- 1 HE Plant Lice, oit AririiuAK, oi- Illinois 267 casioiially with exceedingly faint dusky markings along lateral margins, in rare cases abdomen with narrow, faint, somewhat broken, fuscous, trans- verse bands on the dorsum. Eyes reddish-brown. First and second anten- nal segments concolorous with head; third segment very pale yellowish except for extreme apical portion, which is dusky brown ; fourth with basal half to two-thirds yellowish, remaining portion dusky brown; fifth with varying amount of the basal portion yellow, and the remaining portion dusky brown; sixth segment dusky, usually with the terminal filament lighter than base, and extreme base pale. Legs entirely pale yellowish. Beak yellowish with extreme apical portion light dusky brown. Head and nppindacn's.—Average width of head across eyes, .44. Anten- nal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— .44 to ..59, aver- age .49; IV— .27 to M. average .32; V— .26 to .34, average .30; VI— .17 to ,23. average .21 plus .17 to .21, average .20. Secondary sensoria absent. Marginal sensoria on sixth antennal segment probably lacking. Beak reach- ing just beyond prothoracic coxae. Anterior margin of head considerably arched with four long hairs near center. Thorax.—Prothorax with posterior margin expanded, but not with pos- tero-lateral portions produced. Mushroom hairs more abundant than on alate form. Abdomen.—Cornicles similar in shape to those of the alate viviparous female. Posterior portion of abdomen quite variable in shape, sometimes not unlike that of alate viviparous female, at other times considerably indented and somewhat prolonged laterally. Cauda (Fig. 219 i .09 in length; it and anal plate ( Fig. 219 ) similar to those of alate viviparous female. Angular portions of abdomen posterior to cornicles, with long spine-like hairs. Abdomen finely imbricated, with short mushroom-like hairs. Holotype.—Alate viviparous female; Mitchell. Illinois, June 2.5, 1929 on Carex si).. (Frison and Hottes). Slide No. 10626. Morphoii/ije.—Apterous viviparous female; Cairo, Illinois, June 22, 1929, on Carex sp.. (Frison and Hottes). On slide with nymphs. Slide No. 10627. ParnYi/^je.s.—Twenty- eight slides containing pupae, apterous viviparous females, and nymphs, all collected in Illinois on Carex sp. by T. H. Frison and F. C. Hottes. The dates and localities are as follows: Beach (August 30), Cairo (June 22), Elizabethtown (June 20). Galena (July 10), Mitchell (June 25), Seymour (June 13, 26, July 20, Oct. 7). Wenona (July 5), Woodford (July 5), 1929. Slides Nos. 5599-5602, 5608-5611. 5629-5630, 10628-10641 and others unnum- bered. This species is closely related to .S". I'iryiiiicits IJaker, but differs ill having annulated antennae and the terminal filament of the sixth antennal segment subequal to the base. Sjjecimens of this species, questionably determined as 5. virginiciis, were submitted to Dr. Gran- ovsky for determination, and he very kindly reported after a comparison with types of inrginkus that they were likely a new sjjecies. SHENAHWEUAI new genus Cornicles small, cylindrical, tapering to ti|), withoiU flange. Caurla rounded at apex, showing almost no constriction. .\nal plate scarcely indented. Anteimae with six segments. Dorsum of abdomen without tubercles. Fore wings with media twice-forked. Differs from Drcpau- aphis in being smaller; in having differently sha])ed cornicles, the anal ]ilate less indented, and the cauda not knobbed ; and in lacking ])rominent dorsal tubercles. (ienotype. Drcpamiphis iiiiniitits Davis, by original and jjresent designation. 268 Illinois Natuhal Histoky Sihvey Blu.etix SHENAHWEUM MINUTUM (Davis) Pig. 325 Drepanaphis:' miniitu.i Davis, Entomological News, Vol. XXI, No. 5. May, 1910, p. 195. This species was described by Davis from specimens collected at Glencoe, Illinois, September 2, 1909. on Acer saccharum. We failed to find this species during our collecting in various parts of the state during the last three years. Genus STEG0PHYLL.\ Oestlund STEGOPHYLLA QUERCICOLA (Bakei!) PhyUaphis quercicola Baker, Entomological News, Vol. XXVII, No. S. Oc- tober, 1913, p. 362. Until the appearance of Baker's paper (1916b), qnerci Fitch was the name used by American writers for at least two species belonging to widely separated genera, one of which was the species now under dis- cussion. The first definite record of quercicola (Baker) from Illinois is the listing of Davis (1911a), under the name of Pliyllapliis.' querc'i (Fitch), of specimens collected on oaks at .Aurora, Chicago. Danville. Joliet, Normal, Peoria, and Rockford, Illinois. Baker ( 191()b) proposed PhyUaphis quercicola as a new name for the form now under discussion. Davis (1911a) has given a good account, as well as detailed de- scriptions of all stages, of this aphid. It lives in small .•-cattered colonies on the upper and lower surfaces of leaves of various species of oaks and ]jroduces a rather dense flocculence. Davis states that both alate and apterous males are produced. It is interesting that all our males collected in southern Illinois (Herod and Cave-iii-Rock) are winged, whereas those from central Illinois ( Urbana ) are a'l apterous. Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Cave-inRock fOct. 12), Decatur (Oct. 3), Muncie (Oct. 6). 192S; Columbia (Sept. 11). Herod (Sept. 27), Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14). I'rbana (Oct. 11). 1929; Urbana (Oct. 24), 1930. Collections made in late September and October at Cave-in-Rock, Herod, and Urbana, include the sexual forms. No winged viviparous females have been taken. Genus T.\MALI.\ B.\kf.r TA.MALIA COWENI ( Coi kekki.i.) Fuis. 33, 83. 244 Pemphigus coweni Cockerell. Canadian Entomologist. Vol. XXXII. No. 11. November, 1905, p. 392. The collection of this gall-making insect in Illinois is interest- ing in that its host, the bearberry. has a very restricted distribution in Illinois and is sometimes considered as a boreal relic. Because of the The Plant Lice, oh Apiiiidak, or Illinois 269 strict fidelity of T. coicciii ( Ckll. ) to the genus to which its host belongs, it is very probably cuntined to the sandy beach area along Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois. This plant lonse causes the leaves of bearberry to fold over and form a sort of bladder-like gall (Fig. ;>;!) within which the aphids live well protected from some of their enemies. Good descriptions and illustrations of all forms are given by Gillette (19fl!)a) and Essig (1!)15). There has been considerable doubt concerning the generic relationships of this aphid, and it has been placed Fig. 33. Bladder-like galls of Tamalia coweni (Cockerell) on the bearberry, Arctos-tanhylos Uva-ursi. caused by folding together and swelling of leaves; Beach, July 13, 1929. in about as many different genera as there are citations to it in litera- ture. We believe that Baker (1920) was correct in making a new genus for this species. Baker ( 1!)2()) in his original descri])tion of the genus states that the media of the fore wing is once-branched, whereas this should read twice-branched. One feature in tlie biology of this insect is that the oviparous females are winged. All of our material has been collected on Arclontdiihi/Ioa Uva-ursi at Beach, Illinois; the alate and apterous viviparous females on July 13, and the oviparous females on August 29, 1929. 270 Il.l.INOI.S NATlliAI. HiSTOliV SlRVKV Bl LI.ETIX Genus THRIPSAPHIS Gillette Key to the Sperien of the Genus Thrip.viphin (Based upon apterous viviparous forms because alate forms are not common or are undescribed.) 1. Third antennal segment longer tlian width of head through the eyes verrucosa Gillette p. 271— . Third antennal segment not longer than width of head through the eyes 2 2. Third antennal segment with two or three secondary sensoria: posterior portion of body terminating in a rounded point (Fig. 218). body never with transverse grey bands.. producta Gillette p. 270 — . Third antennal segment without secondary sensoria: last trans- verse segment with its posterior margin of abdomen almost straight and sides broadly rounded ( Fig. 212 ) : body always with transverse bands of grey ballii (Gillette) p. 270 THRIPSAPHIS BALLII iGii.i.ktte) FitiS. 212, 324 Brachycolus hallii Gillette, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XL. Xo. 2. February. 1908, p. 67. This aphid has not previously been reported from Illinois : in fact, it has been recorded from only three states. Colorado. Xew Jersey. and New York. It was transferred to the genus Saltusaf-liis by Baker (1917a) and later made the genotype of Tliril^sapliis Gillette (l!il7b). 'ihe alate and apterous viviparous females have been described and figured by Gillette (l!)(l!tb). Like the other species of this genus, it may be collected on various species of Carc.v. but sweeping for it is much less effective than a careful examination of the leaves. Data associated with our alate and apterous viviparous specimens are as follows: Decatur (Sept. 29). 1928: Allerton (June 17). Decatur (June 12), Homer (June 17). Lawrenceville (June IS). Lisle (July 14). Mitchell (June 2.5), Seymour (June 13, Oct. 7), 1929. THRIPSAPHIS PRODUCTA Gu.i.ette Fic. 218 Thripnaphis producta Gillette. Canadian Entomologist. Vol. XLIX. 1917. p. 196. This is the first record in literature of this species having been taken since it was described by Gillette from material collected in Colorado. It was found at only one locality in Illinois. Only the alate and ;ipt(.'rous \ivipar(ius females have been described. Our material consists solely of the apterous viviparous females and nymphs collected on Carer sp., at Danville on July 16 and 22. 1930. The Plant Lick, ok Ai'iuidak. of Illinois 271 THRIPSAPHIS VERRUCOSA Gillette Fig. 322 T?irii)sai)hi.pu}()S\i>hum Hi'rvatiim Gillette. Canadian Entomologist. Vol, XL, No. 2, February, 190S, p. 63. This species is here recorded from Illinois fur the first time, 'idie extremely limited distribution of its host plants in the state precludes this aphid from having a wide distribution. Mason (l!)"-i.j) has rede- scribed all the known forms; he states that in California this ])lant louse "seems to migrate between rose and Arbutus." We have taken viviparous specimens of this species only once, at Beach. July 13, 1929, on ArctostuiJhi/los Vv(i-ursi. AMPHOROPHORA ROSSI new species Figs. 121, 177, 307 Alate Viviparous Fe.m.vi.e Hize and yrneral color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.14. Head, first and second and extreme base of third antennal segments, and mesothorax a light brownish green; prothorax, metathorax, coxae, trochan- ters, abdomen, and anal plate except apical margin a light apple green; abdomen with a medial line and lateral margins a dark green, areas be- tween lighter green, venter uniform dark green. Cornicles with translu- cent brownish green at base and with swollen area often fuscous; cauda light whitish green. Antennae beyond base of third segment almost black. Femora whitish green at base, shading to light brown at apex; tibiae light brown with a dark brown or black area at apices equal to three times length of tarsi; tarsi dark brown or black. Beak with basal segment whitish green, middle segment light brown, apical segment black. Wings hyaline; stigma, costa, and subcosta a light brown except that bases of latter two are whitish; veins almost of equal width, black. Eyes and base of ocelli brownish black. Hrrid and ai)i)endugcs.—Average width of head across eyes, .54. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .79 to .84, aver- age .80; IV— .53 to .64, average .60; V— .44 to .59, average .51; VI— .13 to .16, average .14 plus .71 to .83, average .78. The secondary sensoria (Fig. 307) are restricted to the third segment; although not in a straight row, they are confined to one side of segment and extend its full length except for a distance equal to length of the second antennal segment; they number from 22 to 29 and average 26. The antennal tubercles are quite well de- veloped. The beak extends slightly beyond the coxae of the second pair of legs. Thorax and apitrndagrs.—The .second segment of the tarsus, exclusive of claws, is about one-fourth the length of the cauda or as long as the second antennal segment.The second fork of media of fore-wing in relation to the first fork and margin of wings is variable. Abdomen.—The cornicles (Fig. 121), .64 in length, slightly longer than the fourth antennal segment, only moderately swollen, the swelling being slightly more pronounced on the inner margin; apical flange quite well de- veloped; the area immediately anterior to the flange very faintly imbri- cated. The Cauda (Fig. 177), .34 long, is twice the length of the base of the sixth antennal segment, with a slight indication of a constriction just beyond the middle and four hairs on a side. The anal p'ate is quite long for its width and rather narrowly rounded at its apex. 278 Illinois NATriiAi. HisToitv Strmcy Biu.eti.n Apterois Viviparous Female (FrxuATtiix) Size and gpncral color.—Length of single specimen, 2.00. Head, includ- ing first two antennal segments, and borders of prothorax a whitish green. Remainder of thorax, anal plate, coxae, trochanters, and basal third of femora apple-green. Abdomen, except for dark green medial longitudinal stripe, a whitish green. Cornicles pale translucent brownish green, with extreme apex dark brown. Third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments greenish brown with the extreme apex dark brown; sixth segment entirely dark brown. Apices of femora and all of tibiae light brown, apices of tibiae darker: tarsi dark brown. Beak as in the alate viviparous female. Eyes brownish black. Head and appendagr.i.—Average width of head across eyes, .53. Pro- portional length of antennal segments as follows: III— .54; IV— .53; V — .29; VI— ,12 plus .37. Secondary sensoria absent. Fifth and sixth an- tennal segments imbricated, others smooth. Primary sensorium on sixth antennal segment with a group of marginal sensoria at one side. Anten- nal tubercles strongly developed. Hairs on head and antennae knobbed. Beak reaching to midway between meso- and metathoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Tibiae with hairs on basal half shorter than width, those on apical half subequal to width. Hairs on appendages both normal and knobbed. Abdomen.—Cornicles .47 in length, distinctly more swollen on inner than on outer margin, flange at apex poorly developed. Cauda 22 in length, stout, broadly rounded at apex, not constricted, with three pairs of inwardly directed hairs on each side. Anal plate normal. APTEROr.S ViMI'AKOUS Fkmalk (Virgoge.nia) Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.30. Differing from stem mother in color only by being a slightly lighter shade of green. Head and appendage.i.—Average width of head across eyes. .58. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .79 to .84. average .80; IV— .53 to .64, average .60; V— .44 to ..'>3. average .51: VI— .13 to .16. average .14 plus .71 to .So. average .78. Secondary sensoria limited to the third antennal segment and numbering from one to two. The beak extends to the middle of the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs. Thora.r and appendagea.—Similar to appendages of alate viviparous fe- male, except for lack of wings. Abdomen.—Cornicles .78 in length, almost always slightly more than twice the length of cauda, about equal to the length of the third antennal segment, with an average length of .72. Cauda and anal plate shaped as in alate viviparous female; cauda with an average length of 32. Holoti/pe.—Alate viviparous female: Urbana, Illinois, May 3, 1930, on Oeuni canadense. (Frison and Ross). Slide Xo. 10358. Morphotypc.—Apter- ous viviparous female (fundatrix); Same data as for holotype. Slide Xo. 10360. Morpliotype.—Apterous viviparous female (virgogenia) ; Same data as for holotype. On slide with one paratypic apterous viviparous female Slide No. 10359. Paratopes.—Thirty-eight slides of alate and apterous vivi- parous females, pupae, and nymphs: all collected in Illinois by T, H. Fri- son, F. C. Hottes, and H. H. Ross from Geum canadense. Other data are as follows: Muncie (October 6, 1928) and Urbana (May .!, 22 and July 26). Slides Nos. 10361-10380 and others unnumbered. This s])ecies was sulmiitted t(i Or. P. \\". M;i>(in tor examination l)ecause it could not he satisfactorily determined to s]iccies in the key pulilished in hi.s revisional jjaper of this genus (1!1'2-)). Dr. Mason reported that the species was tmknown to him. The alate vivipnrous female keys to A. nahali ( Oestlund ) in Dr. Mason's paper, hut differs from that species by the ahsence of secondary sensoria on the fourth and fifth antennal segnients. The a|)terons vivi]iarous females run in Dr. Mason's key to A. craii.^i Theohald which, judging from the non- The Plant Lice, ok Apiiiiiiae, ok Illinois 279 swollen cornicles, is probably not an Amphornpliora. A. lainqi Mason is apparently another closely allied species from which it differs by the characters given in our key. AMPHOROPHORA SENSORIATA Masox Amphoroi)hi)r(( scnsoriata Mason. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, Vol. 2.5, No. 9, December, 1923, p. 189. This species has not previously been reported from Illinois. It may be found by examining the stems of new shoots of its host. Our records indicate that it is generally distributed throughout the state. The species quickly drops from its host when distributed, and it is l.)eiieved to have no alternate host, although the sexual forms are as yet unknown. Technical descriptions of the viviparous forms are given by :\Iason ( li)-2;3 and JOS.")). Data associated with our viviparous specimens, all collected on Rubus sp., are as follows: Bloomington (Aug. 14), Chicago (July 13), Galena (July 10), Jonesboro (Sept. 28). Lisle (July H). Mahomet (Aug. 17), Morri- son (July 9), Oakwood (July 22), Oregon (July 11», Pana (Sept. 10), Rich- mond (July 12), Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14), Urbana (July 22), AMPHOROPHORA SINGULARIS new species Fics. 122, 306 ApTEHOVS V1VIPAROU.S Fk.male Hize and general color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate 1 47Head light brown; thorax and abdomen brownish-yellow (probably badly faded), abdomen with small clear areas at base of cornicles; cornicles verydark brown; cauda and anal plate light brownish, approximatelv concolor- ous with abdomen. First and second antennal segments concolorous with the head, third antennal segment with basal part anterior to sensorium yel- lowish and remainder of segment dark brown, remaining three apical seg-ments dark brown. The coxae, trochanters and basal three-fourths of fe-mora are yellowish, apical fourth of femora dark brown; tibiae alternatelymarked with yellow and brown, yellowish at their base for a distance about equal to the length of the second antennal segment, then dark brown for a distance about equal to one-half of the length of the third antennal seg-ment then becoming yellowish again for a distance about equal to thelength of the cornicles, and finally terminating as brownish to the tarsi— a distance about equal to half the length of the cornicles; tarsi l)rownishBeak yellowish, except for the last two segments, which are a light-brown'Head and ai)i)P}u}ages.—Average width of head across eyes 44 Anten-nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: HI—" 54- JV- .51-V— 44; VI— .14 plus .90. The third antennal segment (Fig. '3O6) has asingle sensorium situated about the length of the first antennal segmenttrom Its base at a point where the brown color begins. The beak reaches just beyond the coxae of the mesathoracic pair of legs Thorax and appendages.-The tibiae of the pro- and mesothoracic pairsof legs are about equal to twice the length of the fifth antennal segment-he tarsi comparatively short, without the claws being equal to or slightlvlonger than the second antennal segment in lpfit'/H"fn";r?H™'f'''','^'^; '^^' ^' '" ^^''^^^' approximately sub-equalin length to the third antennal segment, very gently and gradually swollenending very abruptly and without a flange, very faintly imbricated. Cauda .-9 in length, two-thirds as long as the cornicles, comparatively narrowand with one to two hairs on a side. Anal plate roundly pointed " 280 Illinois Nattkal Hfstoky Sirvky Bi llktin Hnlytjipe.—Apterous viviparous female; Golconda. Illinois. October 13. 1928, on unknown species of grass (Prison and Hottesl. Slide No. 10381. This species is suggestive of our new species Amphoroplwrn iicbiihiris. fruni which it may be separated in the apterous viviparous females by tiie single sensorium on the third antennal segment, the dif- ference in the comparative lengths of the antennal segments, the dif- ferently colored legs, and the shorter beak. In Dr. P. W. Mason's (IDS")) revision of the genus Ainphorophora this species keys to A. fornwsana Takahashi from Formosa. It differs from the original de- scription of fornwsana in that the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth an- tennal segments are very much shorter and more nearly equal and the cornicles arc about uniformly swollen on both sides. AMPHOROPHORA SOLAXI (Tho.mas) Megoura solani Thomas, Eighth Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois, 1879. p. 73. This species is represented in the Survey collection bv a single specimen, the tyj^e, taken by Thomas at Carbondale. Illinois. It was collected on tomato in association with other specimens including pupae —an indication that its association with this host was not accidental. Data associated with this slide (Xo. 2772) are as follows: Carbondale (May 26). 1S78. on Tomato occidentalis (^ Lycopcrsiroii isculottum.' ) col- lected by C. Thomas. AMPHOROPHORA VACCIXII JIa.so.x Fu;. 126 Aniphorophora vaccinii Mason. Proceedings of the I'nited States Xational Museum, Volume 67, Article 20, p. 67. This species is here reported from Illinois for the first time. Our record is based upon a single collection of vivi]iarous specimens at Grand Detour (May 15-16, 1930, on Vacclniuni vacillans. Mason (l!t'25) has given technical descriptions of the viviparous and oviparous females. Genus C.\PTTOrHORUS \'.\x dfr Goot (Suhgexeua CAPITOPHORUS Va.\ \wm Gixit and CRYPTOMYZUS Okstlu.nd) Krri to the l^prcies of the Genus Capitophorus 1. Cornicles much shorter than fourth antennal segment 2— Cornicles approximately as long as. or longer than, fourth anten- nal segment " 2. Secondary sensoria numerous on fourth antennal segment (about 24). a few secondary sensoria on fifth antennal seg- ment; cornicles swollen poae (t^illotte) p. 29u — . Secondary sensoria lacking or tew on foui-th antennal segment (0 to 5). no secondary sensoria on fifth antennal segment; cornicles not swollen (Fig. 12S) patonkus n. sp. p. 287 TiiK Plant Lice, oi: Aimiiihak. oi Illinois 281 3. Secondary sensoria restricted to third antennal segment 4— . Secondary sensoria at least on third and fourtli antennal seg- ments 6 4. Cornicles much longer than fourth antennal segment; hind tibiae almost uniformly dark corambus n. sp. p. 281 — . Cornicles shorter or approximately the same length as the fourth antennal segment; hind tibiae mostly light colored with apices dark and contrasting 5 5. Width of head through eyes much wider than length of corn- icles; cornicles dark; secondary sensoria on third antennal segment averaging over 30 tetrarhodus (Walker) p. 291— . Width of head through eyes and cornicles of about equal length; cornicles, except for extreme apices, almost concolorous with abdomen; secondary sensoria on third antennal segment aver- aging less than 30 minor (Forbes) p. 284 6. Cauda blunt or rounded at apex ( Figs. 163. 167 ) 7— . Cauda tapering to point at apex ( Fig. 174) 8 7. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment longer than third and fourth antennal segments together; secondary sensoria on fifth antennal segment ranging from 7 to 12 ribis ( Linnaeus ) p. 290— . Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment shorter than third and fourth antennal segments together; secondary sensoria on fifth antennal segment ranging from to 2 . . . .pakansus n. sp. p. 286 S. Apical portion of cornicles distinctly swollen, gillettei Theobald, p. 284— . Apical portion of cornicles not swollen 9 9. Secondary sensoria numerous on fourth antennal segment and ranging from none to many on the fifth; cornicles much longer than width of head through eyes or length of fourth antennal segment; on Cirsiuin or Elaeagnu.s flaveolus (Walker) p. 282— . Secondary sensoria few on fourth antennal segment and usually lacking on the fifth; cornicles shorter than or about as long as width of head through eyes or length of fourth antennal seg- ment; on Rosa or Fragaria 10 10. Apterous forms with conspicuous capitate setae scattered over entire body; third antennal segment with secondary sensoria widely scattered and numbering about thirty f ragaefolii ( Cockerell) p. 283— . Apterous forms with conspicuous capitate setae restricted almost entirely to head and anal regions of abdomen; third antennal segment with secondary sensoria less scattered and numbering about twenty minor (Forbes) p. 284 CAPITOPHORUS CORAMBUS new species Fu;s. 125, 174. 259, 260 Ai..\TE Viviparous Fe.\i.\lk Hize unci general enlor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.2.'). Head and thorax yellowish brown. Abdomen light yellowish green with brownish markings around base of cornicles and posterior to them. Cauda and anal plate brownish. Cornicles with basal half yellowish brown, shading to darker brown towards the apex. Antennae with first two segments concolorous with head and extreme base of fiagellum pale yellowish, re- mainder of fiagellum uniform blackish brown. Femora with about the basal two-thirds yellowish and the remaining portion brown. Tibiae and tarsi usually fairly dark dusky brown, sometimes apical portions of tibiae darker than the base. Beak light yellowisli brown with the extreme tip dark brown. Stigma of fore wings light dusky brown with the posterior margin darkest, veins brown, cubital and anal veins darkest, veins failing to reach margin of wing but ending in a brownish suffusion, that of the anal veins being the largest and darkest. 2S2 Illinois Xatihal History Scfsvev Biiletin Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .44. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .69 to .73. average .71; IV— .40 to .43, average .42: V— .37 to .40, average .39: VI— .10 plus .86. Secondary sensoria (Pig. 260) restricted to third antennal segment, irregu- larly arranged but distinctly more crowded on one side, in form rather tuberculate and varying in number from 31 to 36. Primary sensorium on sixth antennal segment with a group of about 5 marginal sensoria to one side. Hair on third antennal segment slightly knobbed, hair on remaining antennal segments blunt at the tip but not distinctly knobbed: base of hairs distinctly lighter in color than remaining portion of antennae and often suggestive of sensoria. Antennal tubercles well developed. Median portion of head between antennae with a prominent process from which capitate hairs arise. Beak reaching beyond baee of mesothoracic coxae Thorax and appendages.—Hairs on tibiae short, rather spine-like, not longer than, if as long as, the width of segment; capitate hairs rare. Stigma of fore wings narrow, radial sector strongly curved, second fork of media distinctly closer to margin of wing than to the first fork. Abdomen.—Cornicles (Pig. 125) averaging .55 in length, poorly imbricated throughout their length, somewhat constricted in the middle so that they have the appearance of being slightly swollen beyond the middle: the apex with a poorly developed rim. Cauda (Fig. 174) a little less than half as long as the cornicles, averaging .23 in length, not constricted or but very slightly so, with four long non-capitate hairs on each side. Hairs on re- maining portion of abdomen scarce but usually somewhat capitate. Anal plate inconspicuous in our specimens but apparently normal. ApTKUOUS VlVIP.iROlS Fem.vle Described from one poorly mounted specimen: hence no general descrip- tion will be given except for general measurements and a few other very obvious facts. Length 1.21. Width of head across eyes, .44. Antennal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— .64; IV— .36: V— .33: VI— .10. terminal filament missing. Third antennal segment with nine secondary sensoria (Pig. 259) on basal half arranged in an irregular row. Cornicles .60, Cauda .29 in length. Cornicles very similar to those of alate viviparous female, but perhaps slightly thicker. Cauda distinctly spatulate. with two hairs on each side. Hairs on body and antennae capitate, remaining hairs spine-like. Holotype.—Alate viviparous female; Galena, Illinois, July 10. 1929, on Rosa sp., (Prison and Hottes). On slide with nymphs. Slide No. 10657. Morphotype.—Apterous viviparous female; same data as holotype. On slide with paratypic alate viviparous female. Slide No. 10658. This S]iecies is probably most closely allied to C. tctmrhoda (Walker), trom which it may be separated by the more swollen and longer cornicles, the differences in comjiarative lengths of antennal segments, the length of the beak in the alate viviparous female, and the presence of secondary sensoria on the third antennal segment in the apterous viviparous female. CAPITOPHORUS PLAVEOLUS (Walker) Aphis flaveola Walker, Appendix to the Zoologist for 1849, Vol. VII. p. Iv. Miizus braggii Gillette, Canadian Entomologist. Vol. XL, No. 1. January, 190S, p. 17. A'cui synonymi/. This s])ecies has not been previously recorded from Illinois. Wo have placed Myciis braggii Gillette as a synonym of this species because the identical material, kindly determined for us as tlmroliis by Dr. Theobald, has been compared by Miss Palmer with cotypes of braggii The Plant Lice, ok Aphiiuae, oe Illinois 283 and declared to be the same. All references to M. liacagiii Del Guercio and P. gulcopsidis Kalt. by Davis ( l!)OSc, lilllb) evidently refer to C. (jiUcttci Theobald, because the cornicles are stated and figured as hav- ing the a])ical jiortion swollen. C. flai'cohts over-winters on Russian olive ( Elacaginis) and in summer occurs on thistle (Cirsitiin). The best general accounts and descriptions of this insect are given liv Gillette (lUl.jj and Theobald (192G). Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Catlin (Sept. 27), Champaign (Oct. 16). Herod (Oct. 12. Nov. 29), Urbana (Sept. 26, Oct. 19), 1928; Choat (Sept. 28), Edwardsville (Sept. 11). Herod (Sept. 27). Jonesboro (.June 23), Lisle (July 14), Macomb (May .5), Oakwood (Aug. 18, Sept. 22), Oregon (July 11), Rock Island (July 7), Urbana (May 9, Oct. 14), 1929. Collected on Cirsium lanceolatum, Cirsiuni sp., and Elapagnus sp. CAPITOPHORUS FRAGAEPOLII (Cockekell) Fig. 320 Uyzus frariarfnJii Cockerel!, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, April, 1901. p. 101. Myzus fragariue Theobald, Entomologist, Vol. XLV, No. 591, August, 1912, p. 223. Nciv siinonymil. This is the species referred to Ijv most American writers on aphids, probably including Davis ( l!)l(>e), as AI. rosarnm Kaltenbach. It is not that species, however, because rosaniiii. according to the descriptions of Kahenbach (1843) and Theobald (192(i), has slightly swollen cor- nicles and difTers in other respects. As shown tmder the discussion of C. minor (Forbes), this form is entitled to specific rank, and fragacfolii (Cockerell) seems to be the oldest available name. The viviparous females are well described by Theobald (1926) and the sexual forms by Davidson (1914a). Although fragacfolii was originally described from material taken on Pragaria. we belie\'e that the same species also occurs on Rosa and Potcntilla. At any rate, we have been unable to separate certain ma- terial taken in Illinois on these hosts; specimens from all tliree plants agree with ty|)ic specimens of fragacfolii loaned to us by the U. S. Na- tional Museum. Myzus fragariac Tlicobahl is placed in the synonymy of fragacfolii because of determinations of Theobald, who named certain of our slide mounts from Potcntilla as fragariac. These specimens seem to us to be identical with si)ecimens of fragacfolii. Data associated with our material are as follows: Antioch (June 15), Galena (June 26), Havana (June 21), Ogden (July S), Oregon I June 28), Pekin (June 20), Urbana (May 28, 31, July 10. Sept. 11, Oct. 22. Nov. 11). 1928; Beach (July 13), Edwardsville (Aug. 11), Galena (July 10). Lewis- town (May 4). Macomb (May 5), Urbana (April 22), 1929; Oregon (May 16), Starved Hock State Park (May 13). Urbana (May 20. June 13. July 12, Nov. 16. 20. 21). 1930. Collected from Rn.ia rugom. Rosa sp.. PutctiliUa monspelif'n.fis, I'olpntiUn sp.. and FratiurUi sp. Mating sexual forms were found on November 11. 284 Illinois Xatiral History Suhvev Bllletin CAPITOPHORUS GILLETTEI Theorald Fig. 4 C'apUophonis iiiUrttei Theobald, The Plant Lice or Aphididae ot Great Britain, Vol. I, London, 1926, p. 2.38. This species (Fig. 4) has been previously recorded from IlHnois by Davis (irjlOb) under the name of Phorodon galcopsidis Kalt. It over-winters on Elacagiiiis sp., from which it migrates in spring or early summer to Polvgoiniin sjx, where it remains imtil time to reniigrate in fall to E!ac(u/inis. All forms except the oviparous female have been described by Theobald in the original description. The data associated with our Illinois viviparous specimens are as fol- lows: Catlin (Sept. 27). Champaign (Oct. 16), Danville (Sept. 18), Eliza- bethtown (Oct. 12 », Golconda (Oct. 13). Muncie (Oct. 6). 1928; Catlin ( May 17), Edwardsville (Sept. 11), Urbana (Oct. 7-14), 1929; Oakwood (Oct. 22), 1930. Collected on Elaeafintis sp., Pohigoniim hydiopiper. Poli/pnniim sp.. and Euphorbia murginuta. The record from Euphoihia represents a capture of alates which were probably there as a result of drifting. The Illinois locali- ties and dates of the Davis (1910) records are as follows; Oak Park (Sept. 11-27 and Oct. 10, 12, 27, 1909), and Urbana (Aug. 11. 1909). CAPITOPHORUS MINOR (Forbes) Siphonophora iiiiuor Forbes, Thirteenth Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois. 1SS4, p. 101. In view of the fact that we have found two species of Capitophorus on strawberry in Illinois, and miscellaneous descriptions of species from this host in literature, a decision regarding the correct name to use for this species has been l)eset with difficulty. Through the kindness of Professor Davis and Mr. Mason, slides with types of .l/y-ni porosus Sanderson (1900), Myzus fragacfoUl Cockerell (1901). and Macrosi- plitiiu fragariuc var. iuunaculata Riley (187o) were sent to us for ex- amination. A determination of one of our slides as Capitophorus fragariac Theobald ( l!ll".3), by Dr. Theobald, has also aided. Our study of these typic slides shows that the Myzus porosus Sanderson belongs in the group for which we are using the generic name of Myzits. It is similar to a species which we have taken on rose and which we were considering as new until we saw these typic slides. Hence, this species, originally described from strawberry, does not enter into the synonymy of Capitophorus. The typic slide of M. fragariac var. iiniuaculata Riley, also des- cribed from strawberr)-, is in such poor condition that it is doubtful if the species can ever be ]jlaced. The frontal projections of the head are sufficient to show it is a Macrosiphuin. and the cornicles are reticu- late. This name, therefore, is also removed from consideration. T}'pic slides of Mycus fragacfolii Cockerell, with both alate and ajiterous specimens, prove this species to be a true Capitophorus. The apterous forms have the entire body covered witli numerous capitate or globate hairs, thus ditfering from Capitophorus minor (Forbes). The alates are very similar to minor, but a]iparently differ in secondary sensoria of thirfl antennal segment. Since we have seen two cot^-pic slides of fragacl oJii in twn colk'Ctinns, one slide ot which is in very TiiK Pi.Axr Lit K. (ii: Ai'ihiuak, (ii Ii.i.inois 285 poor condition and not associated with apterous forms, we are desi.q'- nating a slide in the collection of the United States National Museum as the Iccfotypic slide. Data associated with this slide are as follows : "Jerome, Arizona, December 17, 1900, on strawberry, type of lilvziis fragacfolii Cockerell, slide !133T." A determination of a slide in our possession as C. fnujariac Theo- bald (1912), by Theobald, indicates that fragariae is a synonym of fragacfolii (Cockerell) and not of minor (Forbes). This is also indi- cated l)v his description of the apterous forms. The Siphonopliora minor Forbes, with capitate hairs restricted to head and anal regions of the apterous forms, remains as a valid species. Slide Xo. ;il.5iS in the Survey collection is the Icctotypic slide. Since the male and apterous oviparous female have not previously been descril)ed, descriptions of these forms are here ])resented. Records associated with our Illinois material are as follows: Normal (June 21), 1SS3; Kankakee (June 29, July 15), Muncie (Nov. 22), Urbana (July 10), 1928; Oakwood (Oct. 17). Savoy (April IS). Urbana (April 17, May 22), 1929; Urbana (April 8, May 20), 1930. All specimens collected on Fragaria sp. Sexual forms taken at Oakwood (Oct. 17), 1929. Alate Male Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. .71. Head dark brown- ish: thorax dusky brown with some yellowish; abdomen yellowish, with brownish spots on dorsum and lateral portions; cornicles, cauda, and anal plate, dusky. Antennae uniform brown. Femora yellowish at the base, remaining portion brown; tibiae light brownish, with the apical portions darker. Veins brown, posterior margin of wing in vicinity of anal vein brown. Genitalia dark brown. Average width of head across eyes, .31. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III— .44 to .49, average .47; IV— .27 to .31, average ,28; V— .26 to .31, average .29; VI— .10 to .13, average .11 plus .49 to .60, average .54. Secondary sensoria present on the third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments, confined largely to one side of segment, those on third more scattered than those on fourth and fifth, distributed as follows: III — 16 to 22, average 20; IV— 6 to S; V— 4 to 8, average 7. Primary sensorium with about four marginal sensoria at the side. Beak reaching to middle of mesothoracic coxae. Second fork of media closer to margin of wing than to first fork. Cornicles .19 long, straight, slightly imbricated, but not reticulated. Cauda .08 long, with about three hairs on a side. Apterous Ovu»aroi"s Femalk Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.20. Body yellowish with a slight brownish tinge on the head. Cornicles, Cauda, anal plate, and legs pale yellowish except tarsi, which are dusky. Antennae brownish ex- cept for extreme base of third segment and small ring-like areas at the apical portions of the third, fourth, and fifth segments, which are yellowish. Capitate hairs present on vertex of head, absent or very poorly developed on the second and third antennal segments, numbering about 2 on the first, fairly abundant on posterior regions of abdomen, but rarely found on other parts of the body. Average width of head across eyes, .30. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III— .33 to .37, average .35; IV — .17 to .24, average .21; V— .17 to .26, average .22; VI— .10 to .13, average ,11 plus .49 to .66, average .54. Secondary sensoria absent. Beak reaching to about the middle of the metathoracic coxae. Cornicles .33 long, in shape similar to those of viviparous female. Cauda .16 long, with about two hairs on a side. Basal half of tibiae swollen, with about 35 sehsoria. Alhihiitc.—Alate male; Slide No. S40S, Oakwood, Illinois, October 17, 1929, on Fnifinrw sp.. (Frison and Ross). On slide with oviparous females. Morphot i/itr.— Apierous oviparous female; Slide No. 8407, same data as allo- type. On slide with male and oviparous female. 286 iLuxois Xatir.u. History Sikvev Bli.letin CAPITOPHORUS PAKAXSUS new species Figs. 119, 163, 257, 258 Alate ViviPAiiors Fe.mue Hize (i)i(I (;r;i('?n/ color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.50. Head and thorax essentially green shading to brown, the brown domi- nating on dorsum and venter and the green on the lateral portions: ab- domen yellowish-green with a median brownish rectangular patch on the dorsum. Cornicles lighter in color than the abdomen for about half their length, remaining portion light fuscous: cauda and anal plate concolorous with the greenish part of the abdomen. First and second antennal segments concolorous with head, third antennal segment light yellowish-green at ex- treme base, remaining portions of third antennal segment and the two fol- lowing segments dark brown, sixth antennal segment brown but much lighter, especially the terminal filament. Coxae somewhat fuscous, tro- chanters and bases of femora pale greenish, remainder of femora and four- fifths of tibiae pale yellowish-brown, apices of tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Beak greenish except for the extreme tip, which is brownish. Stigma slightly fuscous: veins brownish, the anal vein darkest, posterior margin of wing in the vicinity of the anal vein also brownish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .37. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— 37 to .43, average .40; IV~ .26 to .30, average .27: V— .11 to .26, average .20; VI— .07 to .09. average .08 plus .57 to .60, average .58. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 257) present on the third and fourth antennal segments and sometimes on the fifth. The secondary sensoria distributed as follows: III— 37 to 44, IV — 18 to 20; V— to 2. Sensoria widely scattered on the third and fourth antennal segments, the third segment being somewhat tuberculate in ap- pearance. Hair on the antennae exceedingly scarce, exceptionally short and fine although blunt at the tip. Antennal tubercles very poorly de- veloped, the first antennal segment gibbous on the inner margin but no more so than in the genus Mi/zii.i. Beak slender, particularly the terminal segment, extending to the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs. Thora.r and apprndacjes.—Stigma long, narrow, and sharply pointed: sec- ond fork of media closer to the margin of the wing than it is to the first fork. Brownish areas at the apices of the tibiae distinctly swollen: hairs on the legs not capitate but pointed at the tip. increasing in length from the base to the apex of the segment, and declinate. Abdomen.—Cornicles (Pig. 119) subequal to. or very slightly longer than, the third antennal segment, averaging .4:'. in length, of almost uni- form thickness throughout their length except that they are slightly thicker at their apices; without a distinct flange. Anal plate normal: cauda (Fig. 163) short, about as long as the base of the sixth antennal segment, wide and blunt but smaller than the cauda of a typical species of the subgenus AnurapJu.'i. Ai.ATE Male Size and iieneral e(jlor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.68. Head and thorax essentially greenish shading to brown, the brown dominating on dorsum and venter and the green on lateral portions. Ab- domen, instead of having a single median spot on the dorsum, has three oblong transverse spots anterior to the cornicles. Antennae brownish with the exception of the extreme base of the third antennal segment and the terminal process, which are lighter. I^egs and cornicles very similar in color to the same structures of the alate viviparous female. Cauda and anal plate more fuscous than the abdomen. Wings similar to the wings of the alate viviparous female. Opercula dark brown. Head and appendufie.s.—Average width of head across eyes, .37. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .40 to .43: aver- age .41; IV— .27 to .31. average .29; V— .26 to .30, average .27: VI— .07 to .09, average .08 plus .54 to .59, average .55. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 258) scattered, on third, fourth, and fifth segments: so little variation in The Plant Lice, ok Aj-iuniAK, oi' Ii.i.ixois 287 their numbers that averages are not given; on one specimen distributed as follows: III— 42; IV— 23; V— 15. Antennal tubercles, tirst antennal seg- ments, and the beak similar to the same structures in the alate viviparous female. Thorax and appendages.—Similar to those of the alate viviparous fe- male. Abdomen.—Cauda, anal plate, and cornicles essentially similar to the same structures of the alate viviparous female; eauda about one-fourth the length of the cornicles, averaging .09 in length, with fine hair on posterior margin. Opercula with numerous short hairs. Holotype.—Alate viviparous female; Urbana. Illinois, October 17, 1929, on Inula royaleana. (Prison and Ross). Slide No. 10843. Allotype.—Alate male; same data as for holotype. Slide No. 10844. Paratypes.—Thirty-one slides of alate viviparous females, males and pupae. Same data as for holotype except some specimens collected on October IS. Slides Nos. 1084.5- 10864 and others unnumbered. Thi.s species is extremely closely allied to CapUoplwrus iiiiilae (Walker) of Europe and may eventually be shown to be the same. It differs from imdac as described in rather meager de.scriptions in having comparatively longer antennae, the fourth antennal segment longer than the fifth instead of equal as stated by \'an der Goot, and the com]iarative length of the cauda in relation to the length of the cornicles—the cauda being about one-sixth the length of the cornicles rather than one-fourth the length of the cornicles. It differs from Capitoplionts similis Van der Goot, another closely allied species, in the lack of black spots at the bases of the cornicles, the relatively larger number of sensoria, and comparative lengths of fourth and fifth antennal segments. On one slide there is a specimen of an a])terous viviparous fe- male which is apparently immature and in such condition that it is not described. This species was exceedingly numerous under the larger leaves of a few specimen plants of Inula royaleana in the floricultural gardens of the University of Illinois. CAPITOPHORUS PATONKUS new species Figs. 82, 128, 169, 272, 274 AXATE VlVIPAHOU.S Pe.MAI.K Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.50. Head, thorax, and abdomen with numerous spatulate hairs. Head yellowish green, with fuscous area about ocelli. First and second antennal segments concolorous with head; remaining antennal segments fuscous or black except extreme basal portion of third, which is a yellowish green. Thorax, abdomen, Cauda, anal plate an apple green ; cornicles at base con- colorous with abdomen, gradually shading to brown or fuscous at apex. Legs concolorous with body except that apices of tibiae, all of tarsi, and dorsal portions of femora are brownish or black. Beak greenish, with ter- minal segment dark brown or black. Wings with costal margin (costal, subcostal, and base of radial veins) slightly greenish, rest of veins distinct- ly dark brown. Kyes black. Adult with hoary appearance in life due to capitate hairs. Head lutd appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .43. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .57 to .69. aver- age .62; IV— .5:! to .60, average ..'>7; V— .SO to ..')6, average .53; \'I— .14 to .17, average .15 plus .80 to 1.00, average .91. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 274) confined to the third and fourth antennal segments, sometimes sensoria 288 Ii.i.iNois Xatikai, History Sikvey BrM-ETix lacking on fourth iregnient, numbering from 1:5 to 18 and averaging 15 on third segment, numbering from to 5 and averaging 2 on fourth segment, arranged in an irregular row. Primary sensorium on sixth segment with a group of small marginal sensoria at one side. Beak sometimes extending as far as coxae of metathoracic legs, but usually less than this distance: terminal segment extremely pointed. Head with antennal tubercles well developed (Fig. 82), with four capitate hairs on the anterior median por- tion. Thorax and appendages.—Fore wing with stigma rather short and bluntly pointed : second fork of media closer to margin of wing than to first fork, most veins not reaching margin of wings, posterior margin thickened and dark where anal vein reaches wing. Abdomen.—Cornicles (Fig. 128) shorter than cauda. averaging .16 in length, sides straight and but slightly tapering from base to apex, which is without conspicuous flange; imbricated entire length. Cauda (Fig. 169 1 gradually tapering from base to rounded apex, averaging .24 in length, with two sharply pointed curved hairs on eacli side. Al'TEUOtS ViVIPAROlI.S FEMALE (ViKGOdEMA) Size and ycneral coJor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.31. Head, thorax, and abdomen with numerous heavy spatulate hairs. Head and first two antennal segments yellowish green: thorax, abdomen, anal plate, and cauda an apple green except that dorsum of abdomen has a darker green medial and a lateral stripe on each side: cornicles essen- tially concolorous with abdomen except that apex is slightly fuscous. In life the entire body has a hoary appearance due to the bulbous pale setae. Third antennal segment yellowish green at extreme base, remaining por- tion of segment and following segments essentially dusky brown to almost black. Legs yellowish-green, with the exception that apices of the tibiae. all of tarsi, and sometimes dorsal portions of the femora are dusky brown. Beak yellowish-green, except last two segments, which are dusky or brown- ish. Eyes black. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .4:5. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .39 to .60. aver- age .52; IV— .27 to .57, average .40; V— .30 to .40. average .35: VI— .09 to .13, average .12 plus .36 to .76 average .58. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 272) two to six, on third antennal segment, never farther removed from the base of the segment than the length of the second segment of the hind tarsus exclusive of claws. Beak varying in length, in some specimens reach- ing to the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs and in others reaching only to mesothoracic coxae. Hair on antennae not spatulate. exceedingly short, and not equaling the width of the segment. Abdomen.—Cornicles exceedingly short for a species of Capitophorus. averaging .10. about as long as base of sixth antennal segment or one-half the length of the cauda. tapering somewhat to the tip. which is without a flange; indistinctly imbricated. Cauda long, averaging .21. distinctly con- stricted beyond base, with two non-spatulate hairs on a side and a single median hair a little posterior to the base of the last lateral pair. Anal plate rounded, not reaching to constricted portion of the cauda. four non-spatu- late hairs on rounded posterior margin. ArTEROis OviPAiiors Fk.m.\i.e Size and general eolor.—Average length (two specimens) from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.61. Head, thorax, and abdomen with numerous spatu- late hairs. Head, thorax, and most of abdomen colored as in apterous vivi- parous females. Cornicles, cauda. anal plate, and patch ventral to anal plate, dusky lirown. First and second antennal segments dusky brown, darker than the head, in color, remainder of antennae either uniformly dark brown or with the third antennal segment somewhat lighter than the others. Legs darker than in the viviparous female; femora concolorous with body at the base, renuiining portions light dusky green, to almost brownish dor- sally; tibiae dusky greenish-yellow, apical portion, and especially portion The Plant Lue. oh Ai'Hiidae, ov Illinois 2S9 covered by sensoriii on hind tibiae, darker and somewhat brownish; tarsi brownish. Head iiiul (iiiiicndaacs.—Average width of head across eyes, .44. Anten- na! segments with comparative lengths (two specimens) as follows: III — .4:^ to .44; IV— .30 to .34; V— .31; VI— .10 plus .53. Secondary sensoria restricted to an area near the base of third antennal segment equal to the length of the hind tarsi exclusive of claws; from two to three in number, arranged in a straight row. Beak similar to that of the apterous vivipar- ous female. Thora.r and apijcndages.—Posterior tibiae slightly swollen near base for about one-fourth their length, swollen area with from twelve to eighteen sensoria. Abdomen.—Cornicles essentially shaped as in apterous viviparous fe- male but uniformly dusky, averaging .08 in length; cauda and anal plate also similar to the same structures in apterous viviparous female but dusky throughout length. Alate Male Size and genera} color.—Length of single specimen from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.31. In color entirely unlike that of apterous viviparous female (may be due to poor preparation), being a very deep brown, darkest on the head, thorax, and posterior region of the abdomen; cornicles dusky brown, not as dark as rest of body; cauda darker than the cornicles and brownish black. Antennae uniformly deep brown with the exception of the extreme base of the third segment and apical one-fourth of the terminal filament, which are lighter. Legs brown with the exception of the bases of the femora, particularly fore femora, which are dusky yellow; apices of tibiae, knees of femora, and tarsi somewhat darker than the rest. Hairs on inner sides of tibiae longer, distinctly more spine-like than remaining hairs on tibiae. Wings dark, but their color is probably somewhat accentu- ated by the very dark brown veins and the dark stigma. Head and a])penda(jes.—Antennal segments of single specimen with comparative lengths as follows: III— .54; IV— .57; V— .44; VI— .16 plus 1.06. Secondary sensoria present on third, fourth, and fifth segments; small, usually confined to one side of the segment, irregularly arranged except on fifth segment where they are somewhat more regular; they number as fol- lows: III— 28; IV— 26; V— 17. The dusky brown beak reaches the coxae of the mesothoracic pair of legs, its extreme tip is darker than the rest. Thora.r and apijendaiies.—Stigma of fore wings comparatively narrow and not sharply pointed ; second fork of media is closer to the margin of the wing in one wing and closer to the first fork of the media in the other. Posterior margin of fore wing much thickened near point of connection with anal vein. Abdomen.—Cornicles of uniform thickness throughout; feebly though distinctly imbricated, with a poorly developed rim; subequal in length to the base of sixth antennal segment or the cauda. Cauda probably con- stricted near the base, but in the manner in which specimen is mounted on the slide this is merely suggested ; with four lateral and two somewhat more dorsal hairs Anal plate indistinct due to mounting of specimen. Gpercula very dark brownisli-black, covered with rather long hook-shaped hairs. ffo;o/i//«'.—Alate viviparous female; Metropolis, Illinois, April 17, 1930, on Aebillea Millefolium. (Frison and Ross). Slide No. 10786. Allotype.— Alate male; Urbana, Illinois, October 7, 1929. on Achillea .MillcfoliKm. (Pri- son and Ross). Slide No. 10787. Morijhol.upc.—Apterous viviparous female (virgogenia) ; same data as holotype. Slide No. 10788. Morphol iipc-— Apterous oviparous female; I'rbana, Illinois, .November 5, 1929, on Acbillea MillcjoUum. (Frison and Ross). Slide No. 107S9. i»(;;Y(/.v;)p,s'.—Kighty-three slides of alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae, and nymphs; all collected in Illinois, on Achillea Millefolium, as follows: Metropolis, April 17, 1930; Starved Rock State Park, May 13, 19:!0; and Trbana, September 3, October 6, 7, !.' and 16, and November 5, 1929. Collectors T. H. Frison, F. C. Hottes. and II. H. Ross. Slides Nos. 10790-10842 and others unnum- bered. 290 Illinois Natihal History Slrvey Billetix The combination of structural characters of this new species is such that we know of no very closely allied species within the genus. It is most easily separated from all other described Capitophoriis by virtue of its extremely short cornicles. According to our observations. this species is at times abundant locally, but it is difficult to locate be- cause its general color agrees so well with that of its host plant. A plant of Achillea found in Starved Rock State Park was so heavily infested by this species that many of the leaves were turning brown. CAPITOPHORUS POAE (Gillette) RhopaJosivhum poae Gillette, Canadian Entomologist. Vol. XL, No. 2. Feb- ruary, 190S, p. 61. This species has been recorded from .Aurora, Illinois, by Davis (1911b) under the name of Rhopalosiphum poac. It was not found by us in our collecting during 1958 to 1930 and apparently is not very abundant. Gillette mentions that it is capable of killing blue grass. Only the viviparous females have thus far been described. Data associated with slides deposited in the Survey collection through the kindness of Professor Davis are as follows: Aurora. Xov. 14. 1910. and Rockford, Nov. 12, 1912. All specimens taken on Poa pratensis. CAPITOPHORUS RIBIS (Li.\x.\EUs) Fios. 34, 167 ApMs ribis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Editio Decima, 1758. p. 4.t1. The currant aphid, which causes a characteristic distortion or "puffiness" and reddish discoloration of the leaves ( Fig. 34 ) . was first Fig. 34. Malformation of leaves of the red currant, Ribcs ml- pare, caused by the currant aphid, Capitophonis ribis (Linnaeusl; Champaign, June 14, 1929. The Plant Lice, oh Aimiiidae, ok Ii.i.i.nois 291 definitely recorded from Illinois by Davis (IDlOe). The fruit of Ijadly infested currant bushes often ripens prematurely and is poor in quality because of the falling of infested leaves. According to Gillette and Bragg (1917), Theobald (1026). and others, the currant aphid usually migrates in summer from its over-wintering host to such plants as Galcopsis, Staclivs, Polygoniiiu, and Lconurus. All forms have been described by several authors, including Gillette and Bragg (l!)lTj and Theobald (1926). Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Normal (Mav 29), 1SS4; Champaign (May 18). French Grove (June 4-9), 1886; Champaign (June 19), LeRoy (June 19-20), 1928: Areola ( Jlay 10), Cham- paign (May 22), Galena (July 10). Lawrenceville (June 18), Macomb (May 26). Montlcello (May 24). Putnam (May .5). Rock Island (July 9), 1929; Grand Detour (May 16), Rock Island (June 3), 1930. All specimens taken upon Ribes Grossularia. Ribes nic/nuii. Ribes odoratum. and Ribrs sp. CAPITOPHORUS TETRARHODUS (Walker) Ai)hi>i tetrnrhocia Walker, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. IV, Second Series, London, 1849, p. 42. This species has not previously lieen reported from Illinois, unless the records of Davis ( 1910e ) under the name of Myzus rosanim Walker a])ply to it. Only the vivi])arous females have been described (Theobald. 1926), and very little is known concerning the biology of this plant louse. Specimens taken out of doors at Urbana in November failed to continue to reproduce parthenogenetically in the greenhouse. Two of our specimens are of special interest in that in one a cornicle is en- tirely lacking and in a second s])ecimen a cornicle is very aberrant. Dr. Theol)ald has kindly checked our determinaticjn of this species. The se.xual forms are descrilied here for the first time. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Urbana (June 6), 1928; and Urbana (Nov. 19, 26), 1930. Sexual forms and eggs have been taken Nov. 19-26, 1930. All collected on Rosa sp. Apterous M.\le Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.10. Body dark grayish brown, with greenish bands extending between the segments across the dorsum of the abdomen, and with the venter almost entirely greenish. Antennae, legs except base of femora, external genitalia, cornicles, cauda. and anal plate, dark brown. Extreme base of third antenna] segment, basal fourth of femora, and area around base of cornicles, pale yellowish. Middle portion of hind tibiae lighter brown than the remainder. Width of head across eyes, .34. Head with about 16 capitate hairs. Antennae with scattered capitate hairs, the comparative lengths of the segments as follows: III— .43, IV— .19, V— .17, VI— .09 plus .23. Sec- ondary sensoria present on the third and fifth segments, and occasionally on the fourth, as follows: III— 20 to 26, average 22; IV— to 1: V— 4 to 8, average 6. Body with a row of capitate setae along each lateral margin. Abdomen with four longitudinal dorsal rows of setiferous tubercles arranged segmentally, two on each side of the meson, the two niesal tuber- cles each with two capitate setae on the middle segments, the two lateral tubercles each with one seta. This pattern is reduced on the thorax. Cor- nicles and Cauda as in other forms, respectively .19 and .10 in length. Apterou.s Ovii'AKois Female. Length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.37. Body yellowish green: tlagella of antennae, apices of fnmt and middle tibiae, hind tibiae except 292 Ii-LiNOis Natural Histoisy Strvey Biij.eti?; extreme base, tarsi, cornicles, cauda, and anal plate yellowish brown; eyes black. Body with numerous capitate hairs, arranged in two lateral and four dorsal series, but not on such distinct tuberculate areas as in the male. Width of head across eyes, .33. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows; III— .24, IV— .10, V— .14, VI— .09 plus .19. Secondary sen- soria absent. Cornicles and cauda as in other forms, respectively .20 and .13 in length. Hind tibiae .61 in length, swollen before middle, with about 70 distinct sensoria. Allotype,—Apterous male; Slide Xo. 9796, I'rbana. Illinois, November 24, 1930, on Roxa sp., (T. H. Prison). Morphotype.—Apterous oviparous fe- male; Slide No. 9795, Urbana, Illinois, November 19, 1930, on Kosd sp., (T H. Prison). On slide with oviparous females and nymphs Gexus IDIOPTERUS Davis Key to the Species of the Genus Miopterus 1. Cornicles cylindrical and tapering towards apex, with basal one- third dark and remainder light in color. ... nephrelepidis Davis p. 292— . Cornicles slightly swollen, rather uniformly dark in color violae iPergandei p. 292 IDIOPTERUS NEPHRELEPIDIS D.ui.s Figs. 58, 66 Idioptcrus nephrelepidis Davis, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. II, No. 3, September, 1909, p. 199. This species has not been taken in lUinois since it was originallv described b}- Davis (^l!t(ii»c) from sword fern growing in a Chicago greenhouse. It is a species with beautifully marked wings and of S]je- cial interest because of the variation exhibited in the radial and medial veins ( Figs. 58. C(i ) of the fore wings. There is not much doubt that it is a species of tropical origin introduced into greenhiuses. Resides the descriptions and illustrations of the vivi])arous females contained in the original description, there are articles bv Essig (I'.lllb), Baker (l!)li)b). and Theobald (l!)'i(i), which contain additional information and descriptive matter. Data associated with the lectotypic slide (No. 3117) in the Survey col- lection are as follows; Chicago (May 2), 1908. on yephrelepis sp.. collected by J. J. Davis. IDIOPTERUS VIOLAE (Perc.axoe) Rhopalosiphnm viohte Pergande. Canadian Entomologist. Vol. XXXII. No. 2, February. 1900. p. 29. This s]iecies has been taken only once in Illinois, at Peoria, hv Davis (IDlOe). who collected it on violets, its onlv known host. Be- sides the original description and a few records there is almost nothing in literature concerning this species. Baker ( I'.M'.lb) considers that Ncot0X0pt era violae Theobald (1915) from Africa is only an aberra- tion of this species. .\s in /, iicphrcli'f^idis Davis, the radial and medial veins ;nc variable ;nid the wing veins are prominently outlined with The Pi.axt Lice, oi; A['Hiii>ak. or Illinois 293 fuscous shading. The genera Idioptenis, Microparsits, and Pciilaloaia have been groujied together by several writers to form the sutjtribe Pentalonina. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Peoria (Sept. 24), 1910, on Viola sp., collected by J. J. Davis. Gekus MACROSIPHUM Pa.sserixi SlUGK.NEHA MACROSIPHUM Pas.serini. CATAMERGUS Oestund, ILLINOIA Wilson, and JIACROSIPHONIELLA Del Gukbcio Key to the Species of the Genus Macrosiphum 1. Apex of cornicles with closed reticulations ( Fig. 120 ) 7 — , Apex of cornicles smooth or imbricated, never with closed retic- ulations (Fig. 118 1 2 2 Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment very irregularly arranged, not in a straight row ( Fig. 296 ) 4 — . Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment essentially in a straight row ( Fig. 29.3 ) 3 3. Cauda more than one-half length of cornicles. . pisi (Kaltenbach) p. 317 — . Cauda about one-third the length of cornicles. schranki Theobald p. 326 4. Fourth antennal segment with from 8 to 20 secondary sensoria purpurascens (Oestlund) p. 318 — . Fourth antennal segment never with more than tour secondary sensoria 5 5. Fourth, fifth, and sixth antennal segments black or dark brown 6 — . Fourth and fifth antennal segments yellowish at base, dusky at apex ribiellum Davis p. 319 6. Tibiae almost uniformly brown or black; apical third of cornicles often slightly swollen crataegi (Monelll p. 304 — . Tibiae not uniformly brown or black, apex darker; cornicles never swollen dirhodum iWalkerl p. 304 7. Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment approximately in a straight row ( Fig. 293 ) 8 — . Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment not approximately in a straight row ( Pig. 294 ) 21 8. Cornicles much shorter than length of third antennal segment 9 — . Cornicles approximately equal to, or longer than, length of third antennal segment 14 9. Cornicles approximately as long as, or longer than, width of head through eyes 10 — . Cornicles shorter than width of head through eyes granarium (Kirby) p. 308 10. Fourth antennal segment almost twice as long as width of head through eyes 11 — . Fourth antennal segment shorter, or but slightly longer, than width of head through eyes 13 11. Third antennal segment distinctly imbricated, anal and cubital conspicuously outlined with fuscous border carpinicolens Patch p. 301 — . Third antennal segment not distinctly imbricated 12 12. Cornicles black except for extreme base; anal and cubital veins of fore wing strongly outlineil with fuscous border; extreme apical reticulated portion of cornicle slightly constricted venaefuscae Davis p. 332 — . Cornicles with basal half pale and apical half fuscous; anal and cubital veins not outlined with fuscous border; extreme apical reticulatel portion of cornicle not constricted. ... pallens n. sp p. 315 294 Illinois Natural History SrK\-Ev Biijetix 13. Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment numbering from 15 to 20; femora essentially pale greenish; in life with abdo- men pale greenish adianthi lOestlund) p. 296 — . Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment numbering from 5 to 10; femora with apical half dark brown or black; in life with abdomen with brownish markings on a ground color of ruby red or yellow sanguinarium n. sp. p. 323 14. Anal and cubital veins of fore wings strongly outlined with a fuscous border -. 15 — . Anal and cubital veins of fore wings not outlined with a fuscous border 17 15. Abdomen surrounding base of cornicles greenish; cauda approx- imately half the length of cornicles 16 — . Abdomen surrounding base of cornicles blackish or brownish: Cauda considerably less than one-third the length of cornicles coryli Davis p. 303 16. Hind tibiae about five times as long as width of head through eyes; on wild geranium geranii (Oestlund) p. 307 — . Hind tibiae about four times as long as width of head through eyes; on basswood, or linden tiliae (Monell) p. 331 17. Length of cornicles at most equal to length of third antennal segment IS — . Length of cornicles considerably longer than third antennal segment laevigatae Essig. p. 314 18. Fourth antennal segment as long as. or longer than, the third.. tiliae I Monell) p. 331 — . Fourth antennal segment shorter than the third 19 19. Cornicles almost uniformly cylindrical, not bulging before reticu- lations at apex (Fig. Ill); abdomen in life usually greenish or pink; developing on a great variety of plants but not nat- urally on Liriodendroii 20 — . Cornicles slightly bulging just before reticulations at apex (Fig. 110); abdomen in life usually yellowish green; developing on Liriodendron liriodendri (Monell) p. 314 20. Cornicles a deep black, hind tibiae usually uniformly deep black pseudorosae Patch p. 31S — . Cornicles pale to dusky, hind tibiae usually pale to dusky with apices darker and contrasting gei (Koch) p. 306 21. Cornicles much shorter than width of head through the eyes 22 — . Cornicles about equal to, or longer than, width of head through the eyes 25 22. Fourth antennal segment with five or more secondary sensoria. body rather uniformly reddish brown in color. sanborni Gillette p. 323 — . Fourth antennal segment usually without any secondary sensoria but sometimes with one or two; body not reddish brown 23 23. Cauda short, somewhat triangular in shape, about as long as combined length of first and second antennal segments kickapoo n. sp. p. 312 — . Cauda more elongate and tapering, much longer than combined length of first and second antennal segments 24 24. Cornicles much shorter than width of head; secondary sensoria on fourth antennal segment rarely exceeding thirty-five in number; fourth antennal segment scarcely longer than width of head frigidicola (G. & P.) p. 305 — . Cornicles but slightly shorter than width of head; secondary sensoria on fourth antennal segment usually more than forty in number; fourth antennal segment much lon.ger than width of head ludovicianae (Oestlund) p. 31,'i 25. Fourth antennal segment with secondary sensoria sonchellum (Monell) p. 326 — . Fourth antennal segment without secondary sensoria 26 The Plant Lice, on Aimiiihak. of Illinois 295 26. On ferns; general body color green; third antennal segment with about fifty secondary sensoria. cauda very short ptericolens Patch p. 318 — . Not frequenting ferns; general body of various colors including green; third antennal segment with various numbers of sensoria; cauda short to long 27 27. Cornicles equal to or longer than third antennal segment 28 — . Cornicles shorter than third antennal segment 31 28. Segment anterior to cornicles with a lateral tubercle ruralis n. sp. p. 321 — . Segment anterior to cornicles without a lateral tubercle 29 29. Reticulated area of cornicles about equal to length of basal por- tion of sixth antennal segment (Fig. 108); base of cornicles surrounded with a blackish or brownish area rosae (Linnaeus) p. 320 — . Reticulated area of cornicles much longer than length of basal portion of sixth antennal segment (Fig. 120); base of cornicles not surrounded with a blackish or brownish area 30 30. Third antennal segment with less than forty secondary sensoria; fourth antennal segment much shorter than third erigeronensis ( Thomas ) p. 304 — . Third antennal segment with more than forty secondary sen- soria: fourth and third antennal segments about equal in length zinzalae n. sp. p. 332 31. Third antennal segment longer than the metathoracic femora . . gravicornis Patch p. 308 — . Third antennal segment shorter than the metathoracic femora 32 32. Fourth antennal segment averaging about as long or longer than third antennal segment 33 — . Fourth antennal segment averaging much shorter than third antennal segment 34 33. Anal and cubital veins distinctly outlined with a border of fus- cous; area of cornicles with closed reticulations about one-fifth of total length; cauda light green; cornicles without dark area surrounding base venaefuscae Davis p. 332 — . Anal and cubital veins not outlined with a border of fuscous; area of cornicles with closed reticulations about one-third of length; cauda dark brown or black: cornicles with dark area surrounding base illini n. sp. p. 309 34. Cornicles much shorter than length of fifth antennal segment; abdomen yellowish green or pea green, dark cornicles strongly contrasting with body, pulverulent in lite ludovicianae (Oestlund) p. 315 — . Cornicles about as long as, or longer than, length of fifth anten- nal segment: abdomen greenish, brownish or reddish 35 35. Abdomen dominantly colored some shade of green 36 — . Abdomen dominantly colored some shade of brown or red 38 36. Hind tibiae with basal one-fifth light brown, middle three-fifths yellowish or yellowish-green, and apical one-fifth dark brown or black tapuskae n. sp, p. 327 — . Hind tibiae almost uniformly dark brown or black, or at least with basal third dark brown or black and middle (bird not strongly contrasting with base and apical thirds 37 37. Third antennal segment seldom with more than 25 secondary sensoria. these sensoria rather narrowly scattered and not osppcially tuberculate (Fig. 297) pseudorosae Patch p. 318 — . Third antennal segment seldom with less than 35 secondary sensoria, these sensoria widely scattered and very tuberculate (Fig. 308) anomalae n. sp. p. 298 38. Body of species essentially shades of red 39 — . Body of species essentially shades of brown 40 296 Illinois Natuiial Histouv Survey Billetix 39. Third antennal segment seldom with more than 25 secondary sensoria, these sensoria rather narrowly scattered and not prominently tuberculate (Fig. 297 j pseudorosae Patch p. 31S— . Third antennal segment seldom with less than -jo secondary sensoria. these sensoria widely scattered and prominently tuberculate (Fig. 308) rudbeckiae ( Fitch i p. 320 40. Hind femora at most with basal one-third light colored and con- trasting with remaining dark portion; hind tibiae uniformly dark colored; antennal segments, legs. head, and body with numerous stout spine-like setae, many of which may be capi- tate; about crown of dandelion taraxaci (KaltenbachI p. 329— . H'nd femora with basal half light colored and contrasting with dark apical half, rarely with proportions less; hind tibiae uni- formly dark or with dark apical portion contrasting with basal or mesal portions; spine-like setae less numerous and more slender, sometimes capitate; on stems and leaves of upper parts of plants 41 41. Color In life deep blackish red; cauda dark, about concolorous with abdomen; species apparently restricted to Helrnium; coefficient A* averaging 4.5 tardae n. sp. p. 329— . Color in lite brownish; cauda light or yellowish in color; not re- stricted to Helenlum: coefficient A averaging more than 5.0 42 42. Restricted to Impatiens impatiensicolens Patch p. 312 — . Common on a large number of plants, particularly Compositae 43 43. Cornicles averaging shorter in length; coefficient A averaging slightly more than 5; most often taken on Bidens chrysanthemi ( Oestlund I p. 302 — . Cornicles averaging longer than the preceding; coefficient A averaging about 6; not yet recorded from Bidens but common on many plants ambrosiae (Thomas) p. 298 MACROSIPHUil ADIANTI (Oestlund) Hiphonophora acUnnti Oestlund, Geological Survey of Minnesota. Fourteenth Report, 1886. p. 26. Tliis species, not previotisly reporte(d from Illinois nor recorded since it was described from Minnesota, was abundant on the undersides of the divisions of the fronds of ferns of the genus Asj^idiiiiii on side walls of the variotis canyons in Starved Rock State Park. Alate forms seem to be uncommon, and the two specimens secured bv us were reared from pupae. Dr. Oestlund has confirmed our identification of tliis species and agreed that the statement concerning length of cornicles in the original description was in error. In view of the fact that nian\- details are omitted in the original description, a redescription is presented of the previously known a])ter- otts vivi])arous female. A descri])tion is given, also, of the alate form which had not been previously discovered. Alatk Vivipauous Female Size and (imrral color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.41. Color of head light dusky yellow vi-ith brownish area around ocelli, color of thorax and abdomen pale yellowish green ; cornicles and cauda concolorous with abdomen. First and second antennal segments concolorous with head, third brown with exception of extreme base which is light yellow- ish, remaining segments lighter in color. Femora pale yellowish green with the extreme apical portions fuscous; tibiae greenish with apical por- * CofRcient A oiiuiils linpth of liind tiliiao plus leiisrtli of oorniole, divided liy width of head. The Pi-AXT Lice, ok Aphiidak, ok Illinois 297 tions fuscous; tarsi fuscous. Stigma smoke-colored; veins brown, anal and cubital veins darkest and bordered with brownish suffusions; posterior margin of wing in vicinity of anal vein brownish. Beak greenish yellow with the last two segments brownish. Head and ai)i)cii(la(ies.—Average width of head across eyes. .49. Antennal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— .71 to .74, average ,72; IV— .39 to .44. average 41; V— .43; VI— .14 plus .91. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 2931 with wide margins, confined to the third antennal seg- ment, arranged in a straight row and numbering from 15 to 20, averaging 17. Beak reaching to mesothoracic pair of coxae. Width of head through eyes averaging .48. Thorax and api)endages.—Stigma of fore wings quite pointed. Second fork of media considerably closer to margin of wing than to the first fork, all veins failing to reach margin of wing. .l!*f;o»i<»i.—Cornicles (Fig. 101) .49 long, straight; apical area covered by closed reticulations equal to about one-fifth their length, remaining portion imbricated. Cauda (Fig. 165) .21 long, not constricted, with about four hairs on a side. Anal plate rounded. Mi}rphotiij)i\—Alate viviparous female; Starved Rock State Park, Illi- nois, May 13, 1930, on fern, ( Frison and Ross). Slide No. 10571. Apterous Vivipahois Fe.male Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.45. Entire body light yellowish-green. Anal plate concolorous with abdo- men ; Cauda somewhat lighter in color than abdomen. Cornicles very light yellowish-green, almost white, at the base but somewhat fuscous at extreme apex. Beak yellowish-brown, the tip brownish. First and second antennal segments essentially concolorous with head, beginning with the third anten- nal segment and extending to apex of antennae gradually shading from dusky yellow to dark brown, the apices of third and fourth segments darker than rest of segments and contrasting. Coxae, trochanters, and basal por- tions of femora essentially concolorous with body; apical portion of femora and tibiae light yellowish-green but gradually becoming more and more brown until at apices of tibiae color is dark brown; tarsi dark brown. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .46. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows; III— .59 to .64. average .61; IV— .30 to .36. average .34; V— .36 to .39. average .38; VI— .10 to .11. average .11 plus .71 to .83. average .79. Secondary sensoria limited to the third antennal segment, small, arranged in a straight row and limited to the basal half of the segment, number varying from 3 to 7 and averaging 5. Hair on the antennae exceedingly scarce, fine and short. Beak stout, reach- ing about to the coxae of the metathoracic legs. Thorax and appendages.—The hairs on the basal portions of the tibiae are exceedingly fine and short; they increase in length toward the apex, where they are just slightly shorter than the width of the segment. Alidoinen.—Cornicles straight, comparatively short for a species of Macro.iiphiun. averaging about .45 in length; with from 3 to 5 indistinct rows of closed reticulations at the apex; flange at the apex poorly developed; imbrications present but exceedingly faint. The cauda averaging .16 in length, not constricted, stout, conical, with four hairs on a side; like the cornicles, it is short for a species of Macrosiphum. Anal plate as normal for the genus. Data associated with our specimens are as follows: Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14. Sept. 10). 1929. and (May 13). 1930. This s])(.'cie.s is easily stparated from the related M. ptcricolc;'..<; Patch (also found on ferns in Illinois) hy the fact that the cornicles are only slightly fuscous at the a])ex, whereas in ptcricoleiis they aie very dark for most of their length; by the absence of a constriction of the cornicle before the apex ; by its smaller size ; and by the reduced nutnber of the' secondary sensoria. 298 Illinois Natikal History Survey Billktix MACROSIPHUM AMBROSIAE (Thomas) Hiphonophora amhroHiar Thomas. Bulletin Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Vol. 1, No. 2, June, 1878, p. 4. This common and widely distributed species in Illinois ( Fig. 35 ) was described by Thomas (1877) from specimens collected at Sioux City, Iowa, but was not recorded by him from Illinois. The species is not listed by Davis (lOllb), but his host records for M. ritdbeckiac (Fitch) indicate it was included with the latter. Cotypic specimens of this species were found among the Thomas material and mounted on slides. Slide No. 8179 has been selected as the lectotypic slide and Slides Nos. 8180 and 8181 labeled as paidti/pic slides. All typic material is In poor condition but recognizable. Data associated with the typic slides are as follows: Sioux City, Iowa. September 3, 1877 (original description states September 1). Illustrations are given of the Cauda (Fig. 184). cornicle (Fig. 114), and third antennal segment (Fig. 302) of the alate viviparous female on the lectotypic slide and the third antennal segment (Fig. 301) of the apterous viviparous female on the same slide. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Carbon- dale (June 4), Champaign (July 9). Danville (June 1.5), Elizabethtown (Oct. 12), Havana (June 21), LeRoy (June 20), Mahomet (Oct. 2), Mattoon (June 10), Morton (July 22), Mt. Carroll (June 25). Muncie (Oct. 6), Oak- wood (July 8, Sept. 17), Oregon (June 27), Quincy (.lune 6). Rock Island (June 24), Starved Rock State Park (June 12. 13), I'rbana (July 10. Aug. 2. Sept. 10, Oct. 7, 22), 1928; Beach (Aug. 29). Cairo (June 22), Champaign (May 28). Cheat (Sept. 28). Edwardsville (Sept. 11). Farmer City (Sept. 22), Grayville (June 19), Homer (June 19), Jonesboro (June 231. Mahomet (Aug. 17), Mitchell (June 25), Oakwood (Sept. 22. Oct. 13). Starved Rock State Park (Sept. 10), Urbana (Sept. 17, Oct. 28), 1929: Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. Collected on Achillea Millefolium. Actiiiomeris sp., Awhrosin trifiOa. Ambrosia sp.. Aster sp., Cir.iium sp., Eupatoriuw urticae- folium. Heliantluis sp., Lactnca sp., Oenothera biennis. Prenanthes alba. Prenanthes sp., Rudheekia hirta. Solidago sp., Sonehus sp.. Taraxacum officinale, and Xunthiiim canadense. Sexual forms collected at Elizabeth- town (Oct. 12), 1928, on Xanthiuni canadense and at I'rbana (Oct. 28), 1929, on Cirsium sp. MACROSIPHUM ANOMALAE new species Alate Vivipahous Fkm.u.k Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.66. Head, with exception of areas around simple eyes which are brownish, light green; thorax and abdomen light green. Cauda concolorous with abdo- men; cornicles concolorous with abdomen at base for a distance about equal to the length of the first antennal segment, remaining portion fuscous or often almost black. First and second antennal segments dusky brown ; re- maining segments dark brown except that the base of the third segment is yellowish for a distance equal to the length of the second segment, and that the apical half of the terminal filament is yellowish-white or at least lighter than the basal portion. Coxae, trochanters, and basal halves of femora es- sentially concolorous with body, remaining portion brownish, the brown most extensive on the dorsal portions; tibiae yellowish at extreme base, re- maining portion almost it not entirely uniformly brown; tarsi brown. Stigma of fore wings only slightly clouded with fuscous, veins light brown in color and thin. Beak concolorous with body, except for the two terminal segments, which are brownish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .49. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .60 to .91. average .75; TiiF Pi.AXT Lick, ok Aimiiihak, hi Illinois 299 Fig. ;!5. Macrosiiihiiin ambrosiac (Thomas) on flower stems of the (luiulelion, Tartuacum officinale; Urbana. July 2:i. Iil2!t. 300 Illinois Natthal Histohy Sirvey tsiLLETis IV— .34 to .57, average .48; V— .31 to ..59. average .45; VI— .11 to .17. average .14 plus .41 to .86, average .55. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 308) limited to the third antennal segment, varying from thirty-five to fifty-one. large, with wide veins, and although scattered are nevertheless most numerous on one side of the segment. Beak extends to the coxae of the third pair of legs or slightly beyond. Thorax and appendages.—Stigma narrow and pointed at tip; second fork of media usually closer to the margin of the wing than it is to first fork. Hairs on the tibiae distinctly spine-like, numerous and lighter in color than the tibiae. Abdotnen.—Cornicles (Pig. 116) about four times the length of the base of the sixth antennal segment, averaging about .49. being about subequal to the fourth antennal segment, tapering slightly to the tip. with a very poorly developed flange, area covered with closed reticulations about equal to one-fifth the length of the cornicles. Cauda (Fig. 180) long in comparison to the length of the cornicles, extending approximately as far as the tips of the cornicles, slender, sharply pointed, and only moderately constricted, usually four hairs on a side. Ai'TERors VivipARors Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.92. Head, thorax, and abdomen light green. First and second antennal segments concolorous with head, except that gibbous portion of first segment is often dusky brown; third segment concolorous with second up to where the secondary sensoria begin, then gradually blending to dusky brown at the apex; fourth and fifth segments varying from entirely brown to a condition with basal half yellowish and apical half brownish, sixth segment brownish with terminal filament lighter than basal portion. Femora as in the alate viviparous female with the exception that the brown is less extensive; tibiae as in the alate viviparous female or light yellowish at the base, quickly replaced by brown which in turn is replaced by yellowish be- yond the middle and then by brown at the apex; tarsi brown. Beak, cauda. and cornicles colored as in the alate viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .47. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .71 to .89, average .81; IV— .39 to .59, average .48; V— .34 to .54, average .44; VI— .11 to .19. average .14 plus .44 to .64. average .53. Secondary sensoria similar in structure and position to those of the alate viviparous female, numbering from 28 to 41 and averaging 35. Beak reaches to. or slightly beyond, the coxae of the third pair of legs. Thorax and appendages.—Except for the lack of wings, similar to the alate viviparous female. Abdomev.—Cornicles and cauda similar in shape to those of the alate viviparous female except that they are longer, cornicles averaging .58 and Cauda .46, although retaining about the same relative proportions. Holotype.—Alate viviparous female; Urbana. Illinois. August 29. 1929, on Aster novae-angliae. ( H. H. Ross.) Slide No. 10242. Mnrphotypr.— Apterous viviparous female; LTrbana, Illinois. August 22, 1929, on Aster novae-angliae. (H. H. Ross). On slide with three other specimens of apterous viviparous females. Slide No. 10243. Paratppes.—Forty-nine slides of alate and apterous viviparous females, pupae and nymphs; all collected in Illinois by T. H. Frison. F. C. Hottes. H. H. Ross, and A. R. Park, on Aster novae-angliae and Aster sp. The localities and dates are as follows: Oregon (June 27), Pekin (,Iune 20), and Urbana (July 30). 192S; Ogden (May 26). and Urbana (July 1. August IS and 29). 1929. Slides Nos. 10244-10277 and others unnumbered. This species is suijgestivc of Macrosiphum cric]cronct>.^is (Thomas), from which il may be distinguished by its coni]\-irativcly shorter cornicle in relation to the third antennal segment, and by the reticulated area of the cornicle being considerably less in extent than the reticulated area of cruicroncnsis. The Plant Lke, ok Ai-hhuae, of Illinois 301 This new species congregates near the top of the flower stalks of its host plant in much the same manner as crigcroncnsis. MACROSIPHUM CARPINICOLENS Patch Macrosiphum carpinirolens Patch, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Bull. 282, December, 1919, p. 209. This species has never heen reported from Illinois ; in fact, we know of no records of its occurrence except from Maine. We have found it to be particularly ])artial to the young and tender shoots of its host, the blue ]:)each. Our determination of the apterous viviparous female of this s]5ecies has been verified by Dr. Patch, who com])ared our specimens with types. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Starved Rock State Park (July 6), 1929; Golconda (April 15) and Oakwood (May 9), 1930. Sexual forms taken at Oakwood (Oct. 17), 1929. All collected on Carpin us caroUniana. This species was originally described by Dr. I'atch from the apter- ous viviparous female only. We have included here the descriptions of several forms which to our knowledge have not before appeared in literature. Alate Viviparous Fe.male Size and general color.—Length, 1.S6. Head light brownish, thorax and abdomen pale greenish. Antennae black except first two segments and base of third, which are concolorous with head. Cornicles with basal one-furth green- ish, remaining portion black or dark brown with a greenish east. Cauda and anal plate concolorous with abdomen. Femora yellowish green with apical portion dark brown; tibiae brown with apical portions almost black; tarsi black or very dark brown. Veins of wings, especially anal and cubital veins, deep brown bordered with brownish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .51. Antennal segments with the following comparative lengths: III— 1.04; IV— 1.00; V— .86 VI— .23 plus 1.36. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 292) confined to third antennal segment, arranged in a straight row and numbering from 5 to 10; not extending beyond middle of segment. Third antennal segment with characteristic imbrications peculiar to species. Beak extending just beyond mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Stigma and fore wings quite sharply pointed. Second fork of media variable in position, in one case lacking. All veins ending in brownish suffusions. Abdomen.—Abdomen with a pair of small lateral tubercles just anterior to cornicles. Cornicles .86 long (Fig. 102), straight, a little more than apical sixth reticulated; remaining portions of cornicles imbricated. Apex of cornicle with a poorly developed flange. Cauda (Fig. 170) only slightly constricted and about .37 long, with three hairs on a side. Alate Male Size and general color.—Average length, 1.35. Color essentially the same as that of alate viviparous female. Genitalia brownish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .49. Antennal segments with the following proportions: III— .90 to .97, average .93; IV— .93 to .96, average .95; V— .71 to .86, average 78; VI— .17 to .21. average .18 plus .64 to 1.36, average 1.10. Secondary sensoria usually confined to third and fifth antennal segments, one specimen with two sensoria on fourth. The absence of sensoria on the fourth antennal segment together with (heir presence on the fifth is very unusual but apparently constant. Sensoria on third antennal segment irregularly arranged although more abundant on 302 Illinois NAiritAL Hlstoiiy Sikvkv Billkti.v one side, numbering from 38 to 47, averaging about 40; sensoria on fifth segment numbering from 17 to 21, averaging about 19; all segments im- bricated. Primary sensorium on sixth antennal segment with a group of about 6 marginal sensoria at one side. Wings similar to those of alate viviparous female. Cornicles averaging .47 in length, otherwise as in the alate viviparous female. Cauda averaging .17 long, not constricted, with about four hairs on a side. ApTERors Oviparous Fe.male Average length 1.97. Essentially the color as described for alate vivip- arous female. Average width of head across eyes. .43. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as follows: III— .67 to .80, average .75; IV— .60 to .79. average .70; V— .57 to .66, average .63; VI— .19 to .21, average .20 plus .79 to 1.00, average .90. Third antennal segment with a single secondary sensorium near base. All segments imbricated. Cornicles .56 long. Cauda .21 long. Hind femora very much swollen and witli about 300 sensoria. AiTEKois Viviparous Femalb (Fuxdatrix) Average length, 2.50. Color essentially as in alate viviparous female. except in life a much darker reddish green. Average width of head across eyes, .54 Antennal segments with the following comparative lengths: III — .69 to .81, average .75; IV— .57 to .59, average .58; V— .50 to .57, average .53; VI— .21 to .23, average .22 plus .64. Third antennal segment with a single sensorium near base, less imbricated than that of other forms. Beak reaching to middle of mesothoracic coxae. Prothorax with lateral tubercles. differing in this respect from the other forms. Cornicles .56 long; Cauda (Pig. 166) .21 long. Otherwise as in alate viviparous female. Morphuiypc.—Alate viviparous female; Slide No. 8900, Oakwood, Illinois, May 9, 1930. on Carpiniis curoliniana. collected by T. H. Frison. On slide with nymphs. Allot jipc.—Alate male; Slide No. 8470, Oakwood, Illinois, October 17, 1929, on Carpinus caroliniana. collected by Frison and Ross. Morphotypr.—Apterous oviparous female; Slide No. 8474, same data as allotype. On slide with oviparous females, ilorphotiipc.—Apterous vivip- arous female (fundatrix); Slide No. 8899, Golconda, Illinois, April 15, 1930. on Carpinus caroUnUinn. collected by Frison and Ross. MACROSIPHTM CHRYSANTHEJII (Oh^iTHXi)) Siphonoplwra chrymnthrmi Oestlund, Fourteenth Annual Report of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. 1886, p. 22. This s]K-cii.'.s has ncit l)een reported jireviniislv from Illinois. Our determination of it has heen verified by Dr. Oestlund. Solinian (l!t".iT) has given technical descrijitions of the viviparous forms. It is verv closely allied to .1/. anibrosiac (Thomas), and future liiological studies may pro\e them to be forms or varieties of the same species. The sex- ual forms considered 1)y us as this species, however, ajipear to difiVr from sexual forms of anibrosiac in havins; fewer secondary sensoria. Descriptions of the alate male and the apterous oviiiarous female of this .species are given iiere since thev have not been described elsewhere. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Eliza- bethtown (Oct. 12), 1928; Decatur (Sept. 21. Oct. 19). Jouesboro (Sept. 28), Kappa (Sept. 9). Mahomet (Sept. 4). Mt. Vernon (Sept, 27), Oakwood (Oct. 13), 1929. Sexual forms have been collected as follows: Elizabethtown (Oct. 12). Mahomet (Oct. 6), 1928; Decatur (Oct. 19), Oakwood (Oct. 13), and Urbana (Oct. 24), 1929. Both viviparous and sexual forms collected on Bideii.s sp., Bidens vulgata. Kitpaturium iirticacfnlium. Prcitaitthrs albn. and ifoliil; Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 2.70. Pure lemon-yellow in color except the following which are brownish or blackish: apices of femora and tibiae, tarsi, tip of beak, area on third segment where secondary sensoria are concentrated, remainder of antennae beginning near middle of fourth segment, cornicles, area on abdomen sur- rounding and near base of cornicles, and cauda. Head and appejidages.—Average width of head across eyes, .55. Anten- na! segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .97 to 1.42, aver- age 1.05; IV— .86 to 1.04, average .96: V— .86 to .97, average .93; VI— .20 to .24, average .21 plus 1.79 to 1.00. average 1.47. The small secondary sen- soria (Pig. 277) are restricted to the third segment and are concentrated in a small area removed from the base of the segment by a distance which is much less than one-half the length of the segment; the area free from sensoria occupies approximately the apical half of the segment. The beak extends to the coxae of the third pair of legs. Abdomenj—Apparently without lateral tubercles and lateral brownish patches lacking except for large ones around base of cornicles. Cornicles, Cauda and anal plate as in the alate viviparous female. Apterous Ovii'Auovs Fe-\iai.e Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 3.00. General color characters of the body similar to those of the apterous viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .53. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .94 to 100. aver- age .97; IV— .83 to .83, average .83; V— .84 to .86, average .85; VI— .15 to .15, average .15 plus 1.43 Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment as in the apterous viviparous female. Thorax and appendages.—Similar to apterous viviparous female except that hind tibiae, partly basal half, are considerably swollen and thickly covered with sensoria (Fig. 303). Abdomen.—Abdomen and structures found on abdomen as in apterous viviparous female. Ai.atk Male Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.43. Head, thorax, abdomen, cornicles, cauda. and legs colored as in the alate viviparous female. The antennae differ in that they are almost en- tirely dark excepting base of third segment, which is somewhat yellowish for a distance equal to the width of the second segment at its base. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .44. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows; III— .87 to .93, average .89; IV— .89 to .93, average .91; V— .81 to .91, average .87; VI— .16 to .17. average .17 plus .96 to 1.64, average 1.33. The secondary sensoria (Fig. 2S5) are arranged as follows: III— 28 to 43. average 35; IV— IS to 29. average 23; V— 10 to 19, average 14. The secondary sensoria are quite widely scattered over the surface of the third segment; on the fourth they are not confined to a row but are more numerous on one side of the segment than the other and show a slight tendency to favor the apical two-thirds of the segment; on the fifth segment they are arranged in a slightly irregular row. The beak reaches almost to the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs. T}wra.r and appendages.—Thorax and appendages similar to those of the alate viviparous female. Abdomen.—Abdomen with lateral tubercles as in the alate viviparous female. Cornicles twice the length of cauda and about one-half the length of third antennal segment, closed reticulations covering a distance equal to about one-third of the length of the cornicle. Cauda dusky brown. HoJotype.—Alate viviparous female; Jonesboro. Illinois, June 23. 1929, on Helianthus sp., (Prison and Hottes). Slide No. 10121. AUottipc.—Alate male. Decatur. Illinois, October 5, 1929. on Helianthus sp.. (Hottes). Slide No. 10122. Morpholi/pe.—Apterous viviparous female; I'rbana. Illinois, August 25, 1929, on Helianthus sp., (Prison and Hottes). Slide No. 10123. The Plaxt Lice, or ArniiDAK, oi- Illinois 311 MorpUntiipe.—Apterous oviparous female; Herod, Illinois, October 12, 1929, on HelUinthiis sp., (Prison and Hottcs). Slide No. 10124. Paratypes.—One hundred and two slides of males, oviparous females, apterous and alate viviparous females, pupae and nymphs; all collected in Illinois by T. H. Prison, F. C. Hottes, and H. H. Ross from species of wild or cultivated Hdhinthiis. The localities and dates are as follows: Herod (October 12), 1928; Decatur (September 21 and October 5), Edwardsville (September 11), Hardin (June 25), Herod (June 29), Jonesboro (June 2.3), Metropolis (September 28), Nameoki (June 25), Oakwood (July 22 and October 1:3), Oregon (July 11), Rock Island (July 7), Savanna (July 9), Starved Rock State Park (July 6), St. Joseph (August 27), Urbana (October 7 and 9), 1929. Slides Nos. 10125-10193 and others unnumbered. Also two paratypic slides from Washington, D. C, on Helianthiis tiibrrasa, and Lafayette, Indi- ana, Sept. 19, 1915, on sunflower, (J. J. Davis). This handsomely colored species was first found at Herod, Illinois, on October 12, 1928. It was again found there the following 3'ear and subsequent collecting has shown it to occur in all parts of the state on wild Hcliaiitlius sp. It is evident from our experience with this species that it almost always frequents the undersides of the lowermost and larger leaves of its host, this habit perhaps being responsible for its escaping the notice of previous investigators. Although individuals of this species are not solitary in habit, we have never found them form- ing colonies of individuals as large as those formed by the closely re- lated species of M. ambrosiae (Thomas) and M. rudheckiae (Fitch). Our collecting is sufficient, too, to demonstrate that this new species in Illinois does not have such cosmopolitan tastes as ambrosiae and rud- bcckiac. and as far as we have been able to discover, it is restricted to wild or cultivated species of Helianthus. The difference in the color of the Cauda will separate iUiui from ambrosiae and rudbeckiae ; in illini the Cauda is dark brown or black, whereas in ainbrosiae and rudbeckiae it is yellowish or pale and never dark or black. The general outlines of the life history of this species conform to those of other species of the genus Macrosiphiim in Illinois. The alate and apterous viviparous females, n_\niphs, and pupae were collected dur- ing June, Jul}', August, September, and October. The sexual forms, males and oviparous females, have been found in October only and mating pairs were collected at Oakwood on October 13, 1929. This species is named in honor of the past and present students of the University of Illinois, collectively referred to as the "Illini." The name itself comes from a tribe of valiant Indians who once inhabited the territory that is now Illinois. MACROSIPHUM ILLINI var. CRUDAE new variety Alate and Apteroits Viviparous Females Structurally identical with the typical form of ilHiii. Differs in having the basic color bright green instead of yellow. Hnloljipe.—Alate viviparous female; Decatur, Illinois, October 21, 1929, on Hrlianthuf! sp.. (F. C. Hottes). Slide No. 10200. .l/or/jftofiy/jc—Apterous viviparous female; same data as holotype. Slide No. 10201. Paratiipes.— Six slides, containing alate and apterous females; same data as holotype. Slides Nos. 4786, 10202-10205, 10718. 312 Illixois Natural Histoiiy Sikvey Billetix MACROSIPHUM ILLIXI vak. SANGAMONENSIS new variety Alate axu Apterous Viviparous Females Structurally identical with the typical form of iUini. but differing in having the basic color bright red instead of yellow. HoloUjpe.—Alate viviparous female; Decatur. Illinois, October 21, 1929, on Hclianthiis sp., ( F. C. Hottes). Slide No. 10194. Morphotijpe.—Apterous viviparous female; same data as holotype. Slide No. 10195. Paratypes.— Four slides, containing alate and apterous viviparous females and nymphs; same data as holotype. Slides Nos. 10196-10199. MACROSIPHUM IMPATIENSICOLENS Patch Macrosiphiim impatiensicolens Patch, Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, Bulletin 2S2, December, 1919, p. 210. This species has never been previously reported from Illinois. We have had considerable difficulty in separating this plant louse from spe- cies belonging to the aiiibrosiac complex, and in our key have Ijeen forced to key it out on the basis of host plant. \\"e have held it as a distinct species because specimens of our material have been determined as iiii- patiensicolcns by Dr. Patch. According to the original description and some of our material, the secondary sensoria on the third antennal seg- ment average fewer in number than in ainbrosiac. Possibly future bio- logical studies will prove that the Illinois material we are recording as iinpaticiisicolcns is the same species as ainbrosiac. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Ml. Carroll (June 25), Rock Island (June 24), Starved Rock State Park (June 12, 13), 1928; Jonesboro (June 23), Starved Rock State Park (Aug. 14, Sept. 10), 1929. Specimens collected on Impaticns sp. MACROSIPHUM KICKAPOO new species Alate VniPARois Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.91. Head and thorax chiefly light greenish brown; anterior margin of head, areas around ocelli, and dorsum of meso- and metathorax darkest: ventral areas of head and prothorax lightest, translucent greyish. Dorsum of abdomen pellucid green, with three or four lateral light dusky brown patches anterior to cornicles; base of cornicles surrounded by a narrow whitish ring which in turn is surrounded by a dusky brown area, the two areas connected posteriorly by a transverse dusky band; posterior to this are two transverse dusky bands, the anterior band broad, the posterior band narrow and shorter. Cornicles pellucid greenish brown; cauda and anal plate light yel- lowish brown. First and second antennal segments coucolorous with head; remaining antennal segments uniformly dusky brown except extreme base of third segment, which is lighter in color. Eyes reddish black. Coxae cou- colorous with thorax; trochanters and basal halves of fore femora yellowish, remainder of fore femora shading gradually to blackish brown; femora of middle and hind legs with only their extreme basal portions yellowish, re- maining portions blackish brown; tibiae darkest at the knees, then gradually shading to dusky yellowish at about the middle and continuing this color to within a distance from the apex equal to the length of the tarsi, this short apical portion dark brownish; tarsi dark brown, first segment lighter than second. Fore wing with stigma light yelUnvish; veins of wings dark brown, anal and cubital veins much the stoutest and darkest and lightly bordered with brownish; posterior margin of wing where it m^ets anal vein suffused with brownish. Beak luteous with the exception of the extreme tip of the last segment which is dark brown. The Pi.axt Lice, oit AriuiDAE, oi Illinois 313 Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .50. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .66 to .73, average .70; IV— .50 to .60, average .56; V— .53 to .64; average .58; VI— .16 to .19, average .17 plus .97 to 1.00, average .99. The secondary sensoria (Fig. 294) are entirely or almost all restricted to the third antennal segment, distri- buted about in a straight row and almost the entire length of the segment beginning at a distance from the base about equal to the length of the second antennal segment and ending very near the end of the segment; occasionally a secondary sensorium on the fourth segment; sensoria large, numbering from 16 to 20 and with an average of IS. The beak is short, failing to reach the coxae of the mesothoracic pair of legs. Thorax and appendages.—Stigma of fore wing quite narrow and sharply pointed; second fork of media usually closer to the margin of the wing than it is to the first fork, but in a few specimens the reverse is true. The hind tarsi, exclusive of claws, are not quite equal to the length of the cauda. Abdomen.—Cornicles (Fig. 109 1 with sides straight and tapering but slightly to the apex which is without a rim; apical one-fourth covered with closed reticulation, remaining portion strongly imbricated; in length they are a little more than twice the length of the hind tarsi exclusive of claws and average about .29. Cauda (Fig. 172) short, stout, non-constricted, about equal to the base of the sixth antennal segment in length or an average length of .18 with four pairs of hairs on a side. Apterous Vivipakou.s Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.90. Entire body and appendages pellucid whitish green except the follow- ing parts: sixth antennal segment, tarsi, extreme tip of beak and reticulated apical portion of cornicles, all dusky brown; eyes dark reddish-black. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .47. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .64 to .79, average .72; IV— .39 to .50. average .44; V— .41 to .51, average .48; VI— .14 to .16, average .14 plus .81 to 1.00, average .88. Secondary sensoria limited to the third antennal segment, never farther removed from the base of the segment than one-half the length of the cornicles; numbering from one to three, two being the more common number. The beak may reach as tar as the coxae of the nietathoracic pair of legs but generally extends just to the meso- thoracic pair of coxae or slightly beyond. Thorax and appendages.—The hind tarsi are a little shorter than one- half the length of the cornicles, or subequal to the length of the base of the sixth antennal segment. Abdomen.—Cauda similar to that of alate viviparous female except it has three hairs on a side. Cornicles and anal plate similar to the same structures of the alate viviparous female. Apteuous Oviparous Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.11. This form in color and markings is practically identical with the apterous viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .46. Antennal segments with the following proportions: III— .61 to .66, average .64; IV — .41 to .51, average .46; V— .44 to .50, average .47; VI— .13 to .14, average .14 plus .77 to .90, average .83. Other characters as in apterous viviparous females. Thorax and appendages.—Posterior tibiae but slightly swollen with num- erous sensoria on basal half which are difficult to count owing to clearness of legs. Otherwise as in apterous viviparous female. Abdomen.—Similar to the apterous viviparous female, with the exception of apical modifications and cauda which is much shorter and stouter. Alate Male Size and general color.—Average width of head across eyes, .49. Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.35. Color and markings almost 314 Illinois Natural Histouy Sirvev Bvlletix identical with the alate viviparous female, differing only in that the lateral spots on the abdomen are more nearly confluent and that there is less brown on the posterior region of the abdomen since the white extends farther back on the dorsum than the base of the cornicles. Head and appendages.—Antennal segments with the following compara- tive lengths: III— ,43 to ,71, average ,59; IV— ,33 to ,.50. average ,43; V— ,36 to ,54, average .45; VI— ,11 to ,14, average ,12 plus ,69 to 1.01, average ,88. Secondary sensoria found on third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments; varying greatly in size, those on fourth and fifth segments being uniformly small while those on third segment vary from large to small, the smaller sensoria outnumbering the large ones on third segment, Sensoria are distributed as follows: III— 26 to 35, generally more than 30; IV— 7 to 11; V— 7 to 16, generally more than 9, On the fourth and fifth segments the sensoria are nearly in a straight line; on the third segment they are scattered although confined largely to one side of the segment and often quite crowded and close together. Thorax and appendages.—Similar to alate viviparous female. Abdomen.—Essentially as in alate viviparous female, Male genitalia dark dusky brown, Holotype.—Alate viviparous female; Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, August 14, 1929, on Polijgonatiim sp,. (Prison and Hottes). Slide No. 10313. Allotype.—Alate male; Same data as for holotype. Slide No, 10314, Horpho- type.—Apterous viviparous female; Same data as for holotype. On slide with two other apterous viviparous females. Slide No, 10315, Morphotype.— Apterous oviparous female; Starved Rock State Park. Illinois. September 10, 1929, on Polygonatum. sp,, (Prison and Ross), On slide with male and two other oviparous females. Slide No, 10316, Paratypes.—Twenty-eight slides of males, oviparous females, apterous and alate viviparous females, nymphs and pupae; collected on Polygonatum sp, by T, H, Prison, P, C, Hottes, and H, H. Ross, at Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, on August 14 and Septem- ber 10, 1929, and May 13, 1930, and Seymour, Illinois, June 20, 1930, Slides Nos, 10317-10337 and others unnumbered. This small Macrosiphuui is not closely related to any of the pre- viously described members of this genus. It is. however, closely allied to M. sanguimvium described as new in this paper. It differs from the latter species in the color of the abdomen, cornicles, and legs, and the alate viviparous females may be separated by the more numerous sec- ondary sensoria on the third antennal segment. The light coloration of this new species makes it easily detected on the lower sides of the green leaves of its host plant, MACROSIPHUM LAEVIGATAS Essig Macrosiphum laevigatae Essig, Pomona College Journal of Entomology, Vol, III, May, 1911, p. 548. This pale yellowish green species, heretofore recorded only from California and Maine, was taken bv us on the tender shoots of a species of Sali.v at Starved Rock State Park. July 6, 192!), Swain (1919) and Soliman (1927) have used the specific name of califoniica (Clarke) for this species, but the antennal measurements do not agree with the orig- inal description of Clarke (1903), The sexual forms are unknown. MACROSIPHUM LIRIODENDRI (Monfxl) Siphonophora liriodendri Monell, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol, V, No, 1, Art, 1, January 22, 1879, p, 20, The Plant Lice, or Aphitdae, ok Illinois 315 Davis (1909b) first reported this species from Illinois. It is very abundant on the undersides of the leaves of the tulip tree in all parts of the state. Good technical descriptions of all forms are given by Davis ( 1!M)<)1)). The red color phase of this aphid was named nifa by Monell. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Cham- paign (June 26), Urbana (June 21, 24), 1886; Urbana (July 2), 1891; Cham- paign (.July 30), 1894; Herod (Oct. 12), Urbana (Oct. 15, 23), 1928; Bloom- ington (July 5), Cairo (June 22), Decatur (June 12), Elizabethtown (June 20), Grayville (June 19), Jonesboro (Sept. 26), Metropolis (Sept. 28), Richmond (July 12), and Woodriver (June 25), 1929. Sexual forms have been collected as follows: Decatur (Oct. 20), Herod (Oct. 12), Urbana (Oct. 15), 1928; and Urbana (Oct. 9), 1929. All specimens collected on Lirioden- dron TuUpifera. MACROSIPHUM LUDOVICIANAE (Oestlunu) Siphonophora hiflovicianae Oestlund, Fourteenth Annual Report of the State Geologist of Minnesota, March, 1886, p. 23. This species has not previously been reported from Illinois. We have found it present in almost every patch of wormwood examined. It shows a decided preference for the terminal portions of the plant. The sexual forms are unknown. The viviparous forms are best de- scribed by Soliman (19"3T). Specimens of our material have been de- termined by Professor Oestlund as this species (actual types lost). Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Benton (Sept. 26), Champaign (Aug. 13), Erie (July 9), Herod (Sept. 27), LeRoy (Aug. 14), Mattoon (Sept. 10), Rock Island (July 7), Urbana (Aug. 5), Vandalia (Sept. 28), Witt (Sept. 10), 1929; Metropolis (April 17), 1930. All specimens collected on Artemisia sp. MACROSIPHUM PALLENS new species Alate Vrlparous Female Size and general color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.89. Head, thorax and abdomen a pale yellow-green, except for small brownish areas immediately surrounding ocelli. Cornicles concolorous with abdomen for a little over one-half their length, apical half light fuscous; Cauda and anal plate concolorous with abdomen. First antennal segment concolorous with the head except inner apical margin somewhat brownish, second and base of third segment for a distance equal length of second segment pale yellowish, remainder of antennae dark brownish. Coxae, trochanters, and basal half of femora concolorous with abdomen; apical portion of femora and remainder of legs brownish, particularly apices of femora, tibiae, and all of tarsi. Beak, except for brownish tip, concolorous with head. Stigma of fore wings delicately fuscous, veins light brown, posterior margin of wing brownish near junction with anal vein. Head and appendatirs.—Average width of head across eyes, .47. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .90; IV— .87; V— .91; VI— .23 plus- 1.43. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 289) limited to the third antennal segment, small, arranged in a straight row and extending along the entire length of the segment, numbering from 12 to 15. Hairs on the antennae exceedingly fine and short, arising from conspicuous translucent areas, and might easily be overlooked were it not for these areas. Primary sensorium on the sixth antennal segment appareiuly without marginal sensoria. Beak just failing to reach to the coxae of the metathoracic pair of legs. 316 Illinois Natural History Survey Buli.etix Thorax and appendages.—Fore wing with the second fork of media closer to the margin of the wing than to the first fork. Medial and cubital veins failing to reach the margin of the wing. Abdomen.—Cornicles (Pig. 112) long, tapering very gradually from base to apex; with three or four rows of closed reticulations at apex followed by faint imbrications; well-developed flange at apex; about one-half as long as terminal filament of sixth antenna] segment and twice as long as Cauda, measuring .61 in length. Cauda (Pig. 175) distinctly constricted near mid- dle, measuring .29 in length, with three hairs on each side. Anal plate normal for genus. Apterous Vivip-4.rous Femaix Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 2.40. Entire body except appendages an immaculate light green. Cornicles. Cauda, and anal plate lighter in color than the abdomen; cornicles with the extreme apex faintly fuscous. Pirst and second antenna] segments, and base of third segment to point where the sensoria begin, concolorous with the head; remainder of tliird and following antennal segments yeliowisli brown. with apical portions of each segment and the portion of the sixth segment around the primary sensorium somewhat darker. Coxae, trochanters, and basal half of femora essentially concolorous with the body, remainder of femora darker towards apex; tibiae light brownish except apices, which are concolorous with the dark brownish tarsi. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .50. Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .80 to .99. average .89; IV— .80 to .93, average .88; V— .64 to .74, average .71; VI— .20 to .26, average .23 plus .93 to 1.39, average 1.21. Secondary sensoria small, ar- ranged in a straight row and confined to about the basal one-third of the segment; varying from three to tour in number, four being the more com- mon number. Beak similar to that of the alate viviparous female. Abdomen.—Cornicles similar to those of the alate viviparous female and averaging .73 in length. Cauda less constricted than in the alate vivip- arous female, with from three to four hairs on a side, averaging .38 in length. Holotype.—Alate viviparous female; Galena. Illinois, .luly 10. 1929. on miphium integrifoliiim. (Prison and Hottes). Slide No. 10206. ilorphotijpe. —Apterous viviparous female; Galena. Illinois, July 10, 1929, on Silphium integrifoUum. (Prison and Hottes). On slide witli two apterous viviparous females and two nymphs. Slide No. 10207. Paratiipes.—Four slides of alate and apterous viviparous females, nymphs and pupae. Galena. Illinois. July 10. 1929. on Silphium integrifoUum. (Prison and Hottes). and Danville. Illinois. July 15, 1928, on Ambrosia trifida. (Hottes, Ross, and Park). Slides Nos. 10208-10211. Motinted specimens of this species have a superficial resemblance to a ntimber of green-colored species of Macrosil''l!iii)i. Tliis new species is very closely allied to M. pclargonii (Kalt.). but is disting- uished by its pale whitish-green color in life, and by having the third. fourth, and fifth antennal segments subetiual. It is also allied struc- turally to M. shranki Theobald, from which it may be distinguished by having fewer secondary sensoria on the third antennal segment, and the sensoria being in a row. The absence of marginal sensoria on the sixth antennal segment, the absence of marginal spots on the abdomen of the alate viviparous females, and the luore tmiformly green body in general and the brownish tibiae, are further differential characters. This .species may be distinguished at once from M. (/ci (Koch) and />i.s'i (Kalt.) by the poorly reticulated cornicles and the constricted cauda. The specimens were found .scattered here and there on the lower surfaces of the bro.-ul leaves of their host plant. The Plant Lice, oh ArmiDAE, ok Illinois 317 MACROSIPHUM PISI (Kai.tenhaih) Pigs. 36, 37, ISl A/Jhis pi.ii Kaltenbacli. Monographie der Familien der Pflanzenlause, Aachen. 1843, p. 23. The cosmopolitan jica aphid (Figs. 36 and 37) is one of the com- monest and most widely distributed aphids in Illinois. Since it is often a serious pest of peas, clovers, and other legumes, it has received much attention from economic entomologists. This species was tirst recorded from Illinois (Carbondale) by Thomas (ISTi)). Fig. 36. (Left) Apterous viviparous female of tlie pea apliid, Macrosiphum pisi (Kaltenbach). (After Folsom: 111. Ent. Rep. 25.) Fig. 37. (Right) Alate viviparous female of the pea aphid, Macro- siphum pisi (Kaltenbach). (After Folsom: 111. Ent. Rep. 25.) Davis (I'.n")) and Theobald (ID'^li) have given very complete descriptions of all forms of this plant louse and much information con- cerning its biology. The article by Folsom (]!)09) contains data relat- ing to the life history of the pea aphid in Illinois and an especially good discussion of its natural enemies. The following summarized statement of the life history of this species is cjuoted from Davis : "The life history of the pea aphis is quite simple, for it does not have a true alternate host like some species of plant-lice As has been noted, it attacks leguminous plants primarily, some of which are annuals, others perennials. Clovers, particularly red and crimson clovers, serve as hosts for this insect the entire year, and it is on these plants that it usually passes the winter, either as eggs or as viviparous females, although during the summer months the migrants also pass to other leguminous crops, such as sweet pea, garden and field peas, and vetches, and on these they multiply very rapidly, oftentimes destroying large acreages. In the latitude of LaFayette. Ind.. the species winters both as living viviparous females, usual- ly wingless, and as eggs. Farther north it may winter exclusively in the egg stage, although our observations are not complete on this point, while farther south, in the latitude of Tennessee, the sexual forms which lay the overwintering eggs are rare, the insect ordinarily passing the winter as living plant-lice, both wingless and winged forms being able to withstand the lower temperatures in that latitude. Still farther south we know only the viviparous females and our observations lead us to believe that the species may reproduce viviparously indefinitely in localities where the winters are quite mild." 318 Illinois Natural History Sirvey Buuetix Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Harvey (Sept. 15), 1907; Albion (May 26), Antioch (June 15), Bement (July ITl. Cairo (June 2), Carbontlale (June 4), Champaign (July 9), Elizabethtown (May 31), Galena (June 25), Havana (June 21, 22), Herod (May 29). Jack- sonville (May 11), Kankakee (June 24), JIarshall (May 25). Metropolis (June 1), Mounds (June 2), Mt. Carmel (May 26). Muncie (Oct. 6), Oak- wood (May 21), Oregon (June 29), Pekin (June 20), Quincy (June 7), Rock Island (June 23). Shawneetown (May 27), Starved Rock State Park (June 13), Urbana (May 29), 192S; Cairo (June 22), Edwardsville (Sept. 11). Elizabethtown (June 20), Farmer City (July 5). Galena (July 10), Gray- ville (June 19), Hardin (June 25), Homer (June 17), Kansas (June 17), Olney (June 18), Oregon (June 11), Orleans (April 15). Richmond (July 12), Seymour (June 13), Springfield (May 2). and Urbana (July 22). 1929. Specimens collected on Carex sp., Celastrus sp., Lathyrus sp., Medicago sativa. Melilotus alba, MeUlotus officinalis. Pisum sativum. Polygonum Muh- lenhergii. Solanum dulcamara. TrifoHum pratense, Trifolium procumbens. Ti'ifolium repens, Trifolium sp., and Vicia sp. MACROSIPHUM PSEUDOROSAE Patch Macrosiphum pseudorosae Patch, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 282, December, 1919, p. 206. Although Macrosiphuin pseudorosae has not previously been re- ported from Illinois, it is widely distributed throughout the state. Xo doubt it has been confused with the related M. get (Koch). Ncctaro- phora pallida Oestlund ( 1S87 ) may be this species, btit if so the name is preoccupied by pallida (Walker) and hence is not available. Like M. gci, this aphid has pink and green forms. The sexual forms have not as yet been described. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Havana (June 21), Herod (May 31), Kankakee (July 15), Starved Rock State Park (June 12), 192S; Decatur (Sept. 21), Herod (Sept. 27), Kappa (Sept. 9), Mahomet (Aug. 7. 17), Oakwood (Aug. 4, Oct. 17). Rock Island (July 7), Starved Rock State Park (Sept. 10), 1929; Grand Detour (May 16), Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. Specimens collected on Aruncus sylvrstcr. Gaura biennis. Gaura sp., Geum canadense, Impaticns. Oenothera biennis. Potentilla sp., and Rosa sp. MACROSIPHUM PTERICOLENS Paicu Macrosiphum ptericolcns Patch. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 282, December, 1919, p. 210. This species has never been recorded outside of Maine. We have found apterous vivi]iarous females at Galena, July T), I!)".?!), on the fronds of Aspleniiiin J'ili.v-fciniiia. which we take to be this species It was originally described from alate viviparous females. Dr. Patch has seen specimens of om^ material and writes they "are probably this species." MACROSIPHUJI PURPURASCENS (Oestlixd) Nectaroplwra purpurascen.i Oestlund, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, Bulletin No. 4, 1887, p. 81. This sjiecies has not jireviously been reported from Illinois. It has the peculiar habit of producing the sexual forms early in the year and later in the season it is to be found in the egg stage only. It is a The Plant Lice, ok Aphiidae, of Illinois 319 leaf feeding species frequenting meadow rue. The male and ovijjaroiis forms of this species have never been described, and their descriptions are presented here. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Galena (.lune 25), Herod (May 29), Oakwood (May 12, 21), Oregon (June 28), Quincy (June 6, 16), Starved Rock State Park (June 13), 1928; Urbana (June 1), 1929; Oakwood (May 9), 1930. Sexual forms were collected at Quincy (June 16), 1928, and at Urbana (June 1), 1929. All specimens col- lected on Thalictrum sp. Alate M.vle Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.35. Color essentially similar to that of alate viviparous female, Comparative lengths of anten- nal segments as follows: III— .71 to .83, average .77; IV— .53 to .56, aver- age .55; V— .43; VI— .14 plus .83. Secondary sensoria distributed as fol- lows: III— 94, IV— 41, V— 23; sensoria on third and fourth segments covering entire segment, those on fifth segment confined largely to one side of the segment. Cornicles .37 long, cauda .14 long, both structures similar in shape to those of the alate viviparous female. Genitalia dark brown. Apterous Oviparous Female Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.74. General color essentially similar to that of apterous viviparous female. Average width of head across eyes, .50. Comparative lengths of antennal segments as fol- lows: III— .51 to .63, average .56; IV— .30 to .53, average .40; V— .29 to .34, average .31; VI— .11 to .14, average .12 plus .44 to .50, average .47. Sec- ondary sensoria confined to third antennal segment, numbering 9 to 16, averaging 12. Cornicles .58 long, cauda .27, not constricted. Hind tibiae with the basal two-thirds swollen and with about 65 sensoria Allot!/i)e.—Alate male; Slide No. 6542, Urbana, Illinois, June 1, 1929, on Tlialivtrum sp., (T. H. Frison). On slide with oviparous females and nymphs. Morplwtyije.—Apterous oviparous female; Slide No. 5109, Quincy, Illinois, June 16, 1928, on Thalictrum sp., (Frison and Hottes ) . On slide with alate viviparous female, oviparous females and nymphs. MACROSIPHUM RIBIELLUM Davis Mucrosii)liii»i ribicUum Davis, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. LI, No. 10, Oct., 1919, p. 231. The ornamental currant aphid is common and generally distri- buted throughout Illinois. It was first reported from Illinois ( Chi- cago) by Davis (lU09b) under the name of M. cytwsbati (Oestlund), which was a misidentification. All forms of this plant louse have been well described by Davis (1909b, 1919). Quaintance and Baker (191?) have briefly chronicled the seasonal history as follows : "This species usually occurs on the ornamental currants. The eggs hatch in the spring and numerous generations of wingless forms are pro- duced. By August these are present in large numbers on the tender ter- minal twigs and to a less extent on the undersides of the leaves. Winged forms appear in September or earlier and ants are found attending the in- sects. Early in October the orange, wingless, egg-laying females may be found mating with the winged males and the eggs are laid shortly after- ward." A cotypic slide (No 4535) of this species has been deposited in the Sur- vey collection through the kindness of Professor J. J. Davis. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Urbana (July 26, Aug. 2), 1928; Chicago (July 14), El Paso (July 5), Galena (July 10), Lawrenceville (June 18), .Macomb (May 4), Rock Island (July 9), and Woodriver (June 25), 1929. Sexual forms were taken at Urbana (Nov. 5), 1929. All collected on Ribcs odoratum and Ribes sp. 320 Illinois Xatikal History Sirvkv Billktin MACROSIPHUM ROSAE (Lixnaeis) Ai)his rosae Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Editio Decima, 1758, p. 452. The rose aphid has been doubtedly recorded b)- Thomas (1879) from IlHnois and positively so by Davis (1911b). It is common and generally distributed throughout the state both out of doors and in greenhouses on wild and cultivated roses. Patch (1J>1!>) states that it is "not known to migrate and does maintain a continuous residence upon the rose." Theobald ( 1926). however, lists a few other plants as hosts of this species. This spe- cies has pink and green varieties in common with M. ijci and M. psciidarosac. It is partial to the tender shoots and leaves of the rose. Good descriptions of all forms are gi\en by Theobald ( ]il5(5) and of the viviparous forms bv Essig (1911b) and Soliman (lii^V). Data associated with our vivipar- ous specimens are as follows: Car- bondale (June 4), Galena (June 27). Kankakee (June 29). Marshall (May 25), Oregon (June 28). Pekln (June 20), Quincy (June 6). Rock Island (June 231. St. Joseph (June 17). Urbana (May 23, Oct. 1M92S: Casey (June 17), Chrisman i June 6), Ed- wardsville (Sept. 11), Granite City (June 25), Homer (June 17). Starved Rock State Park (July CK I'rbana (Xov. 5). Witt (Sept. 10). 1929; Edgebrook. in greenhouse i Feb. 2S), and Oregon (May 16). 1930. Ovipar- ous females were collected at Ur- bana (Xov. 5), 1929. All collected on Ko.s'fl sp. MACROSIPHUM RUDBECKIAE (FlTlH ) Pu!. 38 Aphix rudbcrkiar Fitch. Fourth An- nual Report of the Regents of the University, on the Condi- tion of the State Cabinet of Natural History. State of New York, January 14, 1851, p. 86. This large vermillion aphid ( I'ig. 3S) is very common and wides])reaic slide. This slide has associated with it the following data: "9919 liotiglitoiiciisis Troop. On gooseberry, LaFayette, Ind., May 20, 190o. J. Troop." Good technical descriptions of all forms of this aphid arc given by Baker (1919). DeLong and Mathewson (19"25) have studied its de- velopment in relation to temperature and humidity and have come to the conclusion that these factors seem to have a definite effect upon the length of specific generations. According to DeLong and Jones (192(i), a strain of plant resistant to attack offers the greatest promise as a method of control. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Havana (June 21). Kankakee (June 29), Oregon (June 27). Pekin (June 20). Rock Island (June 23), 1928; Homer (June 29). 1929; Rock Island (June 3), 1930. All collected on Ribea Grofi.siilaria and Rihcf: sp. MYZUS LACTUCAE (Schraxk) Aphis lactucac Schrank, Fauna Boica. Vol. II. No. 1233, ISOl, p. 120. This species may ha\e been recortled from Carbondalc, Illinois, by Thomas (1879) under the name of "Sif'liniiof'liora lactiwac Linn.?" but his identification is questionaljle. The Davis record (1910) of Macro- sipJntm lactucac Schrank from cultivated lettuce in greenhouses in Illi- nois is this species. Through the kindness of Professor Davis, we were permitted to studv the material upon which his record was based and to incorporate a slide mount in the Survey collection. Theoliald (19-2(;) shows that this species migrates from its over- wintering host, Rihcs. to such jilants as lettuce and endive to spend the The Plant Lice, oh Aphudae, of Illinois 339 suninicr iiKniths. Tuchnical descriptions of the adults are given among others by Davis (lUlO) and Theobald (VJ-Hi). Data associated with the viviparous specimens collected by J. J. Davis are as follows: Chicago (April 23. May 2 1, Niles Center (Nov. 2), 1908; Chicago (Dec. 1). 1910. All specimens collected on lettuce (Lactuca) in greenhouses or on celery (Apiinii sp.) out of doors. MYZUS MONARDAE (Williams) Fig. 86 Phorodon nionaidac Williams, University Studies, University of Nebraska, Vol. X. No. 2, March. 1911, p. 89. Rlioixilosiphum inonardac Williams (Davis), University Studies, University of Nebraska, Vol. XI, No. 3. July, 1911, p. 36. This species has not been previously recorded from Illinois. We have followed Davis (l!)llc) in giving Williams credit for the species, although Davis was the first to give a technical description of it. It tightly twists and curls the leaves of its host and is often associated with Aphis monaniac Oestlund. The sexual forms are unknown. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Carbon- dale (June 4). Champaign (July 15). Kankakee (June 28, July 15), Pekin (June 20), Rock Island (June 23), 1928: Flora (June 18), Pleasant Plains (May 2), Savanna (July 9), Wayonet (July 6), 1929. Collected on Monarda fistiilosa and Monarda sp. MYZUS PERSICAE (Silzek) Fig. 91 Aphis persicar Sulzer. Abgekiirzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Lin- neischen System. Winterthur, H. Steiner u. Co., II 2, 1776, p. 105. The green peach aphid feeds upon a great variety of food plants and is widely distributed throughout the world. It is a potential enemy of considerable economic importance, attacking truck crops, garden flowers, various plants grown in greenhouses, as well as peach trees. Thomas (liSTD) mentions Myziis pcrsicuc in such a way that it seems certain his record applies to Illinois specimens, though no definite local- ity is mentioned. The cotypes of Rhopalosiphuui lulipac Thomas ( Slide Xo. 7(jo7j, from Sauk Citv. Wisconsin, are this s])ecies, as Davis ( lit 10) has stated. It is not possible to review here the man)' papers that have been jmblished concerning the control and destructiveness of the green peach aphid. The pa])er of W'eed (1!I5?) is interesting from biological con- siderations because it demonstrates so well the marked responses of aphids to changes in temperature and huniiditw .\ltliough this species is definitely known to migrate from peach, [ilum, and other woody plants ( winter hosts) to a great variety of summer hosts, it does produce sex- ual forms in greenhouses and on some plants commonly referred to as its summer hosts. Good technical descrijitions of all forms are to be found in the jmblications of Gillette ( IliOSb) and Theobald ( 1926). It is a variable si)ecies in color and certain structural characters. The 340 Illinois Natikal History Sirvky Biixetix difference in the cylindrical cornicles of the spring migrant on peach and the somewhat swollen cornicles of the return migrants is rather unusual. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Urbana (Aug. 21), 1S85; Urbana (June 20), 189S; Cairo (June 3), Carbondale (May 17, June 4), Champaign (May 23. June 19), Chicago (June 14), Decatur (Sept. IS), DesPlaines (May 20. Aug. 16, Sept. 19, Dec. IS), Herod (Oct. 12), Kankakee (June 29), Quincy (June 6), Shawneetown (May 27), Urbana (May 24, June 4, 6, July 10, IS, Sept. 26, Oct. 1, 19, Dec. 5), 1928; Batchtown (June 25), Catlin (May 17), C'ollinsville (Sept. 11), DesPlaines (Feb. 9), Eflingham (June IS), Grayville (June 19), Kansas (June 17), Kappa (Oct. 3), Macomb (May 4), Melrose Park (Oct. 14), Oregon (July 12), Seymour (Oct. 16), Springfield (May 2), Urbana (May 11, 14. June 4, 21, July 24. Nov. 11, Oct. 9, 15, 21) 1929; Allendale (Oct. S), Effingham (Nov. 13), Flora (Nov. 13), Urbana (Oct. 4, 13, 20), 1930. Collected on the following plants: Apium. Aquilegia canadensis. Arctium sp., Asclepias sp.. Beta vulgaris. Brassica oleracea. Brassica rapa. Brassica sp.. Capsicum dulce. Catalpa speciosa. Con- volvulus sp., Cyclamen sp., Dianthus sp.. Helianthus sp., Ipomoea maxima. Ligustrum vulgare. Lycopcrsicon esculentum. Marsilea guadrifolia. Mimulus sp., Myosotis, Philadelphus coronarius. Piqueria trinervia. Portulaca oleracea, Prunus avium. Prunus Persica (L.) Stokes, Prunus serotina. Radicula Arm^o- racia. Raphanus sativus. Ribcs aureum. Salvia leucantha. Saxifraga splend- etis, Setaria viridis, Solanum inelongena. Solatium tuberosum, Spinacea olivacea, Ve7~bena sp., and Viola tricolor. Sexual forms collected as follows: Seymour (Oct. 16), Urbana (Oct. 21), 1929; Effingham (Nov. 13), Flora (Nov. 13), and Urbana (Oct. 13-20), 1930. Collected on Ribcs sp., Prunus avium. Prunus domestica. Prunus sero- tina. and Rosa sp. MYZUS PLANTAGINEUS Passerini Myzus plantagineus Passerini, Gil Afldi, 1S60. p. 35. This species was redescribed and first recorded from Xorth America by Davis (1910), who collected it on plantain at Urbana, LeRoy, and Aurora, Illinois. It has the habit of feeding near the base of the leaves at the crown of the plant and causes the leaves to crinkle and be- come distorted. Often the colonies are pai-tially covered by "tents" of soil and bits of trash made by ants. The sexual forms have not been described. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Rock Island (July 7), 1929; Rock Island (June 3), 1930. All collected on Plant- ago sp. MYZUS POROSUS Sanderson- Fig. 129 My:tus porosus Sanderson, Twelfth Annual Report of the Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station, 1901, p. 205. Because this species has been so rarely mentioned in literature since its description from material collected on strawberry, the writers almost made the mistake of describing as a new species the Illinois material from rose listed below. The fact that our material is Myctis porosus Sanderson has been substantiated by a study of cotypic specimens of porosus. kindly loaned to tis by the United States National Museum. Since the original dcscri]ition of this little known s]iecies is very brief, detailed descri]itions are presented here. The Plant Lice, oit Aphiidae, ok Illinois 341 Miss Patch ( 1!)14 ) lias figured the antennae of male and (jviparous female specimens collected on Fragaria which she considers to be this species. It should l)e noted that her drawing shows a lack of secondary sensoria on the antennae of o\iparous forms, whereas they average about four in number in the specimens from rose which we consider as porosiis. The original description of the oviparous female, as well as cotvjiic specimens, reveal a condition similar to that stated in our description. Likewise, the males which we consider to be f^orostts have more sensoria than those considered as this species by Miss Patch. \'ariati()n may be responsible for these discrepancies, or we may be dealing with different forms. Alate Vivipauou.s Fejiale Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.73 mm. Prothorax and metathorax pale brownish-green; head and espec- ially mesothorax brown, polished; abdomen, including anal plate, green. Cornicles translucent whitish-green, cauda chalky whitish-green. Eyes red- dish-brown. Antennae with first two segments and extreme base of third slightly darker than head, remaining portion black. Coxae, trochanters, and basal two-thirds of femora translucent yellowish green; apical third of femora black; tibiae light brown, with a band at apex equal to about twice length of tarsi, black; tarsi black. Stigma and costa yellowish brown; veins and margin of front wing in vicinity of anal vein, black; anal vein and cubitus slightly margined with black. Beak with basal segment concolorous with head, second segment light brown and apex blackish. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .43. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .53 to .89, average .56; IV— .43 to .54, average .4S; V— .36 to .46, average .42; VI— .11 to .17, average .13 plus .53 to .66. average .60. Secondary sensoria usually confined to segments three and four, but occasionally the fifth segment has a sen- sorium; arranged in straight rows; numbering from 14 to 21 and averaging 17 on third segment and from 7 to S on fourth segment. Beak extending to the mesothoracic coxae. Thora.r and appendages.—Stigma of fore wings long, narrow and pointed at apex; second fork of media closer to margin of wing than to first fork. Abdomen.—Certain specimens show evidences of tubercles, but either these tubercles are not always present or they are so poorly developed that only specimens in certain positions show them. Cornicles (Fig. 129) mod- erately long, straight; base not greatly wider than apex; with a poorly de- veloped lim ; about equal in length to twice the length of cauda, ranging in length from .43 to .64 and with an average of .56; not reticulated but imbricated especially at apices. Cauda slightly constricted a little beyond the tip of anal plate, with from one to three hairs on a side, ranging from .23 to .33 and averaging .29 in length. Anal plate rounded at a point to the apex. Ai'TKiiois Vivn'ARors Female (Viugoce.ma) Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.S4 mm. Head, including first two segments of antennae and base of third, pale greenish brown. Thorax and abdomen green, prothorax shading into the greenish brown of the head. Antennae with segments three, four, and five yellowish-brown with a narrow black ring at ai)ex: sixth segment en- tirely black. Eyes, legs, cornicles, and cauda as in alate viviparous female. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes, .44. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .61 to .71, average .65; IV— .41 to .51, average .45; V— .29 to .40, average .38; VI— .10 to .13, average .12 plus .46 to .53, average .51. Secondary sensoria confined to third antennal segment, almost in a straight line, varying in number from 7 to 10. Thi/ra.r and abdomen.—Except for lack of wings similar to alate vivi- parous female. Cornicles varying from .54 to .71 and averaging .62 in length, Cauda varying from ,29 to .33 and averaging .30 in length. 342 Ii.i.iNois Natikai. History Sukvky Bii.i.ktin Apterous OviPARors Female Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.85. Head light yellowish green, remainder of body a slightly deeper shade of green. Cornicles, cauda. and anal plate yellowish green with a slight brownish stain, cornicles particularly dusky toward apices. Basal portion of antennae concolorous with head, remaining portion gradually shading to brown. Coxae, trochanters, and basal halves of femora concolorous with body; dorsal apical portions of femora brown: fore and middle tibiae yellow- ish green except for brown apices; hind tibiae with swollen portion and apices brown; all tarsi brown. Beak concolorous with head and body ex- cept that apex is brown. Head and appendages.—Average width of head across eyes. .44. Anten- nal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .47 to .54. average .51; IV— .34 to .40, average .37; V— .29 to .31, average .30; VI— .10 to .11. average .11 plus .43 to .47. average .35 Secondary sensoria restricted to the basal half of the third antennal segment, ranging in number from 2 to 5 and averaging about 4, arranged in a straight row Beak extending to posterior margins of mesothoracic coxae. Antennal tubercle well developed. Thora.r and appendages.—T:biae of hind legs considerably swollen where sensoria occur, sensoria numerous. 123 counted on one tibia. Abdomen and appendages.—Cornicles averaging .62 in length, similar to those of alate viviparous female, not distinctly imbricated. Cauda con- stricted near middle, with from two to three hairs on a side, averaging .30 in length. Anal plate narrow. Ai.ATE Male Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate. 1.28. Head and thorax dark greenish brown, abdomen green with lateral and posterior brownish markings. Cornicles, cauda, anal plate, and claspers brownish, particularly claspers. Antennae dark brown, extreme base of third segment lightest. Coxae, trochanters, and bases of femora yellowish green; tibiae with basal and apical portions brown, middle area lighter; tarsi brown. Beak concolorous with head at base and with tip brown. Veins dark, anal vein bordered with fuscous, stigma greyish. Head and appendages.—Antennal segments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .60 to .64, average .62; IV— .40 to .50. average .45; V— .36 to .39, average .34; VI— .11 plus .59 to .64. average .62. Secondary sensoria located on third, fourth, and fifth segments, and in one specimen on sixth segment, distributed as follows: III— 26 to 33, average 27; IV— 16 to 20, average 18; V— 12 to IS, average 16; VI— to 2. Sensoria on third seg- ment irregularly arranged but confined largely to one side of segment ; on fourth and fifth segments they are smaller than on third and confined to one side of segment. Marginal sensoria near primary seusorium on sixth seg- ment apparently lacking. Beak reaching to middle of mesothoracic coxae. Thorax and appendages.—Stigma of tore wings narrow and comparative- ly short. Second fork of media closer to margin of wing than first fork. Abdomen.—Cornicles straight, imbricated throughout length, with a poorly developed flange at apex, averaging .33 in length. Cauda slightly con- stricted near middle, with from two to three hairs on a side, averaging .18 in length. Claspers dark brown and covered witli hairs. Our specimens, all collected from various forms of Rosa, have the fol- lowing data associated with them: Cairo (June 2), Carbondale (June 4>, DesPlaines (in greenhouse. May 20), Kankakee (June 29), Metropolis (June 1), Pekin (June 20), Quincy (June 6), Shawneetown (May 27), and I'rbana (May 23-28, July 10). 1928; Cairo (June 22), Collinsville (Sept. 11), Decatur (June 12), EflSngham (June IS), Springfield (May 2), and I'rbana (Nov. 5). 1929; Decatur (June 10), Effingham (Nov. 13). Maywood (Nov. 3), Metropo- lis (April 17), Urbana (Nov. 21, Dec. 6, 12), 1930. Sexual forms were col- lected only on November 5, 1929, at I'rbana. Thi.s .sjiccit's, except for antennal tnliercles. is .suggestive of Macro- .<:i/^liuiii dirlwdiiiii (Walker) which is recorded from the same host. In TlIK Pl.A.NT LllE, 01! ApIIIIDAK. OF ILLINOIS 343 the alate form it nia}' be separated from this species by the presence of secondary sensoria on the fourth antennal segment, and from both Macrosiphum rosae (L.) and Macrosiphum pscudorosac Patch by the fact that the cornicles are not reticulated at the apices. The male is dis- tinguished by the comparatively larger number of sensoria on the fourth segment, and the oviparous female by the presence of secondary sensoria on the third antennal segment. This form belongs to the subgenus Ncomyzus Van der Goot and may be the species referred to by Oestlund (192<;. p. 139). It can be separated from its close ally, circumflexus (Buckton). the type of the subgenus Ncoiiiyzus. by the characters given in the key. MYZUS SCROPHULARIAE (Thomas) Phorodnn scrophulariae Thomas, Eighth Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois, 1879, p. 72. This species has remained virtually unknown since its original descriiition, being referred to only twice in literature since then, once when it was recorded from Berkeley, California, by Clarke (1903) and again when the record of Thomas was mentioned bv Davis (1910), A cotypic slide of !iiroi)hii!ariae has been found in the Survey collection (Slide No. 2798, and Thomas' No. 75). It contains two apterous viviparous female specimens of ncraphulariae. one of which is in good condition, and one specimen not this species. The data associated with this slide are: Carbondale, Illinois, April 13, 1878, on Scruphularia nodosa. The species belongs in the genus Myciis, and on the basis of the apterous viviparous female, which is the only form known, keys out with pcrsicac and iiioiiardac. MYZUS THOMASl new species Pigs. 261, 264 Alate Vivipakoi's Female Size and genrral color.—Length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.30. Head and thorax essentially light brown, somewhat greenish on lateral plates and prothorax; abdomen light green. Cornicles, Cauda, and anal plate very light dusky brown. Antennae dusky brown, slightly lighter towards the apex and at extreme base of the third segment. Femora yellowish green at base, shading to dusky brown at apex; tibiae light dusky, with extreme apices brown; tarsi light brown. Stigma, costa, subcosta, veins, and posterior margin of wing in vicinity of anal vein, dusky; cubitus and anal vein darkest. Beak dusky, extreme apex dark. Hrad and. npppndarics.—Width of head across eyes, .41. Antennal seg- ments with comparative lengths as follows: III— .60; IV— .41; V— .36; VI— .11 plus 1.03. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 261) located on third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments, distributed on unique specimen as follows: III— 38 to 48; average 45; IV— 22 to 23; V— 7 to 12, average 9. Sensoria on all segments more thickly distributed on one side of the segment than on the others; sensoria on the fifth segment in an almost straight row. Hair on antennae short and spine-like, pointing towards apex, not as long as diameter of segment. Beak extending almost to mesothoracic coxae. Tliora.r and ajipcndanrs.—Sligma long and unusually narrow; second fork of media closer to margin of wing than to first fork; tips of medial veins failing to reach margin of wings. Femora with scattered setae very similar to those on antennae; tibiae more strongly armed, especially toward apex; spines strong, numerous, and moderately declinate. 344 Il.I.INOIS NATriiAl. HlSTOEiY Si KVKY Bl I.I KTIN Abdomen.—Cornicles about one-fifth longer than the cauda and one-half as long as third antennal segment; distinctly imbricated throughout; the base distinctly the widest portion, the apex slightly swollen, giving the cornicle a sub-vasitorm appearance; the extreme apex slightly constricted and bearing a distinct flange. Cauda with a narrow constriction near the middle, long and comparatively slender, its width only slightly greater than the width of the base of the cornicle, its sides almost parallel, gradually narrowing at apex to a rounded point; apical half with four or five slender scattered hairs. Anal plate normal in shape. Each segment with a pair of small, lateral tubercles. Hairs on body short and sparse. Aptf.rou.s Viviparous Fk.m.^le Size and general color.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 1.52. Body, except appendages, light green. First and second antennal segments concolorous with head, remaining segments varying from light greenish-yellow to brown, the brown becoming deeper towards apex. Femora greenish-yellow with their apices slightly infuscated with brown; tibiae light yellowish-brown, concolorous with apices of femora, apices of tibiae darker brown; tarsi brown. Cornicles concolorous with abdomen or slightly in- fuscate; cauda and anal plate concolorous with abdomen. Beak concolorous with head, slightly dusky at apex. Head find appendages.—Width of head across eyes. .39. Antennal seg- ments with the following comparative lengths: III— .57 to .59, average .58; IV— .36 to .41, average .39; V— .34; VI— .11 plus .69 to .71, average .70. Secondary sensoria (Fig. 264) present on third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments, distributed as follows: III— 23 to 33, average 27; IV— 5 to 7. average 6; V— 2, Sensoria on the third segment widely scattered, those on fourth arranged almost in a straight row. Beak extends to coxae of meta- thoracic legs. Abdomen.—Cornicle about one-quarter longer than cauda and about equal to length of fourth antennal segment, similar in general shape to that of alate viviparous female, but more slender and less distinctly imbricated. Cauda slender, constricted near the middle, with two hairs on each side and one at apex. Anal plate normal. Holotiipr.—Alate viviparous female; Rock Island. Illinois, July 9, 1929, on Ribe. Gf.nts GOBAISHIA Matsimika 359 GOBAISHIA ULMI-FUSUS (Wai.sii and Rii.ky) Fig. 45. 87 Pempliigus iihni-fitsun Walsh and Riley, American Entomologist, Vol. I, No. 6, February, 1S69, p. 109. This species was originally described from New York and "South Illinois" in a foot-note by \\'alsh and Riley (1869). Since then it has been recorded again from LeRoy and Urbana. Illinois, by Davis (lOlOd), and by Gronemann (1930) frnni the Chicago area (actual •^i 360 Illinois Natikal Histohv Survkv Bi u.etix as occurring Ijoth in "Illinois and New York.'" Baker (1919a) has described a Mclapliis. called iiiliiiifiis, collected on moss. May 5. 1916, at Springfield, West \'irginia, and suggests that there is a remote possibility of his in inn fits being the spring forms of rliois. This species was not taken by us during our work of the past three years, but there are specimens in the Survey collection which were found on sumach (Rhus) at Milan, Illinois. August 16, 1S?5. Genu.? AI0RDWILK0[A Del Giercio MORDWILKOJA VAGABUNDA (Walsh) Fig, 46 Byrsocrppta xmciahunda Walsh, Proceedings of the Entomological Society, of Philadelphia. Vol. I, December, 1862, p. 306. This species was originally described by Walsh from fall migrants collected at Rock Island, Illinois. The galls caused by this plant lou.se are large, irregular, bladder-like growths (Fig. 46) on the terminal twigs of poplars. The life history of this migratory aphid is particu- larly interesting because the se.xuparae, or fall migrants, have been Fig. 4(). A curious malformation of buds (it ilio iinplar, Populit.i drltoidrs. caused by a plant louse, Mnifliiilkoio i^agabunda (Walsh); Savanna, July 9, 1929. The Plant Lice, oi: ArniinAE, ok Illinois 361 shown by Oestlund and Hiittes ( lll"2(j) to return from an unknown sum- mer host to the galls formed on poplars by their ancestors in spring or early summer, i. e., by forms which preceded them by three to six generations. The finding of the return fall migrants, as well as sexual forms and eggs, in old galls on poplars at Willow Springs, Illinois, on November 5, 1!)30, shows that in Illinois the life history of this species is identical with that as described by Oestlund and Hottes (192G) for Minnesota. The summer host is still unknown. In view of the fact that this species was originally described from fall migrants from Illinois by Walsh, and the types are lost. Slide No. 9744 of fall migrants In the collection of the Illinois State Natural History Survey has been selected as the neoti/pic slide. Data associated with our Illinois specimens, all collected on Popnlus deltoides, are as follows: Urbana (July 14), 1SS5; Shawneetown (June 26), 1909; Beach (June 17-galls), 192S; Beach (July 13), Savanna (July 9), 1929; Charleston (December 14-galls), DesPlaines (July 10-galls), East Peoria (December 3-galls), Palos Park (Feb. 11-galls and eggs). Willow Springs (Nov. 5-galls, sexuparae. sexual forms, and eggs), 1930; Atlanta (Feb. 24), Bondville (Jan. 2S-galls), Decatur (Jan. 28-galls), Funks Grove (Feb. 24). Harrisburg (April 4). McLean (Feb. 24). Marshall (March 8), Metropolis (April 4), Muncie (Jan. 2.5-galls), Odell (Feb. 24), Paris (March 8), Pontiac (Feb. 24). Silvis (April 11), West Union (March 8), Williamsville (Feb 24), Wilmington (Feb. 24), 1931. Davis (1910) records this species from Chicago and Kankakee. A common species in certain parts of northern Illinois, but uncommon throughout most of central and southern Illinois. Genus NEOPROCIPHILUS Patch Key to the Speeies of the Genus NeoproeiphUus 1. Secondary sensoria present on third, fourth, and fifth anteunal segments attenuatus (Osborn & Sirrine) p. 362— . Secondary sensoria restricted to third antennal segment aceris (Monell) p. 361 NEOPROCIPHILUS ACERIS (Monixl) I'emphii/us aeeris Monell, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XIV, No. 1, January, 1882, p. 16. Peoria, Illinois, is the locality from which came the C(>ty])ic speci- mens described by Monell (1882). The species has iKjt again been re- corded from the state until now. The information in literature cojicern- ing this a])hid is meagre. On the basis of oiu" observations cijucerning the biology of iV. attenuatus, the distribution of A^. attenuatus and N. aeeris in Illinois, and their agreement in certain characters which are not found in other forms, we are inclined to believe that the two repre- sent the same s])ecies—a case paralleling that of Proeiphilus tessellata Fitch. (.See following account of .V. attenuatus.) Mr. A. C. Maxson has checked the deterjiiination of some of our slides of this sjiecies. Data associated with our viviparous specimens are as follows: Herod (May 29), Paris (Aug. 2), Starved Rock State Park (June 12), Urbana (Aug. 8). 1928; Homer (June 29), Rock Island (July 9), 1929. All .specimens col- lected on plants taken on hard n)aple (Acer sneeharum ) . except a single alate viviparous female on Smiliu rolinirtifolin at Starved Rock State Park (June 12). Alates flying at Urbana (Aug. 8) and at Starved Rock State Park (June 12). 362 Illinois Natikal Histouy Sikvky Bl lletix Fig. 47. Apterous viviparous females of Xcuiinn-iiiliUiis altriiu- iitus (Osborii and Sirrine) clus- tered on lower side of stems of the smilax. hliiiilax i-otii>i(lifoli(i : Urbana, November 4, 1929. NEOPROCIPHILUS ATTEXUATUS I OsiiOKN & SiKKINE) FlO. 47 Peiiipliirnis attenudtus Osborn and Sirrine, Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences for 1S92. Vol. I. part 3. (printed 1S93I. p. 100. This species (Fig. -il ) is here recorded for the first time from Illinois. We have discoveretl that at Urbana the nymphs can suc- cess fiilh' pass the winter under leaves at the base of the Smilax vines on which they were pro- duced. The life history of this species, as observed at Urbana (Prison and Ross), is as follows: continuation of species on infested Sinila.v for several successive years : development of apterous viviparous females in sjiring and early summer from hibernating nymphs: production of alate vivi- parous females in latter part of August, which migrate : produc- tion of nymphs which hibernate bv the apterous females produced in late summer and fall. Just what becomes of the alate vivi- parous females which leave the Smilax in late summer has not been definitely ascertained, but they certainly either migrate to other Smilax vines, or an alternate host, to produce the sexual forms. In some ways—the hibernat- ing of the nymjihs—the life his- torv is suggestive of ProcipUiliis tcsscllata (Fitch). Patch (l!>12a) has figiu'ed the beakless oviparous female and best described the alate and apterous viviparous females. Miss Patch informs us, in answer 1(1 our query concerning this point, that these oviparous females may have been produced by the alate viviparous females after being caught and she has no definite evi- dence they were collected on Smilax. Since we have been un- able to find the .sexual forms on Smilax. we believe they arc pro- The Pi.AXT Lke. ok Aimiiihae, of Illinois 363 duced elsewhere and that A', accris (^hjnell) may be another form of this species and the maple the primary host (see account of A'^. aceris). The genus Ncoprociphilus has been characterized as being without cornicles, but cornicles are very much in evidence in the over-wintering nymphs. Data associated with our specimens, collected on tS'/sr and ijcnernl eoJor.—Average length from vertex to tip of anal plate, 2.4. General color of body light yellowish-br). I'rbana (July 5), 1928; Anna (June 21). Cairo (June 22), F:tiingham (June IS), Elizabethtown (June 20), El Paso (July o), Grayville (June 19). Harris- burg (May 2S), Jer.seyville (June 2.^). Lisle (July 14). Maryville (Sept. 11), Newton (June 17), Oregon (July 10, 11), Rock Island (Julv 7). 1929; Starved Rock State Park (May 13), 1930. PROCIPHILITS IMBRICATOR (Fitch) Fk;. 97 Kriosottxi imhrirnloi- Fitch. Fourth Annual Report of the Regents of the University, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of .Xatural History. State of New York, January 14, 1S51, p. 68. Apparently this si)ccies has not been recorded heretofore from Illinois. Ijkc niany other s])ecies, it is mentioned in the Eighth Ke- The Plant Lice, oh ArniiiiAK, or Illinois 373 ])ort of the State Entumologist of Illinois by Thomas (ISTIJ) but not recorded or stated to be found in the state. The species is a large and exceedingly flocculent one, feeding and living in congested col- onies on the larger branches of its host, the l)eech. Often it produces so much honey-dew that the ground beneath the infestation becomes discolored. Almost nothing has been ])ul)lished concerning the life history of this plant louse, a species wliich is somewhat of a misfit in either the genus PrnciphiUis or Pciiiphitjiis. Our specimens were taken on beech (Fagus rjrandifolia) at Jonesboro, Sept. 28, 1929. PROCIPHILUS TESSELLATA (Pitch) Erioxoma tc.sscUata Fitch, Fourth Annual Report of the Regents of the Uni- versity, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, State of New Yorlt, January 14, 1S51, p. «S. This species was first recorded fnjm Illinois by Davis ( IDlOd), who collected specimens on alders growing in the Chicago parks. Accord- ing to Davis and several other authors, this plant louse is capable of causing injury to alders used in ornamental plantings. Biologically this species is of special interest, in addition to its migratory habits, because it is one of the few aphids known to hibernate in numbers in the nymphal stage. The sexual forms are produced on maples by migrants leaving the alders in fall. The over-wintering eggs produce stem mothers in spring which produce generations (accrifoUi Riley) destined to return in summer to alders. Although the life cycle is interrupted on its ])robable original host, the maple, the life cycle may continue without interruption on alders. The first person to work out the life history of this species was Patch (1908, lUUb), whose find- ings were confirmed by the extensive studies of Pergande (1912). Data associated with our specimens, all collected on alder (Alnns sp. ) , are as follows: Herod (Nov. 29, 30), 1928; Herod (June 21), 1929. PROCIPHILUS VENAFUSCUS (Patch) Fill. .328 l'<'iiiiihi(/iis vfiKifiturus I^atch, lintoinological News, Vol. XX, No. 7, Julv, 19U9, p. 319. ( )nly ecific identification of our Thccabins material has been impossible. A British species of Thccabins. as well as T. popuU-condupUfolius (Cowen) in the United States, is known to migrate between Fopiiliis and Ranuncu- lus, the former being the over-wintering host. Our apterous material has been examined by Mr. A. C. Maxson. who reports that specimens taken on the stems and crowns of Ranunculus plants at Starved Rock State Park (August 14-September 10, 1929) are probably T. gravicornus Patch. What is apparently another species of this genus was collected in leaves of Lii.simachia at the following places and dates: Kankakee (June 29, July 15), 1928: Beach (Aug. 28. 29). 1929. The apter- ous forms of all our material produced considerable fiocculent secretions. Genus TRTFIDAPHIS Del Guercio TRIFIDAPHIS PHASEOLI (Pas.sekixi) Tijcliea phaseoli Passerini, Gli Afidi, 1860, p. 39. This subterranean species has not been previously reported from Illinois. According to (iarman (189.3) and Theobald |1!'2!(). it is cap- able of causing severe injury to garden beans. The best account in English of T. pliascoli is that given by Theobald (1929). Mcrdvilko (1928a) has indicated that T. radicicola (Essig) is a synonym of phaseoli and in certain parts of Europe other forms not thus far found in America produce galls on Pistacia. According to our present infor- mation, this species is anolocyclic in America. Mr. A. C. Maxson has kindly determined our apterous specimens of this species. They were collected on the roots of sweet peas (Lathyrus sp.) in a greenhouse at Maywood, Illinois, on April 12, 1923, by Mr. C. C. Compton. SUHFAMILV MIXD.lRIX.-iE SUPERTRIBE MIXDAREA Genu.s iMIXDARUS Koch MINDARUS ABIETINUS Koi ii Mindarus ahiclinu.t Koch, Die Pflanzenliiuse Aphiden getreu nach dem l.eben abgebildet und beschrieben, Xiirnberg, 1857, p. 278. This species was described by Thomas (T8T9) in the "Eighth Re- jKirt of the State Entomologist of Illinois." as a new .species under the name of Scliiconciira pinicola. Patch (1910b) and Davis (191;?) have shown that the s])ecies described by Thomas is synonymous with M. ahicliiiKs Koch. It is rather strange that the species has not been The Plant Lice, ok Ai'Hiidae, oi- Illinois 375 recorded from Illinois since its collection by Thomas. According to Patch (l!)]Ob), who gives a good descri])tinn of tiie alate and ajiterous viviparous females, it dexeloiies in "curl_\' tips of Abies bulsainca Mill, and Picca canadensis Mill." Data associated with the typic slide of .S'. pinicola Thomas in the Sur- vey collection (Slide No. 2774) are as follows: Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 1879, on young white pine, by C. Thomas. SUBFAMILY HORMAPIIIDINAE SUPERTRIBE FIORMAPHEA Key to Genera 1. Antennae of alate forms witli five sesments Hamamelistes p. 375 — . Antennae of alate forms with three segments Hormaphis p. 376 Genus HAMAMELISTES Shimer HAMAMELISTES SPINOSUS Siiimeu Fig. 50 Hamamelistr.t sjiiyiosuti Shimer, Transactions of the American Entomologi- cal Society, Vol. I, 1867, p. 284. Like Honiiapliis hainaniclidis (Fitch), this j)lant louse has a com- plicated and most interesting life history. It alternates, too, be- tween the same two hosts—witch-hazel and birch. Its life history (Pergande, 1!(01) cliffers from that of //. Iianiainclidis. as outlined under that species, principally as follows : the over-wintering eggs are laid on witch-hazel in spring or early summer and do not hatch until the following spring: the galls on witch-hazel (Fig. 50) caused by the stem mothers are bud-galls of spiny appearance ; in addition to the over-wintering eggs on witch-hazel there is a coccidifonn (Fig. 33"^) generation which over-winters on the birch and their offspring produce the common corrugati(jns, or ]>seudo-galls. on the leaves; and the winged migrants ])roduced on the birch retin"n to the witch-hazel in late s])ring and produce the se.xual generation. Xpotupir .slide.—Since this species was originally described by Shimer from specimens collected in Illinois (Mt. Carroll), and we have no knowl- edge that the types were ever preserved, a slide from the Survey collection is selected as the neotiipc. The data associated with the neotypic slide are as follows; Slide No. 8144, collected on witch-hazel. Starved Rock State Park. Illinois, August 14, 1929, by T. H. Prison and F. C. Hottes. This species is very generally distributed over Illinois. We have taken the galls and second-generation material on witch-hazel (HitmameUs virf/ini- (inril at l'rl)ana (July 26 and December 2, 192s, and July 23, 19291 and at Starved Hock State Park (August 14, 1929), The pseudo-galls on birch and associated generations have been collected as follows: Antioch (June 15), Carbondale (June 4), East Dubutjue (June 25), Galena (June 25), Kankakee (June 29), Oregon (June 2S), Quincy (June lii. Rock Island 376 I].I,I.\()IS NaTUISAL HiSTdliV StIiVKV Bt I.l.KTIX (June 24), 192S; Macomb (May 4). Waukegan (July i:!l. 1929. Davis (1910) has recorded the species from Chicago and Kankakee on witch-hazel, and Gronemann has sent us material from Elgin (September, 1930) upon which his "near Chicago" record (1930) is based. Fig. 50. Spiny bud gall on the witch-hazel. H!i. Few i)laiit licf jircsciit a iiioro remarkable or iitotc divcrsitu'd life c\cle titan this ami the preceiliiig' .species. Like Haiitainclistcs spinosus The Plant Lice, or Ai'iihiiae, oi Illinois 377 Sliimer. it too. alternates between the witch-hazel and the birch. The complicated life history of this species was worked out Ijy Pergande (1901) and published after "nearly twenty-two years of patient labor." The winter is passed in the egg stage on witch-hazel. The stem moth- ers hatching from these eggs in spring cause the formation of conical galls on the u])])er sides of the leaves, and in these galls they produce a second generation of aphids which are winged and migratory. These winged forms migrate to birches in late spring or early summer and produce generations which in their last stages are remarkably sug- gestive of the white-flies and are referred to in literature as aleurodi- form generations. In late summer or early fall these aleurodiform generations, in turn, produce a generation of winged forms, or mi- grants, which return to the witch-hazel and produce the sexual forms that lay the over-wintering eggs. This species has not been previously recorded from Illinois, ex- cept for the record by Gronemann (1IK3()) from the "Chicago area." Mr. Gronemann has kindly supplied us with actual specimens of his collecting from Elgin, Illinois, on witch-hazel. During the past three years of collecting we have taken the species but once, at Starved Rock- State Park, June 1"3-13, 1!J"2S, on witch-hazel ( Haiiiamelis virtjiynana). 378 Illinois Natlual Hi.stouy Sukvey Bllleti.v PART III KEYS TO SPECIES OF PLANT LICE GROUPED WITH REFERENCE TO HOST PLANTS For the convenience and use of workers in the field of economic entomology, and others interested only in naming a few of the com- moner and more important plant lice, v/e have prepared ten special keys, based upon natural or well-known artificial groupings of plants serv- ing as hosts for aphids. These keys have been made as simple as pos- sible, and in most cases the characters used can be seen with the aid of a hand lens or a wide-field binocular microscope. We have included in these keys only the species of plant lice most likely to be found in Illinois on certain natural or artificial group- ings of i)lants, using the data assembled by our field collecting in all parts of the state as the basis for the selection of the included sjx'cies. In other geographical or political areas these keys will require the in- corporation of additional species. Even in Illinois they are not com- plete, because to make them so would entail the addition of numerous ])olvpliagous species of very little economic importance and the expan- sion of the kevs to a point where they would be necessarily comparable to the more technical keys in Part II. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR OX APPLE IN ILLINOIS 1. Secondary sensoria of antennal segments in the form of narrow ring-like structures almost encircling antennae, antennae therefore with a corrugated or notched appearance when seen from the side (Fig. 225); terminal filament of sixth segment shorter than basal portion (Pig. 244); covered in life with long white woolly secretions (Fig. 42); on trunks and roots of host Eriosoma lanigera ( Hausmann) p. 351— . Secondary sensoria of antennal segments circular or oval (Figs. 262, 266); terminal filament of sixth segment much longer than basal portion (Pig. 266); not covered in life with white woolly secretion although sometimes slightly pulverulent (Fig. 30): on leaves and twigs of host 2 2. Cornicles short, but slightly if any longer than hind tarsi or basal portion ot sixth antennal segment; dorsum of abdomen with a large dark-colored dorsal patch anterior to cornicles; migrating from apple to clovers and alfalfa Aphis bakeri Cowen p. ISl— . Cornicles of medium length, about twice as long as hind tarsi or basal portion of sixth antennal segment: dorsum of abdomen with or without a large dark-colored dorsal patch anterior to cornicles 3 3. Abdomen with a large dark-colored spot on dorsum anterior to cornicles; third antennal segment much longer than width ot head through the eyes; apterous forms slightly pniinose... Aphis rosea Baker p. 214 —. Abdon)iMi with dorsum essentially greenish, without a dark-col- ored spot anterior to cornicles: third antennal segment no longer than width of heail through the eyes 4 Thk Plant Lice, ou Ai'iiniiAic. (ii- Ii,ii.\(ii.s 379 4. Cornicle distinctly constricted before conspicuous flarins flange at apex (Fig. 134); secondary sensoria on fourth antennal seg- ment numerous: cauda stout and not sharply constricted near middle (Fig. 196 1 Rhopalosiphum prunifoliae (Fitch) p. 239 — . Cornicle not constricted before apex anil without conspicuous flaring flange (Figs. 130, 133, 139); secondary sensoria on fourth antennal segment lacking or few; cauda sharply con- stricted near middle (Fig. 203 ) Aphis pomi DeGeer p. 210 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON BERRIES IN ILLINOIS 1. On blackberry 2 —. On raspberry 3 — . On gooseberry 4 — . On strawberry 6 — . On currant; pale yellowish aphid feeding on lower surface of leaves and causing them to become distorted and reddish (Fig. 34) Capitophorus ribis (Linnaeus) p. 290 — . On grape; brownish aphid feeding on lower surface of leaves and on tendrils (Fig. 22) Aphis illinoisensis Shinier p. 198 2 Antennae five-segmented; apterous forms yellowish white; causes curling of leaves particularly near tips of canes Cerosipha rubifolii (Thomas) p. 229 — . Antennae six-segmented; apterous forms greenish; beneath leaves and on stems Aphis rubicola Oestlund p. 215 3 Cornicles long and distinctly swollen (Fig. 121); species of large size; on stems of new growth Amphorophora sensoriata Mason p. 279 — . Cornicles cylindrical and not swollen (Fig. 130); species of minute size; beneath leaves and on stems Aphis rubicola Oestlund p. 215 4. Third antennal segment much shorter than width of head through eyes; terminal filament short, not over three times as long as basal portion Aphis sanborni Patch p. 218 — . Third antennal segment longer than width of head through eyes; terminal filament long, at least six times as long as basal portion 5 5. Fifth antennal segment with few secondary sensoria (0 to 5).. Myzus houghtonensis (Troop) p. 338 — . Fifth antennal segment with secondary sensoria more numerous (7 to 20) IVIyzus thomasi n. sp. p. 343 6. Black or bluish-black aphid; apterous forms without capitate setae (Fig. 324) ; on roots, crowns or stems Aphis forbesi Weed p. 194 — . Pale yellowish white or greenish aphid; apterous forms with capitate setae (Fig. 320 ) ; on undersides of leaves and stems 7 7. Apterous forms with conspicuous capitate setae scattered over entire body; third antenna! segment with secondary sensoria widely scattered and numbering about thirty Capitophorus fragaefolii (Cockerell) p. 283 — . Apterous forms w-ith conspicuous capitate setae restricted almost entirely to head and anal regions of abdomen; third antennal segment with secondary sensoria less scattered and numbering about twenty Capitophorus minor (Forbes) p. 284 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON COMMON GARDEN FOWERS IN ILLl.XOIS 1. Partial to rose 2 — . Partial to aster 9 — . Partial to chrysanthemum 11 380 Illinois Natural Histoky Survey Bulleti.n — . Partial to sunflower 12 — . Partial to sweet pea 13 — . Common to variety of flowers 14 — . Partial to columbine; medium-sized, yellowish green form with dark dorsal markings Myzus essigi Gillette and Palmer p. 337 — . Partial to nastertiuni; medium-sized, bluish to blackish form, often with white spots on dorsum ( Fig. 26 ) Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 — . Partial to delphinium; medium-sized, reddish-brown to blackish species Aphis rociadae Cockerell p. 214 — . Partial to golden glow; large reddish species (Fig. 381 Macrosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) p. 320 2. Apterous forms with numerous capitate or clubbed setae over surface of body ( Fig. 82 ) 3 — . Apterous forms with simple setae (Fig. 84 ) 5 3. Alate forms with secondary sensoria present at least on third and fourth antennal segments Capitophorus fragaefolil (Cockerelll p. 283 — . Alate forms with secondary sensoria restricted to third antennal segment 4 4. Cornicles much longer than fourth antennal segment, basal por- tion light shading to dark at apices: hind tibiae uniformly dark Capitophorus corambus n. sp. p. 281 — . Cornicles shorter or about same length as the fourth antennal segment, uniformly dark; hind tibiae mostly light-colored with apices dark and contrasting Capitophorus tetrarhodus (Walker) p. 291 5. Cornicles reticulated at apex (Fig. lOS) 6 — . Cornicles not reticulated at apex ( Fig. 129 ) S 6. Cornicles black, strongly contrasting with color of abdomen 7 —. Cornicles with at least basal portion concolorous with abdomen and not contrasting with it Macrosiphum gel iKoch) p. 306 7. Abdomen uniformly greenish or reddish; cornicles shorter than third antennal segment Macrosiphum pseudorosae Patch p. 31S — . Abdomen greenish with dark lateral patches: cornicles about as long as, or longer than, third antennal segment Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus) p. 320 8. Antennal tubercles well developed ( Fig. S6 i ; secondary sensoria on third antennal segment arranged approximately in a straight row Myzus porosus Sanderson p. 340 — . Antennal tubercles poorly developed (Fig. S4i: secondary sen- soria on third antennal segment not arranged in a straight row Macrosiphum dirhodum (Walker) p. 304 9. On roots Aphis maidi-radicis Forbes p. 202 •— . On leaves or stems 1*^ 10. Cornicles much shorter than third antennal segment Macrosiphum anomalae n. sp. p. 298 — . Cornicles approximately as long as third antennal segment Macrosiphum erigeronensis (Thomas) p. 304 11. Predominantly dark reddish brown or blackish Macrosiphum sanborni Gillette p. 323 —. Predominantly greenish. Rhopalosiphum rufomaculatum (Wilson) p. 241 12. Cornicles very short, about as long as hind tarsi: a small bluish form tightly curling the leaves ( Fig. 2(1 1 Aphis debilicornis Gillette and Palmer p. 191 — . Cornicles at least twice as long as hind tarsi: a small yellowish- green form on lower sides of leaves. ... Aphis helianthi Monell p. 196 — . Cornicles elongate, tour or five times as long as hind tarsi: a large yellowish form with dark markings on lower sides of leaves Macrosiphum illini n. sp. p. 309 Thk Plant Liik, ok Ai>hiii)ak, oI'' Ii.lixois 381 13. On roots; winged form with media simple (Fig. 64); terminal filament of alate or apteious forms atiout as long as basal por- tion of sixth antennal segment Trifidaphis phaseoli (Passerini) p. 374 — . On stems and leaves; winged form with media branched (Fig. 72); terminal filament of alate and apterous forms much long- er than basal portion of sixth antennal segment Macrosiphum pisi (Kaltenbach) p. 317 14. Cornicles much shorter than width of head through eyes; med- ium sized bluish to blackish form, often with white dorsal spots (Fig. 26) Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 — . Cornicles about as long or longer than width of head through eyes; medium to large, sized yellowish or greenish forms, sometimes with dark dorsal markings 15 15. Large greenish form, without dark markings on dorsum of abdo- men; cornicles with closed reticulations at apices (Fig, 103); antennal tubercles poorly developed ) Fig. 84 ) Macrosiphum gei (Koch) p. 306 — . Medium-sized greenish forms, usually with dark markings on dorsum of abdomen; cornicles without closed reticulations at apices (Fig. 124); antennal tubercles well developed (Fig. 86) 16 16. Cornicles slightly swollen near apex and about as long as width of head through eyes; apterous forms with dorsum of abdomen uniformly yellowish green Myzus persicae (Sulzer) p. 339 —. Cornicles cylindrical, much longer than width of head through eyes; apterous forms usually with a dark horseshoe-shaped patch on dorsum contrasting with ground color of yellowish ?reen Myzus circumflexus ( Buckton ) p. 335 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON GRAIN CROPS IN ILLINOIS 1. On roots 2 — . On leaves or stems 3 2. Cornicles present, about as long as hind tarsi, and cylindrical (Fig. 23); terminal filament of sixth antennal segment much longer than base of segment ( Fig. 2fi6 ) Aphis maidi-radicis Forbes p. 202 — . Cornicles absent or ring-like and inconspicuous (Fig. 15S); term- inal filament of sixth antennal segment much shorter than base of segment (Fig. 241); several species of slight economic importance Eriosomatinae sp. p. 345 3. Body with numerous long, sharp, spine-like hairs; cornicles ring- like, inconspicuous Sipha flava (Forbes) p. 174 — . Body without strong, spine-like hairs; cornicles cylindrical, con- spicuous, at least as long as hind tarsi 4 4. Medial vein of front wing only once branched (Fig. 70) Toxoptera graminum (Rondaui) p. 241 — . Medial vein of front wings twice branched (Fig. 72) 5 5. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment about twice length of basal portion; hind tibiae unicolorous, brown or black Aphis maidis Fitch p. 205 — . Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment over three times length of basal portion; hind tibiae light yellowish with apices black 6 6. Cornicles long and slender, about as long as width of head through eyes, slightly tapering to apex; aiiical third witli closed reticulations (Fig. 114); coiiiiclcs a)id cauda greatly contrasting in coloi- Macrosiphum granarium (Kirby) p. 308— . Cornicles shortci' and stoutei', much shoitcr tluiii width of head through eyes, constricted before apical fiange; imbricate but without closed reticulations (Fig. 134); cornicles and Cauda more or less concolorous, not contrasting Rhopalosiphum prunifoliae ( I'^itch) p. 239 382 Illinois NAxriiAL Histoky Survey Billetin KEY TO THE SPECIES OP PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR OX PLANTS IN GREENHOUSES IN ILLINOIS 1. V/ings with conspicuous dusky brown shading outlining all veins (Figs. 66, 74) 2 — . Wings without dark shading outlining veins (Fig. 70) 4 2. Cornicles slightly swollen 3— . Cornicles cylindrical and tapering towards apex: on fern Idiopterus nephrelepidis Davis p. 292 3. Hind wings normally with two oblique veins ( Fig. 93 I : on violets Idiopterus violae (Pergandet p. 292 — . Hind wings normally with one oblique vein (Fig. 95 »: closed cell always present in tore wings and at least four-sided (Fig. 74): on bananas and other tropical plants Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel p. 345 4. Predominant color some shade of brown or black 5 — . Predominant color yellowish, pink, or some shade of green 8 5. Cornicles short, scarcely longer than hind tarsi Aphis padi Linnaeus p. 209— . Cornicles longer, at least twice as long as hind tarsi 6 6. Cornicles with apical portion conspicuously swollen iFig. 148); restricted to aquatic or semi-aquatic plants Rliopaiosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus) p. 238— . Cornicles cylindrical or gradually tapering to apex, not swollen, or at most apex is but slightly enlarged (Fig. 106): not asso- ciated with aquatic or semi-aquatic plants 7 7. Dark reddish brown; cornicles much wider at base than at apex, reticulate for much of their length: restricted to chrysanthe- mum Macrosiphum sanborni Gillette p. 323—. Black to bluish black, often with small white spots on dorsum: cornicles but slightly wider at base than at apex, imbricated but not reticulated at apex: infesting a great variety of plants Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 S. On roots 9— . Not on roots 10 9. Medius of fore wing branched ( Fig. 72 ) : alate or apterous forms with terminal filament much longer than basal portion of sixth segment (P''ig. 266): cornicles present in all forms: on roots of Aster, Erigeron, and other Compositae Aphis maidi-radicis Forbes p. 202— . Medius of fore wing simple (Fig. 64): alate or apterous forms with terminal filament shorter or at least not longer than basal portion of sixth segment (Fig. 245): cornicles absent in all forms; on I'oots of sweet pea . .Trifidaphis phaseoli (Passerini) p. 374 10. Cornicles short, less than width of head through the eyes; spe- cies of small size 11 — , Cornicles long, as long or much longer than width of head through the eyes; species of medium to large size 13 11. Fourth antennal segment without secondary sensoria: likely to be found on a variety of plants Aphis gossypii Glover p. 195 — . Fourth antennal segment with secondary sensoria 12 12. Cornicles much longer than basal portion of sixth antennal seg- ment: Cauda elongate and rather pointed: dorsum of abdomen greenish: restricted to chrysanthemums Rhopalosiphum rufomaculatum (Wilson) p. 241— . Cornicles about as long as basal portion of sixth antennal seg- ment: Cauda not elongate, rounded: dorsum of abdomen with dark markings on a greenish background; on Senecio cruontus Aphis padi Linnaeus p. 209 The Plant Lice, oh Ai'iiniiAE. ni- Ii i.ixois 383 13 14 15 16. Cornicles exceedingly long, between one and one-half and two times as long as width of head through eyes; species of very large size 14 Cornicles of moderate length, about as long as width of head through eyes ; species of rae;lium size 16 Apex of cornicles without closed reticulations (Figs. 118, 119); body, legs, and cornicles almost uniformly greenish; on sweet peas Macrosiphum pisi (Kaltenbach) p. 317 Ape.x of cornicles with closed reticulations (Fig. Ill); partial to roses 15 Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment approximately in a straight row (Fig. 293); cornicles uniformly tapering to apex (Fig. Ill), with basal portion greenish and apices dusky; abdomen green or pink; on a variety of plants Macrosiphum gel (Koch) p. 306 Secondary sensoria on third antennal segment not approximately in a straight row (Fig. 2SS); cornicles somewhat constricted at apex before flange (Fig. 108), uniformly black; abdomen green with black lateral spots; on rose Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus) p. 320 Antennal tubercles well developed (Fig. 86); cornicles cylindri- cal or but slightly swollen near apex; on a variety of plants 17 Antennal tubercles poorly developed (Fig. SO); apical half of cornicles conspicuously swollen; on aquatic or semi-aquatic plants Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus) p. 2:38 Cornicles slightly swollen near apex and about as long as width of head through eyes; apterous forms with dorsum ot abdo- men uniformly yellowish green Myzus persicae (Sulzer) p. 339 Cornicles cylindrical, much longer than width of head through eyes; apterous forms usually with a dark horseshoe-shaped patch on dorsum contrasting with ground color of yellowish green Myzus circumflexus (Buckton) p. 335 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON LEGUMES IN ILLINOIS 1. Cornicles inconspicuous, short or cone-shaped (Fig. 155), not much if any longer than width at base 2— . Cornicles conspicuous, cylindrical or elongate (Fig. 100), much longer than width at base 3 2. Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment much longer than basal portion; veins of wings not conspicuously margined with fuscous (Fig. 70); hind tibiae about four times as long as hind tarsi; apterous forms with ordinary setae (Fig. 324).... Sipha flava (Forbes) p. 174— . Terminal filament of sixth antennal segment about as long as basal portion; veins of wings conspicuously margined with fuscous (Fig. 54); hind tibiae about six times as long as hind tarsi; apterous forms with setae on body enlarged at tips (Fig. 333) Myzocallis ononidis (Kaltenbach) p. 258 3. Large greenish species; cornicles long and slender (Fig. 129), longer than width of head through the eyes; cauda elongate (Fig. 181) Macrosiphum pisI (Kaltenbach) p. 317— . Small yellowish-green, brownish or reddish species; cornicles short and stout (Fig. 130), much shorter than width of head through eyes ; cauda short ( Fig. 202 ) 4 4. Beak long, reaching to or beyond base of middle legs; fifth an- tennal segment usually with secondary sensoria; stigma rather broad, apex not especially acute Aphis crataegifoliae Fitch p. 190— . Beak short, seldom reaching to base of middle legs; fifth anten- nal segment without secondary sensoria; stigma rather nar- row, apex rather acute Aphis balteri Cowen p. 181 384 Illinois Nati']!al Histohv SiHVfiY Buli-ETIN KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS IN ILLINOIS 1. On stems and leaves of elder berry /Sambucus> : a medium- size blackish or bluish aphid with a greenish tinge; cornicles about as long as width of head through eyes Aphis sambucifoliae Fitch p. 218 — . On stems near base of snowberry and coralberry (Siimiilioricar- pos) ; a large aphid covered with conspicuous white woolly secretion; cornicles short, shorter than length of basal por- tion of sixth antennal segment Amphicercidus pulverulens (Gillette) p. 160 — . On leaves of nine-bark (Phijsocarims) : a small dark brownish aphid; cornicles short, much shorter than width of head through eyes; third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments with numerous secondary sensoria Aphis neilliae Oestlund p. 205 — . On twigs and leaves of buttonbush (C(i)hii}(inthus) : a small greenish or reddish-brown aphid, somewhat pruinose; cor- nicles short, much shorter than width of head through eyes.. Aphis cephalanthi Thomas p. 185 — , On stems and leaves of barberry (Bcrberis) ; a small yellowish aphid; cornicles about as long as width of head through eyes. apical portions distinctly swollen ( Fig, 14S ) Rhopalosiphum berberidis (KaltenbachI p, 235 —, On stems and leaves of Evuiiiimus : a small blackish or bluish aphid, often with white dorsal spots; cornicles much shorter than width of head through eyes Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 — . On twigs and leaves of buckthorn (Khanntu.s). often causing them to curl; a very small greenish or blackish aphid; cor- nicles shorter than width of head through eyes Aphis rhamni Fonscolombe p, 214 — . On leaves of bush honeysuckle (DirrviUa) : a small yellowish or greenish aphid with dark cornicles; cornicles short, much shorter than width of head through eyes Aphis gossypii Glover p. 195 — . On species and varieties of roses (Ronaj: (see key of aphids likely to occur on garden flowers ) p, 379 — . On sumach (Rhus) 2 — , On hawthorn (C)atuc(/u.s) 3 — , On snowball, highbush cranberry, and other shrubs belonging to the same genus (Viburnum) 8 — . On privet ( Ligitstrum) 11 — , On honeysuckle (Lon icera) 13 — . On dogwood (Cornus) 15 — , On ornamental currant (Ribcs) 18 — , On witch-hazel ( Hdmamclis) 19 — , On hazelnut lCAE. oi' Ii.i.i.nois 385 — . Antennae with oval or oval-transverse secondary sensoria, ap- pearing more cylindrical from a side view (F'ig. 226); in floc- culent colonies on undersides of stems and branches (Fig. 42) Eriosoma crataegi (Oestlund) p. o51 5. Cornicles longer than width of head through eyes; a large yel- lowish aphid Macrosiphum crataegi (Monell) p. 304 — . Cornicles shorter than width of head through eyes; medium- sized aphids U 6. Cauda short and rounded; secondary sensoria numerous on fourth and fifth antennal segments; head and thorax in life with a pink or crimson tinge Aphis crataegifoliae Fitch p. 190 —. Cauda elongate; secondary sensoria few or wanting on fourth and fifth antennal segments; head and thorax in life brown or greenish brown, never pink or crimson 7 7. Cornicles not swollen nor constricted before apices (Fig. 130).. Aphis pomi DeGeer p. 210 — . Cornicles slightly swollen and constricted before apices (Fig. 134) Rhopalosiphum prunifoliae (Fitch) p. 239 S. Apterous forms colored a pale bluish green, covered with a whitish powdery secretion; causing a severe curling of the leaves or pseudogall (Fig. 2S) Aphis viburnicola Gillette p. 223 — . Apterous forms yellowish green, brown, or black, never covered with whitish powdery secretion; on stems and leaves and not causing a pseudogall 9 9. Apterous forms yellowish-green, alates with dark spots along sides of abdomen; third antennal segment usually with less than ten secondary sensoria Aphis pomi DeGeer p. 210 — . Apterous forms brownish or bluish black; third antennal seg- ment usually with more than twelve secondary sensoria 10 10. A bluish black species, often with white spots on dorsum; apices of hind tibiae dark, sharply contrasting with lighter basal portion Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 — . A uniformly brownish species; hind tibiae more uniformly brown Aphis viburniphlla Patch p. 224 11. Abdomen colored shades of green or pink 12 — . Abdomen bluish black, often with white dorsal spots Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 12. Cornicles cylindrical, much longer than width of head through eyes, reticulated at apex (Fig. Ill); dorsum of abdomen uni- formly some shade of green or pink; antennal tubercles poor- ly developed (Fig. 84) IVIacrosiphum gei (Koch) p. 306 — . Cornicles with apical portion often slightly swollen, about as long as width of head through eyes, not reticulated at apex (Fig. 129); dorsum of abdomen often with a large dark dor- sal patch on a yellowish green background; antennal tubercles well developed (Fig. 86) Myzus persicae (Sulzer) p. 339 13. Cornicles absent; causes leaves to cur! Gypsoaphis oestlundi Hottes p. 167 —. Cornicles present and conspicuous 14 14. Longitudinal vein of hind wing once-forked, the second branched but partially developed (Fig. 89); fifth antennal segment about twice as long as hind tarsi; causes leaves to curl Alphitoaphis lonicericola (Williams) p. 175 — . Longitudinal vein of hind wing twice-forked (Fig. 93); fifth antennal segment and hind tarsi about etiual in length; on leaves and flower bracts. . R)iopalosiphum melliferum (Hottes) p. 238 15. Terminal filament much shorter than basal portion of sixth segment; cornicles on cone-shaped areas (Fig. 155) Anoecia querci (Fitch) p. 152 — . Terminal filament two or three times as long as Inisal portion of sixth segment; cornicles cylindrical (Fig. 133), prominently projecting from abdomen 16 386 Iixixois Natukal Histoiiy Sikvky Blij.ktix 16. Apterous forms and abdomen of alate forms greenish: cornicles but slightly shorter than terminal filaments, secondary sen- soria on third antennal segment numbering over twenty; often causing leaves of terminal branches to curl (Fig. 21) Aphis helianthi Monell p. 196 — . Apterous forms and abdomen of alate forms blackish or brown- ish: in cornicles about one-halt or less as long as terminal filament; secondary sensoria on third antennal segment num- bering under twenty; on stems and under sides of leaves, sometimes causing the latter to curl IT 17. Cornicles much longer than basal portion of sixth antennal seg- ment: a blackisli form on the upper and lower sides of leaves Aphis cornifoliae Fitch p. 189 — , Cornicles no longer than basal portion of sixth antennal seg- ment: a reddish-brown form on stems near tips Aphis caliginosa n. sp. p. 182 IS. Cauda elongate: secondary sensoria lacking or rare on fourth and fifth antennal segments; apterous forms without knobbed setae (Fig. .324); alates with dorsum of abdomen uniformly yellowish green Macrosiphum ribieilum Davis p. 319 — . Cauda short and blunt; secondary sensoria numerous on fourth and fifth antennal segments; apterous forms with knobbed setae (Fig. 320); alates with a dark dorsal patch on abdomen Capitophorus ribis (Linnaeus) p. 290 19. Antennae with three segments: causing small conical galls on upper surfaces of leaves Hormaphis hamamelidis (Fitch) p. 376 — . Antennae with five segments; causing a manyspined bud gall (Fig. 40) Hamamelistes spinosus Shimer p. 375 20. Cornicles very long and conspicuous, much longer than width of head between eyes; a large green and dark-colored species. black cornicles contrasting with abdomen Macrosiphum coryli Davis p. 303 — . Cornicles very short, much shorter than width of head through eyes, about as long as hind tarsi ; a medium-size yellowisli species, cornicles concolorous with abdomen Myzocallis coryli (Goeze) p. 257 21. Abdomen essentially black or bluish-black and often with dorsal white spots; secondary sensoria on third antennal segment usually more than fourteen in number Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 — . Abdomen some shade of green or pinkish-brown; secondary sensoria on third antennal segment rarely exceeding ten in number 22 22. Abdomen of alates and apterous forms yellowish-green, not pruinose; cornicles much longer than hind tarsi; recorded from several species and varieties of tipiraca as well as num- erous other hosts Aphis pomi DeGeer p. 210 — . Abdomen of alates and apterous forms pinkish-green or reddish- brown, slightly pruinose; cornicles about as long as hind tarsi; recorded only from the meadowsweet cNpirdCd .snlwifolia) . . . Aphis spiraephila Patch p. 222 23. Cornicles with apical portion slightly swollen Capitophorus gillettei Theobald p. 284 — . Cornicles cylindrical Capitophorus flaveolus (Walker) p. 282 24. Hind wings with longitudinal vein once-forked (Fig. 89); apter- ous forms and abdomen of alates a reddish brown Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas) p. 232 — . Hind wings with longitudinal vein twice-forked (F'ig. 91); apter- ous forms and abdomen of alates some shade of green Aphis pomi DeGeer p. 210 TiiK Plant Lice, oh Ai-hiidak, of Ii j.ixois 387 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON PEACH, PLUM, OR CULTIVATED CHERRY IN ILLINOIS 1. Cornicles very short, about as long as hind tarsi; secondary sensoria numerous on fourth antennal segment 2 •— . Cornicles long, at least several times as long as hind tarsi; sec- ondary sensoria lacking or rare on fourth antennal segment 3 2. Cornicles with a distinct flange (Fig. 137); cauda short and rounded; dorsum of abdomen with dark markings on a yellow- ish or greenish background; apterous forms without a white woolly secretion; tightly curling leaves at ends of branches of peach and plum (Fig. 25 1 Aphis padi Linnaeus p. 209— . Cornicles without a flange (Fig. 142); cauda elongate; dorsum of abdomen uniformly yellowish or greenish; apterous forms with a white woolly secretion; on lower sides of leaves and succulent stems of plum Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) p. 232 3. Hind wings with longitudinal vein with one branch (Fig. 89); antennal tubercles not well developed (Fig. 79) Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas) p. 232 — . Hind wings with longitudinal vein with two branches (Fig. 91); antennal tubercles well developed ( Fig. 86 ) 4 4. Almost uniformly reddish brown; cornicles distinctly imbricated throughout; partial to cherry (Fig. 39) Myzus cerasi (Fabriclus) p. 335— . Y'ellowish-green with dark markings; cornicles not distinctly im- biieated throughout; partial to peach, causing leaves on shoots to curl Myzus persicae (Sulzer) p. 339 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON TRUCK CROPS IN ILLINOIS 1. Cornicles much longer than width of head through the eyes 2 — . Cornicles not longer than width of head through eyes 3 2. Apical portion of cornicles reticulated (Fig. Ill); species par- tial to potatoes and not likely to occur in numbers on other truck crops Macrosiphum gei (Koch) p. 306— . Apical portion of cornicles not reticulated (Fig. 129); species partial to peas and not likely to occur in numbers on other truck crops Macrosiphum pis! (Kaltenbach) p. 317 3. Abdomen entirely brown, bluish-black, or black, and dorsum often with small white spots; cauda and cornicles concolorous with abdomen; likely to be found on any truck crop Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215— . Abdomen mostly shades of green or yellow; cauda and cornicles sometimes contrasting with abdomen 4 4. Cornicles approximately as long as width of head through eyes; dorsum of abdomen with a large solid brownish patch anterior to cornicles; likely to occur on any truck ciop Myzus persicae (Sulzer) p. 339 — . Cornicles much shorter than width of head through eyes; dor- sum of abdomen without a large solid brownish patch anterior to cornicles, although spots and transverse bars may be pres- ent 5 5. Third antennal segment as long as. or longer than, combined length of fourth, fifth, and basal portion of si.xth; apterous forms thickly covered with whitish powder; partial to crucifer- ous plants, often causing the leaves to blister or curl Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) p. 228 — . Third antennal segment shorter than combined length of fourth, fifth, and basal portion of sixth; apterous forms not covered with whitish powder 6 388 Illinois NAiiiiAL Histoiiv Sukvpiy Bclleti.x 6. Veins of wings conspicuously outlined with fuscous; fourth an- tennal segment with four or more secondary sensoria; partial to cruciferous plants. . Rhopalosiphum pseudobrassicae (Davisi p 240 —. Veins of wings normal, not conspicuously outlined with fuscous; fourth antennal segment with secon.lary sensoria lacking, rarely one or two; partial to cucurbitaceous truck crops Aphis gossypii Glover p. 195 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PLANT LICE LIKELY TO OCCUR OX PLANTS USED AS VINES IN ILLINOIS 1. Cornicles absent or inconspicuous 2 — . Cornicles present and conspicuous ( Fig. 100 ) 3 2. Alate and apterous forms essentially brownish, usually covered with a white fiocculent secretion; sixth antennal segment with terminal filament much shorter than basal portion (Fig. 214) ; on stems and leaves of smilax (Fig. 4S) Neoprociphilus attenuatus (O. & S.) p. 362 —. Alate and apterous forms essentially greenish white, usually covered with a white fiocculent secretion; sixth antennal segment with terminal filament much longer than basal por- tion (Fig. 248); on leaves and terminal shoots of honeysuckle Gypsoaphis oestlundi Hottes p. 167 3. Abdomen essentially yellow or yellowish-green with some dark markings 4 — . Abdomen dark-brown, reddish-brown, or black 5 4. Antennal tubercles with a finger-like inward projecting protru- sion (Fig. 85); cornicles slender and smooth; many irregularly distributed secondary sensoria on third antennal segment; on hop Phorodon humuli (Schrank) p. 345 —. Antennal tubercles without a projection ( Fig. SO I ; cornicles stout and imbricated; secondary sensoria fewer and arranged more in a straight row; on angle-pod and morning glory Aphis nerii Fonscolonibe p. 206 5. Black or bluish-black, apterous forms with white spots on dor- sum; on bittersweet Aphis rumicis Linnaeus p. 215 —. Alate anil apterous forms essentially a uniform dark or reddish brown 6 6. Third, fourth and fifth antennal segments of winged females of about the same length; on Boston ivy and Virginia creeper.. Aphis folsomii Davis p. 193 — . Third antennal segment of winged females much longer than fourth or fifth; on wild and cultivated grapes Aphis illinoisensis Shinier p. 19S The Plant Lice, or Apiiiidae. oi Illinois 389 HOST INDEX In this index arc snniniarized all of our records of associations be- tween ]ilants and plant lice in Illinois. Under the scientific names of the plants are given lists of the species of plant lice found attacking them. The common names of many plants are inserted for conven- ience and references given to their scientific names. The botanical and common names used in this pajier are in accord- ance with the seventh edition of "Gray's Nczc Mainial of Botany," ex- cept for the cultivated plants and some not included in Gray's Manual because of their extralimital origins. For the cultivated plants we have followed the nomenclature of the "Manual of Cultivated Plants." by L. H. Bailey (11)"24). For other plants not covered by these ref- erences we have followed the "Dictionary of Plant Names," by H. L. Gerth van Wijk (IDU). Acer Neguiulo Aphis rumicis L. Aphis spiraecola Patch Periphyllus negundinis (Thomas) Acer saccharimim Clavigerus smitliiae (Monell) Drepanaphis acerifoliae (Thomas) Drepanaphis monelli (Davis) Neoprociphilus aceris (Monell) Acer saccliarum Aphis rumicis L. Clavigerus smitliiae (Monell) Drepanaphis acerifoliae (Thomas) Drepanaphis keshenae Granovsky Drepanaphis monelli (Davis) Drepanaphis sp. Myzocallis ononiclis (Kalt.) Myzocallis punctata (MonelU Neoprociphilus aceris (Monell) Periphyllus lyropictus (Kessler) Shenahweum minutum (Davis) Achillea Millefolium Capitophorus patonkus H. & F. Macrosiphum amhrosiae (Thomas) Macrosiphum trigidicola (G. & P.) Macrosiphum tapuskae H. & P. Actinomeris alternifolia Macrosiplium amhrosiae (Thomas) Macrosiphum ruralis H. & F. Aesculus glabra Drepanaphis monelli (Davis) Alder—see Alnus Alfalfa—see Medicago Alkanet—see Anchusa Alnus sp. Myzus alnifoliae (Fitch) Piocipliiiiis tfssellata (Fitch I Alumroot—see Heuchera Amaranth—see Amaranthus Amaranthus paniculatus Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Amaranthus retroflexus Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Amaranthus sp. Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Macrosiphum schranki Theobald Ambrosia triflda Macrosiphum amhrosiae (Thomas) Ambrosia sp. Macrosiphum amhrosiae (Thomas) Macrosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) Amelanehier sp. Prociphilus corrugatans (Sirrine) American aspen—see Populus trem- uloides American elm—see Ulmus ameri- cana Amphicarpa monoica Microparsus variabilis Patch Amsonia Tabernaemontana Aphis rhamni Fonsc. Anchusa myosotidiflora Aphis gossypii Glover Myzus circumflexus (Buckton) Angelica sp. Aphis signatis H. & F. Angle-pod—see Gonolobus Anthemis cotula Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Apium gravcolens var. dulce Aphis gossypii Glover Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Myzus lactucae (Schrank) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Apocynum sp. Aphis asclepiadis Fi{ch Aphis spiraecola Patch Macrosiphum gei (Koch) 390 Illinois Natural Histoky St-rvey Billetin Apple—see Pyrus Malus Aquilegia canadensis Aphis spiraecola Patch Myzus essigi G. & P. Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Aiabis Dninimoncll Aphis gossypii Glovev Arctium minus Aphis rumicis L. Arctium sp. Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi Amphorophora nervata (Gill.) Tamalia coweni (Ckll.) Arrow-wood—see Viburnum Artemisia abrotanum Macrosiphum frigidicola (G. & P.) Artemisia pedemontana JVIacrosiphum frigidicola (G. & P.) Artemisia sp. Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Macrosiphum ludovicianae (Oestl.) Aruncus Sylvester Macrosiphum pseudorosae Patch Asclepias currassavica Aphis nerii Ponsc. Asclepias incarnata Aphis nerii Ponsc. Asclepias sp. Aphis asclepiadis Fitch Aphis gossypii Glover Aphis rumicis L. Aphis spiraecola Patch Macrosiphum gei (Koch I Myzocallis asclepiadis (Monell) Myzocallis punctata (Monell) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Ash—see Fraxinus Aspen—see Populus Aspidium sp. Macrosiphum adiauti (Oestl.) Asplenium Filix-femina Ma Quercus sp. Anoecia querci (Fitch) Mouellia caryella (Pitch) Myzocallis alhambra Davidson Myzocallis bella (Walsh) Myzocallis discolor (Monell) Myzocallis punctata (Monell) Myzocallis walshii (Monell) Neosymydobius albasiphus (Da- vis) luberculatus punctatellus (Fitch) Quince—see Prunus japonica Radicula Armoracia Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Radish—see Raphanus sativus Ragweed—see Ambrosia Ragwort—see Seuecio Ranunculus sp. Thecabius gravlcoruus Patch Raphanus sativus Myzocallis asclepiadis (Monell) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Rhopalosiphum pseudobrassicae (Davis) Raspberry—see Rubus occidentalis The Plant Lice, or Apuiidak, ov Illinois 39» Rattlesnake-root—see Prenanthes Rattlesuake-weed—s e e Hievacium venosum Red birch—see Betula nigra Red cedar—see Juniperus virginiana Red clover—see Trifolium pratense Red elm—see Ulmus tulva Red-osier dogwood—see Cornus sto- lonifera Reed—see Phragmites Rhamnus lanceolata Aphis rhamni Fonsc. Rhus canadensis Rhopalosiphum rliois (Mouell) Rhus glabra Rhopalosiphum rhois (Monell) Rhus sp. Liosomaphis rhois (Monell) Melaphis rhois (Fitch) Ribes Grossularia Aphis sanborni Patch Capltophorus ribis (L.) Myzus houghtonensis (Troop) Ribes nigrum Amphorophora cosmopolitana Ma- son Aphis sanborni Patch Capltophorus ribis (L.) Ribes odoratum Amphorophora cosmopolitana Ma- son Capltophorus ribis (L. ) Macrosiplium ribiellum Davis Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Ribes sp. Aphis sanborni Patch Capltophorus ribis (L.) Macrosiphum ribiellum Davis Myzus houghtonensis (Troop) Myzus thomasi H. & F. Ribwort—see Plantago Richweed—see Pilea River birch—see Betula nigra Robinia Pseudo-Acacia Aphis laburni Kalt. Aphis rumicis L. Rock cress—see Arabis Rock moss—see Sedum Rosa rugosa Capltophorus tragaefolii (Ckll.) Myzus porosus (Sanderson) Rosa sp. Capltophorus corambus H. & F. Capltophorus fragaefolii (Ckll.) Capltophorus tetrarhodus (Walker) Macrosiphum dirhodum (Walker) Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Macrosiphum pseudorosae Patch Macrosiphum rosae (L.) Myzus clrcumflexus (Ruckton) Myzus porosus Sanderson Rose—see Rosa Rose mallow—see Hibiscus Rosin-weed—see Silphium Rubus sp. Amphorophora sensoriata Mason Aphis rubicola Oestl. Cerosipha rubitolii (Thomas) Rudbeckia hirta Macrosiphum ambrosiae (Thomas) Rudbeckia laciniata var. hortensia Macrosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) Rudbeckia sp. Macrosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) Rum cherry—see Piunus serotina Rumex crispus Aphis rumicis L. Aphis spiraecola Patch Macrosiphum venaefuscae Davis Rumex sp. Aphis rumicis L. Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Russian olive—see Elaeagnus Saccharum offlcinarum Sipha flava (Forbes) St. John's wort—see Hypericum Salix amygdaloides Chaitophorus pusillus H. & F. Salix longifolia Cavariella aegopodii (Scopoli) Chaitophorus viminalls Monell Salix nigra Aphis saliceti Kaltenbach Chaitophorus viminalis Monell Clavigerus smithiae (Monell) Salix sp. Aphis saliceti Kaltenbach Cavariella aegopodii (Scopoli) Chaitophorus viminalis Monell Clavigerus populitoliae (Fitch) Clavigerus smithiae (Monell) Macrosiphum laevigatae Essig Myzus porosus Sanderson Plocaniaphis tiocculosa (Weed) Plocamaphis terricola H. & F. Tuberolachnus saligna (Gmel.) Salvia leucantha Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Sambuctis canadensis Aphis sambucitoliae Fitch Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Sambucus sp. Aphis porai DeGeer Aphis sambucifoliae Fitch Sand bai' willow—see Salix longifolia Sanguinaria canadensis Maciosiphum sanguinaiium H. &. F. Sanide—see Sanicula Sanicula sp. Aphis signatis II. & F. Saxifraga splend<'Ms Aphis gossyi)ii (Hover Ma( ri)sii)hum gei (Koch) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Saxifrage—see Saxifraga 400 Il.LIXOIS NaTUHAI. HisTOKY SlKVEV Bl LI.ETIN Scropliulaiia leporella Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Scrophularia nodosa Myzus sciophulariae (Thomas) Scorpion-grass—see Myosotis Scotch fir—see Pinus sylvestris Scotch pine—see Pinus sylvestris Scrub oak—see Quercus niarilandica Seaside grape—see Coccoloba Sedge—see Carex Sedum artissimum Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Sedum reflexum Aphis gossypii Glover Senecio cruentus Aphis padi L. Senecio glabellus Aphis nyctalis H. & F. Senecio vulgaris Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Setaria glauca Geoica squamosa Hart Hysteroneura setariae ( Thomas 1 Setaria viridis Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Setaria sp. Anoecia ciuerci (Fitch) Pemphigus populi-transversus Ri- ley Shag-bark hickory—see Carya ovata Sheepberry—see Viburnum lentago Shell-bark hickory—see Carya ovata Shepherd's purse—see Capsella Bur- sa-pastoris Shield fern—see Aspidium Shingle oak—see Quercus imbricaria Shooting star—see Dodecatheon Meadia Shrubby bitter-sweet—see Celastrus Silphium integrifolium Macrosiphum pallens H. & F. Silphium perfoliatum Macrosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) Silver maple—see Acer saccharinuni Sky-tlower—see Senecio Slippery elm—see Ulmus fulva Smartweed—see Polygonum Smilax rotundifolia Neoprociphilus aceris (Monell) Neoprociphilus attenuatus (O. & S.) Smooth sumach—see Rhus glabra Snakeroot—see Eupatorium urticae- folium, Liatris. and Sanicula Sneezeweed—see Heleniuni Snowherry—see Symphoricarpos Snow-on-t he-mountain—see Euphor- bia marginata Soft maple—see Acer saccharinuni Solauum dulcamara L. Macrosiphum pisi (Kalt.) Solanum melongena Macrosiphum gei iKoch) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Solanum tuberosum Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Solanum sp. Aphis rumicis L. Solidago canadensis Aphis solidaginifoliae Williams Macrosiphum erigeronensis (Thomas I Macrosiphum gravicornis Patch Macrosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) Solidago nemoralis Macrosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) Solidago sp. Aphis solidaginifoliae Williams Macrosiphum ambrosiae (Thomas) Macrosiphum chrysanthemi (Oestl.) Macrosiphum erigeronensis (Thomas) Macrosiphum gravicornis Patch Maciosiphum rudbeckiae (Fitch) Pemphigus brevicornis (Hart I Solomon's seal—see Polygonatum Sonchus arvensis Amphorophora cosmopolitana Ma- son Sonchus oleraceus Amphorophora cosmopolitana Ma- son Sonchus sp. Aphis rumicis L. Amphorophora cosmopolitana Ma- son Capitophorus flaveolus (Walker) Macrosiphum ambrosiae (Thomas) Sorghum—see Holcus Sorghum var. saccharatus Sorrel—see Rumex Sour gum—see Nyssa Southernwood—see Artemisia abro- tanum Sow thistle—see Sonchus arvensis Spanish bayonet—see Yucca Spatter-dock—see Xymphaea Spear grass—see Poa Spinach—see Spinacia oleracea Spinacia oleracea Aphis gossypii Glover Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Myzus persicae (Sulz.) Spindle tree—see Evonymus Spiraea latifolia Aphis spiraecola Patch Aphis spiraephila Patch Spiraea salicifolia Aphis spiraephila Patch Spiraea Vanhouttei Aphis spiraecola Patch Spiraea sp. Aphis spiraecola Patch TiiK Plant Lice, oh AriiiinAK. oi' Ii i.i.vois 401 Spleenwort—see Asplenium Spotted touch-me-not—see Impatiens biflora Spruce—see Picea Spurge—see Euphorbia Spurgewort—see Salvia Squasli—see Cucurbita maxima Squaw-weed—see Senecio Staff tree—see Celastrus Stick-tight—see Bidens vulgata Stiff cornel—see Cornus stricta Stonecrop—see Sedum Strawberry—see Fragaria S tra \vflower—Helichrysum Streptocarpus sp. Myzus circumtlexus (Buckton) Sugar cane—see Saccharum ofiicina- runi Sugar maple—see Acer saccharum Sumach—see Rhus Sunflower—see Helianthus Swamp birch—see Betula punilla Swamp milkweed—see Asclepias in- carnata Swamp Spanish oak—see Quercus palustris Swamp white oak—see Quercus bi- color Sweet cherry—see Prunus avium Sweet clover—see Melilotus Sweet pea—see Lathyrus Sweet pepper—see Capsicum dulce Sweet potato—see Ipomoea batatas Sweet viburnum—see Viburnum Lentago Sword fern—see Nephrelepis Sycamore—see Platanus occidentalis Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Amphicercidus pulverulens (Gill.) Syringa—see Philadelphus coronar- ius Tamarack—see Larix laricina Taraxacum officinale Aphis knowltoni H, & F. Macrosiphum ambrosiae (Thomas) Macrosiphum taraxaci (Kalt.) Prociphilus erigeronensis (Thomas) Tare—see Vicia Thalictnim sp. Macrosiphum purpurascens (Oestl.) Thistle—see Cirsium, Piqueria, and Sonchus Thorough wort—see Eupatorium Tick trefoil—see Desmodium Tilia americana Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas) Longistigma caryae (Harris) Macrosiphum tiliae (Monell) Myzocallis tiliae ( L. ) Tomato—see Lycopersicon esculen- tum Touch-me-not—see Impatiens Trachelospermum diftorme Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Trefoil—see Tritolium Tritolium pratense Aphis bakeri Cowen Aphis cerasifoliae Fitch Aphis crataegifoliae Fitch Macrosiphum granarium (Kby.) Macrosiphum pisi (Kalt.) Myzocallis ononidis (Kalt.) Sipha flava (Forbes) Trifolium procumbens Macrosiphum pisi (Kalt.) Myzocallis ononidis (Kalt.) Trifolium repens Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Macrosiphum pisi (Kalt.) Trifolium sp. Geoica squamosa Hart Macrosiphum pisi (Kalt.) Myzocallis ononidis (Kalt.) Triticum aestivum Macrosiphum granarium (Kby.) Triticum sp. Macrosiphum granarium (Kby.) Myzocallis discolor (Monell) Rhopalosiphum prunifoliae (Fitch) Sipha flava (Forbes) Toxoptera graminum (Rond.) Tropaeolum majus Aphis rumicis L. Trumpet weed—see Eupatorium pur- pureum Trumpet honeysuckle—see Lonlcera sempervirens Tulip—see Tulipa Tulip tree—see Liriodendron Tulipa sp. Aphis rumicis L. Tupelo—see Nyssa Turnip—see Brassica rapa Typha latifolia Rhopalosiphum enigmae H. & F. Ulmus alata Georgiaphis ulmi (Wilson) Tuberculatus ulmifolii (Monell) Ulmus americana Colopha ulmicola (Fitch) Eriosoma lanigera (Hausmann) Tuberculatus ulmifolii (Monell) Ulmus fulva Colopha graminis (Monell) Colopha ulmicola ( Fitch ( Eriosoma crataegi (Oestl.) Eriosoma mimica H. & F. Eriosoma rileyi (Thomas) Georgiaphis ulmi (Wilson) Gobaisbia ulmi-fusus (Walsh) Macrosiphum gei (Koch) Tuljcrculalus ulmifolii (Monell) 402 Illinois Natural History Sip.vf.y Bclletix Ulmus sp. Colopha graminis Monell Coloplia ulmicola (Fitch I Eriosoma lanigei-a (Hausmann) Gobaishia ulmi-fusus (Walsh) Tuberculatus ulmitolii (Monell I Urtlca sp. Aphis rumicis L. Vaccinium vacillans Amphorophora vaccinii Mason Verbena sp. Myzus pei'sicae (Sulz. ) Vernonia fasciculata Aphis vernoniae Thomas Vernonia sp. Aphis spiraecola Patch Vervain—see Verbena Vetch—see Vicia Vetchling—see Lathyrus Viburnum Lentago Aphis viburnicola Gill. Viburnum Opulus var. americanum Aphis rumicis L. Aphis viburnicola Gill. Aphis viburniphila Patch Viburnum sp. Aphis bakeri Cowen Aphis crataegitoliae Fitch Aphis rumicis L. Aphis spiraecola Patch Aphis viburnicola Gill. Aphis viburniphila Patch Vicia sp. Macrosiphum pisi (Kalt.) Viola tricolor MyzUs persicae (Sulz.) Viola sp. Itliopterus violae (Pergande) Violet—see Viola Virginia creeper—see Parthenocis- sus Vitis labrusca Aphis illinoisensis Shimer Vitis sp. Aphis illinoisensis Shimer Aphis spiraecola Patch Waahoo—see Evonynius atropurpur- eus Wahoo—see Ulmus alata Walnut—see Juglans nigra Water beech—see Carpinus carolin- iana Water cress—see Radicula Water hyacinth—see Eichhornia Water lily—see Castalia anil Nyin- phaea Water pepper—see Polygonum hyro- piper Water shield—see Brasenia Waxwork—see Celastrus scandens Weeping birch—see Betula peudula Wheat—see Triticum White Birch—see Betula pendula and Betula alba var. papyrifera White clover—see Trifolium repens White elm—see Ulmus americana White lettuce—see Prenanthes alba White melilot—see Melilotus alba White oak—see Quercus alba White Pine—see Pinus Strobus White snake-root—see Eupatorium urticaetolium White spruce—see Picea canadensis \\'hite thorn—see Crataegus White water lily—see Castalia Whitewood tree—see Liriodendron tulipifera Wild bergamot—see Monarda fistu- losa Wild black cherry—see Prunus sero- tina Wild crane.sbill—see Geranium mac- ulatum Wild lettuce—see Lactuca canaden- sis Wild plum — see Prunus nigra and Prunus americana Wild rye — see Elymus Willow—see Salix Winged elm—see Ulmus alata Winged pigweed—see Cycloloma Witch hazel—see Hamamelis Woodbine—see Parthenocissus Wood fern — see Aspidium Wood mint — see Blephilia hirsuta Wormwood—see Artemisia Xanthium canadense Macrosiphum ambrosiae (Thomas) Yard grass—see Eleusine Yarrow—see Achillea Yellow barked oak—see Quercus ve- lutina Yellow dais.v—see Rudbeckia hiria Yellow dock—see Rumex crispus Yellow honeysuckle—see Lonicera flava Y'ellow melilot—see Melilotus offi- cinalis Yellow pine—see Pinus echinata and Pinus palustris Yellow pond lily—see Xymphaea Yellow poplar—see Liriodendron tu- lipifera Yucca sp. Aphis rumicis L. Zea Mays Anoecia querci (Fitch) Aphis maidi-radicis Forbes Aphis maidis Fitch Colopha graminis ( Monell ) Geoica squamosa Hart Macrosiphum granarium ( Kby.) Pemphigus brevicornis (Hartl Sipha flava (Forbes) The Pla.nt Lice, or Aphiidae, oi- Illinois 403 Zizia auiea Zjzia sp. Aphis luridis H. & F. Aphis luridis H. & F. Aphis signatis H. & F. Aphis signatis H. & F. 404 Illinois Natikal Histokv SrKVf;Y Bulletin Bir.LIOGRAPHY The following list of publications includes the papers to which direct citations are made in the text. Many additional references to the literature dealing with plant lice are contained in some of the papers here listed. ASHMEAI), W. H. 1881-2. On the Aphididae of Florida, with Descriptions of New Species. Canadian Entomologist; Part i. Vol. 13. No. 7. July. pp. 154-156; part ii. Vol. 13. No. 11, November, pp. 220-225; part iii. Vol. 14, No. 5, May, pp. 88-93. Baker, A. C. 1915. The Woolly Apple Aphis. XT. S. Department of Agriculture, Report No. 101. pp. 1-55, pis. 1-15, figs. 1-3. 1916a. Identity of Erioaoma )>yri. Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. V, No. 23, March 6, pp. 1115-1119, 1 pi. 1916b. A Review of the Pterocommini (Aphididae, Horn.) Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 48. No. S, August, pp. 280-290. 1916c. The Identity of Eriosoma querci Fitch (Aphidadae, Horn.). Entomological News. Vol. XXVII, No. S, October, pp. 359-366, figs. 1-10. 1916d. A Synopsis of the Genus Calaphis. Proceedings of the Ento- mological Society of Washington. Vol. XVIII. No. 3, November 27, pp. 184-189. 1917a. Synopsis of the Genus Haltusapliis (Aphididae. Horn.). Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, January, pp. 1-9. pis. 1. 2. 3. 1917b. Eastern Aphids. New or Little Known. Part II. Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 10, No. 4, August, pp. 420-433. fig. 21. 1917c. Life History of Macrtisii)lrnm iUinoinensis. the Grapevine Aphis. Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. XI. No. 3, October 15. pp. 83-89. pis. 8. 9. 1917d. Some Sensory Structures in the Aphididae. Canadian Ento- mologist, Vol. XLIX, No. 11, November, pp. 378-384. pi. xvii. 1918. Our Birch S)imii(lobius Distinct from the European (Aphididae. Hom.). Canadian Entomologist. Vol. L, No. 9. September, pp. 318-320. 1919a. A Mclnphis from Moss (Horn.). Entomological News, Vol. XXX. No. 7. July. pp. 194-196. figs. a-d. 1919b. Ni-otd.roptcvd violae. Theo., and Its Allies. Bulletin of Ento- mological Research. Vol. 10. Pt. 1. November, pp. 45-46. pi. 1. 1919c. The Houghton Gooseberry Aphis. Journal of Economic Ento- mology, Vol. 12. No. 6. December, pp. 433-4:^7. 1920. Generic Classification of the Hemipterous Family Aphididae. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Bulletin No. 826. August 10. pp. 1-109. pis. i-xvi. 1921a. Note on the Rosy Aphis. Canadian Entomologist, Vol. LIII. No. 4. April, p. 95. 1921b. On the Family Name for the Plant Lice. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Vol. 23, No. 5, May, pp. 101-103. 1923. Tribe Callipterini. in the Heniiptera or Sucking Insects of Con- necticut. Connecticut State Geological and Natui-al History Survey Bulletin No. 34. pp. 271-290. The Plant Lice, ok Aphiiuae, ok Illinois 4U5 Baker. A. C, and W. F. Tihneu 1916. Morphology anti Biology of the Green Apple Aphis. Journal of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, Vol. V, No. 21, February 21. pp. 955-994. figs. 1-4, pis. Lxvii-i.xxv. 1919. Apple-grain Aphis. Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. XVIII, No. 6, December 15, pp. .311-324, one table. BOKNEU, C. 1930. Beitrage zu einem neuen System der Blattlause. Archiv fiir klassifikatorische und phylogenetische Entomologie, Band 1, Heft 2, March 14, pp. 115-194. BucKTOX, G. B. 1876. Monograph of the British Aphides, Vol. I. London, pp. i-iii. 1-193, pis. I-XXXVIII. BlRMELSTKIi, H. C. C. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. 5 Bde. Berlin. Reimer. Bd. 2. Abteil 1, 1835. Hemiptera, 12 w. 400 p. Abteil 2, 1, Halfte, 1838. Orthoptera. 8 p. v. p. 397-756 w. 2 p. Verbess.; Abteil 2, 2. Halfte, 1839, Neuroptera. p. 757-1050. Clarke, W. T. 1903. A List of California Aphididae. Canadian Entomologist. Vol. XXXV, No. 9, September, pp. 247-254. Cockekell, T. D. a. 1901. A New Plant-louse Injuring Strawberry Plants in Arizona. Ca- nadian Entomologist. Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, April, p. 101. 1903. Aphididae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. XXIX, pp. 114-116. 1905. A Gall on Bearberry (Arctosinptii/liis). Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXXII, No. 11, November, pp. 391-392. CogUKREI., CHARI.ES 1859. Note sur quelques Insectes de Madagascar et de Bourbon. Annales Societe Entomologique de France, Ser. 3, Vol. VII, pp. 239-260. 2 Taf. COWEX. J. H. 1895. [Aphididae] in Gillette and Baker: A Preliminary List of the Hemiptera of Colorado. Agricultural Experiment Station of Colorado State Agricultural College, Bulletin No. 31, Technical Series No. 1, May, pp. 115-124. CUTRIGIIT, CliitOUI) R. 1925. Subterranean Aphids of Ohio. Ohio Experiment Station, Bulletin 387, September, pp. 175-238, pi. i-vi. Davii;.sox, W. M. 1914a. Plant Louse Notes from California. Journal of Economic Ento- mology, Vol. VII. No. 1. February, pp. 127-136, figs. 1-8. 1914b. Walnut Aphides in California. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 100, August 31, pp. 1-48, pis. i-iv, figs. 1-18, tables i-xvi. 1915. Little-known Western Plant-lice. I. Journal of Economic Ento- mology, Vol. 8, August 15. pp. 419-429, pi. 25, 26, 27. 1917a. Little-known Western Plant Lice. II. Journal of Economic Ento- mology, Vol. 10, No. 2. April, pp. 290-297, figs. 1-28, 1917b. The Reddish-Brown Plum Aphis t Rho})(iIos-ii)hum nymijheae Linn.). Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. X, No, 3, June, pp. :i50-353, fig. ID (figs. 1-12). 1919. Life History and Habits of the Mealy Plum Aphis. U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture. Professional Paper, Bulletin No. 774, April 28, pp. 1-16, pis. 1, 2. 1920. .\ New MiizorrilUa (.Aphididae: Homoptera). Canadian Entomol- ogist. Vol. LII. No. 6. August, pp. 176-177. 1921. Biological Studies of Apliin nimicis Linn. Bulletin of Entomolo- gical Research, Vol. XII, Pt. 1, June. pp. 81-89, figs. 1-6. 406 Il.I.INOrS NATIKAr. Hl.STOKY SlIlVKV Bl I.I.KTIX Davis, J. J. 1908a. A New Aphid on the Virginia Creeper. Entomological News, Vol. XIX, No. 4, April, pp. 143-H6, pi. vii. 1908b. Notes on the Life History of the Leafy Diraorph of the Boxelder Aphid, Chuitopliorus ni'lunfUni.i Thos. Annals of the Entomo- logical Society of America, Vol. I. No. 2, June, pp. 130-132. 1908c. Studies of Aphididae I. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Columbus, Ohio. Vol. I, No. 4, December, pp. 251-264. pis. XXI. XXII, XXIII. 1909a. Biological Studies on Three Species of Aphididae. U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology. Technical Series, No. 12, Pt. S. February, pp. 123-168. 1909b. Studies on Aphididae II. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 2, No. 1. March, pp. 30-42, pis. v-vii. 1909c. Two New Genera and Species of Aphididae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. II, No. 3, September, pp. 196-200. pi. XXVII. figs. 9-15. 1910a. Chaitophorus neguiidinif! Thos, vs. C. no'ris Linn. Entomological News, Vol. XXI. No. 1, January, pp. 14-16. figs. 1910b. Two Curious Species of Aphididae from Illinois. Entomological News, Vol. XXI, No. 5, May, pp. 195-200, pi. viii. 1910c. Aphis aquaticus Jackson vs. Rhopalosiiihum nymphaeae Linn. Entomological News, Vol. XXI, No. 6, June. pp. 245-247. 1910d. A List of the Aphididae of Illinois, with Notes on Some of the Species. Journal of Economic Entomology. Vol. 3. October, pp. 407-420, pis. 27, 28. 1910e. A List of the Aphididae of Illinois, with Notes on Some of the Species. Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 3, December, pp. 482-499. pis. 31. 32. 1911a. The Woolly Aphis of Oak {PhijUaphix.' qiieni Fitch) (Hemip.) Entomological News, Vol. XXII, No. fi. June. pp. 242-245. pi. vii. 1911b. A List of the Aphididae of Illinois, with Notes on Some of the Species. Journal of Economic Entoinologv, Vol. 4. No. 3. June, pp. 325-331, pi. 10, fig. 10. 1911c. Williams' "The Aphididae of Nebraska."—A Critical Review. Nebraska University Studies, Vol. 11. No. 3. July, pp. 253-292. pis. i-viii. 1913. The Cyrus Thomas Collection of Aphididae. and a Tabulation of Species Mentioned and Described in His Publications. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Vol. X. Art. II. September, pp. 97-121. with 2 pis. 1914a. New or Little Known Species of Aphididae. Canadian Entomolo- gist, Vol. XLVl, No. 2, February, pp. 41.^1. pi. ii. figs. 10-12: No. 3. March, pp. 77-S7, pi. iv. v; No. 4. April, pp. 121-134. figs. 14-17, pi. VII ; No. 5, May, pp. 165-173, fig. 18; No. 7, July, pp. 226-235, pi. xviii. figs. 21. 22. 1914b. 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P. 1925. The Life Cycle of Macrosiphum solanifoUi with Special Reference to the Genetics of Color. The American Naturalist, Vol. LIX, No. 663. July-August, pp. 289-310, tables 1-5. SMnii, B. F. 1890. The Black Peach Aphis. Entoniologica Americana, Vol. VI, No. 6, Brooklyn, June, pp. 101-103, and pp. 201-208. S.MITU, L. B. 1919. The Life History and Biology of the Pink and Green Aphid [Macrosiphum solanifoUi Ashmead). Virginia Truck Experi- ment Station, Bulletin 27, April 1. pp. 27-79, figs. 3-11. tables I-V. S\i ITII. R. L. 1921. Aiiurapliis lir!i 429 430 Illinois Natukal Hlstoky Survey Btu.ETix Explanation of Plate \'II ANTENNAE Alate Vi\ jpakous Females Except Figs. 233 axd 234 Fig. 223 Fig. 224 Fig. 225 Fig. 226 Fig. 227 Pig. 228 Pig. 229 lum. Pig. 230 ments. Pig. 231 Fig. 232 Fig. 233 fifth antennal Pig. 234 Pig. 235 Fig. 236 Fig. 237 Fig. 238 Fig. 239 ment. Fig. 240 ment. Pig. 241 segments. Pig. 242 Fig. 243 Pig. 244 Fig. 245 Fig. 246 Fig. 247 Pig. 248 Fig. 249 Fig. 250 Pig. 251 Fig. 252 Fig. 253 Fig. 254 Fig. 255 Pig. 256 Eriosoma mimica Hottes and Frison, flagellum. Hormaphis hamamelidis (Fitch), three-segmented antenna. Eriosoma lanigera (Hausmann), third segment. Georgiaphis ulmi (Wilson), third segment. Pemphigus tartareus Hottes and Frison. sexupara. flagellum. Pemphigus brevicornis (Hart), sexupara. flagellum. Pemphigus ephemeratus Hottes and Prison, sexupara. flagel- Paducia antennatum (Patch), third and fourth antennal seg- Cinara difficilis Hottes and Frison. flagellum. Sipha flava (Forbes) five-segmented antenna. Saltusaphis elongatus Baker, apterous male, third, fourth, and segments. Melanocallis fumipennella (Pitch), alate male, flagellum. Calaphis castaneae (Pitch), third segment. Calaphis betulaecolens (Pitch), third segment. Saltusaphis wanicus Hottes and Frison. third segment. Neoprociphilus aceris (Monell), third segment. Mordwilkoja vagabunda ( Walsh ) . fundatrigenia. sixth seg- Pemphigus populi-transversus Riley, fundatrigenia, sixth seg- Pemphigus populi-transversus Riley, sexupara. fifth and sixth Saltusaphis wanicus Hottes and Prison, sixth segment. Drepanaphis acerlfollae (Thomas), sixth segment. Tamalia coweni (Cockerell). sixth segment. Neosymydobius albasiphus (Davis), sixth segment. Melanocallis fumipennella (Fitch), sixth segment. Neosymydobius memorialis Hottes and Frison. sixth segment. Amphicercidus pulverulens (Gillette), sixth segment. Myzocallis alnifoliae (Pitch), third segment. Chaitophorus populifoliae Oestlund. third segment. Monellia costalis (Pitch), third segment. Chaitophorus pusillus Hottes and Prison, third segment. Chaitophorus neglectus Hottes and Frison. third segment. Neosymydobius annulatus (Koch), third segment. Neosymydobius memorialis Hottes and Frison. flagellum. Plocamaphis terricola Hottes and Frison. third segment. The Plant Lice, oh ArminAK, oi- Ii i.ixoi.s 431 8S4l 88«):jLKULXni 8^7iS_OB 846 246 847 289 iMJtf 848- l^-dtOUA Pl.ATK VII 432 Illinois Natiral Histohy Sirvey Bi lleti.v Explanation of Plate \'III ANTENNAE Fig. 257' Capitophorus pakansus Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous fe- male, third and fourth antennal segments. Pig. 258 Capitophorus pakansus Hottes and Prison, male, third, fourth, .and fifth antennal segments. Pig. 259 Capitophorus corambus Hottes and Prison, apterous vivipar- ous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 260 Capitophorus corambus Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 261 Myzus thomasi Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments. Fig. 262 Rhopalosiphum enigmae Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third and fourth antennal segments. Fig. 263 Rhopalosiphum enigmae Hottes and Prison, male, third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments. Fig. 264 Myzus thomasi Hottes and Prison, apterous viviparous female, third, fourth and fifth antennal segments. Fig. 265 Aphis signatis Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third and fourth antennal segments. Fig. 266 Aphis nyctalis Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennal segments. Pig. 267 Aphis nyctalis Hottes and Prison, apterous viviparous female, third and fourth antennal segments. Fig. 26S Aphis luridis Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third. fourth, and fifth antennal segments. Pig. 269 Aphis coreopsidis (Thomas), alate viviparous female, third. fourth, and fifth antennal segments. Pig. 270 Asiphonaphis anogis Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous fe- male, third and fourth antennal segments. Pig. 271 Aphis cornifoliae Fitch, alate viviparous female, third anten- nal segment. Fig. 272 Capitophorus patonkus Hottes and Prison, apterous viviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 273 Myzus houghtonensis (Troop), alate viviparous female, lecto- type, third antennal segment. Fig. 274 Capitophorus patonkus Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 275 Cerosipha rubifolii (Thomas), alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 276 Aphis pulchella Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 277 Macrosiphuni illini Hottes and Prison, apterous viviparous fe- male, third and fourth antennal segments. Pig. 278 Aphis zilora Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 279 Aphis carduella Walsh, alate viviparous female, third anten- nal segment. Pig. 280 Aphis chetansapa Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 281 Aphis decepta Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 282 Aphis funesta Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 283 Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas), alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 284 Aphis caliginosa Hottes and Frisou. alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. The Plant Lice, or Ai>Hni>AK. ok Ii.i.ixois 433 Pl.ATK VIII 431 Illinois Natukal Histoiiy Survev Blixetix Explanation of Plate IX ANTENXAE Fig, 285 Macrosiphum illini Hottes and Prison, male, third, fourth, and fifth antennal segments. Fig. 286 Macrosiphum ruralis Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous fe- male, third antennal segment. Fig. 287 Macrosiphum sanguinarium Hottes and Prison, alate vivipar- ous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 288 Jlacrosiphum tardae Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous fe- male, third antennal segment. Fig. 289 Macrosiphum pallens Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous fe- male, third antennal segment. Fig. 290 Macrosiphum zinzalae Hottes and Prison, apterous viviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 291 Macrosiphum zinzalae Hottes and Frison. alate viviparous fe- male, third antennal segment. Fig. 292 Macrosiphum carpinicolens Patch, alate viviparous female. third antennal segment. Fig. 29.3 Macrosiphum adianti (Oestlundi, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 294 Macrosiphum kickapoo Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third and fourth antennal segments. Fig. 395 Macrosiphum gravicornis Patch, oviparous female, third an- tennal segment. Pig. 296 Macrosiphum erigeronensis (Thomas I. oviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 297 Macrosiphum frigidicola (Gillette and Palmer), alate vivipar- ous female, third antennal segment Pig. 298 Macrosiphum sonchella (Monell), apterous viviparous female, third and fourth antennal segments. Fig. 299 Macrosiphum tapuskae Hottes and Prison, apterous vivipar- ous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 300 Macrosiphum illini Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Pig. 301 Jlacrosiphum ambrosiae (Thomas), apterous viviparous fe- male, lectotype. third antennal segment. Fig. 302 Macrosiphum ambrosiae (Thomas), alate viviparous female. lectotype. third antennal segment. Fig. 303 Macrosiphum illini Hottes and Frison, oviparous female, hind tibia. Pig. 304 Macrosiphum tapuskae Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous fe- male, third antennal segment. Fig. 305 Amphoniphora nebulosa Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 306 Araphorophora singularis Hottes and Frison. alate viviparous female, third antennal segment. Fig. 307 Amphorophora rossi Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous fe- male, third antennal segment. Fig. 30S Macrosiphum anomalae Hottes and Frison. alate viviparous fe- male, third antennal serment. The Pla.vt Lice, or Aphiiwak, ok Iixinois 435 • o o*--&o_pOo $ ° ,-^^^ss:^x=^ 436 Ii.i.iNors Natii:ai History Sikvey Billetin ExI'LAXATION OF PlATE X TUBERCLES, SETAE, et< . Fig. 309 Aphis caliginosa Hottes and Fiison, alate viviparous female, lateral tubercles. Fig. 310 Melauocallis fumipennella (Fitch), alate viviparous female, lateral tubercles. Fig. 311 Myzocallis asclepiadis (Monelll, alate viviparous female, lat- eral tubercles. Fig. 312 Asiphonaphis pruni Wilson and Davis, alate viviparous female, lateral tubercles. Fig. 313 Paducia antennatum (Patch), alate viviparous female, lateral tubercles. Fig. 314 Gypsoaphis oestlundi Hottes, lateral tubercles. Fig. 315 Asiphonaphis auogis Hottes and Prison, apteious viviparous female, lateral tubercles. Fig. 316 Iziphya flabellus (Sanborn), alate viviparous female, modified setae. Fig, 317 Geoica squamosa Hart, apterous viviparous female, top view of modified setae. Fig. 31S Geoica squamosa Hart, apterous viviparous female, lateral view of modified setae. Fig. 319 Tuberculatus punctatellus (Fitch), alate viviparous female, dorsal abdominal tubercles. Fig. 320 Capitophorus fragaefolii (Cockerell), apterous viviparous fe- male, globate setae. Pig. 321 Saltusaphis elongatus Baker, apterous viviparous female, com- pound eyes without ocular tubercles. Fig. 322 Thripsaphis verrucosa Gillette, apterous viviijarous female, Cauda, anal plate and terminal abdominal segment. Hg. 323. Drepanaphis mouelli ( Davis l. alate viviparous female, dor- sal abdominal tubercles. Pig. 324 Thripsaphis ballii (Gillette), alate viviparous female, unmodi- fied setae. Pig. 325 Shenahweum miiuitus (Davis), alate viviparous female, fore femora. Fig. 326 Cepegillettea betulaefoliae Granovsky, alate viviparous female, fore femora. Fig. 327 Drepanaphis acerifoliae (Thomas), alate viviparous female, dorsal abdominal tubercles. Fig. 32S Prociphilus venafuscus (Patch), (sexupara), dorsal wax-pore plates of mesothorax. Pig. 329 Prociphilus corrugatans (Sirrine), (fundatrigenia). dorsal wax- pore plates of mesothorax. Fig. 330 Pemphigus populi-transversus Riley (fundatrigenia), dorsal wax-pore plates of mesothorax. Pig. 331 Periphyllus negundinis (Thomas), dimorphic form. Fig. 332 Hamamelistes splnosus Shinier, coccidiform generation. Pig. 333 Myzocallis walshii (Mouell). oviparous female, showing color pattern and setal arrangement. Fig. 334 Myzocallis alhambra Davidson, oviparous female, showing color pattern and setal arrangement. Fig. 335 Chaitophorus neglectus Hottes and Prison, alate viviparous female, showing color pattern. Pig. 336 Chaitophorus populitoliae Oostlund. alate viviparous female, showing color pattern. ^ The Plant Lice, or AruiiiiAE. oi- Ii i.ixois i?^# 333 # 334 331 P' ^\ 336 1. Pr.ATE X 438 Illinois NAXrnAL History Survey Blu.etin ADDENDA Species Not Recognized There exist a few original descriptions of species of aphids. based upon specimens collected in Illinois, which are not recognized in the body of this paper. This situation is due to the fact that to date no one has been able to definitely associate particular species of aphids with these descriptions, probably because of their limitations or vagueness. These descriptions are as follows : A/jhif: (/nercifoHac Walsh, Proc. Ent. Sec. Phil., Vol. 1, Xo. 9, 1862. p. 298. Eriosomaf fimgicola Walsh, Proc. Ent. See. Phil., Vol., 1, No. 9, 1862, p. 304. Pemphigus formicarius Walsh, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. 1, No. 9, 1862, p. 308. Pemphigus formicetornm Walsh, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. 1, No. 9, 1862, p. 30S. Siphonophora verbenae Thomas, Bulletin Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Vol. 1, No. 2, June, 1878, p. 8. APHIS SYMPHORICARPI Thom.\s Among the recently recovered types of aphids originally described by Thomas, and not discussed in the body of this article because of their collection in Iowa, are specimens of Aphis syinplwricarpi Thomas. These cotypic specimens, in poor condition, are mounted on Slides Nos. 2792 and 8T76, and the following data are associated with them: Fort Dodge, Iowa, September 1, 1877, on Syniplwricarptis vulgaris. Both slides contain apterous viviparous females, which may unquestionably be recognized as parasitized specimens of the species now known as albipcs (Oestlund). The parasitized condition of the specimens ac- counts for the statements : "Bodies rather broadly ovoid, and very convex. Abdomen distinctly acuminate at the apex, but no tail ap- parent,"' which were used in the original description, and for the mis- leading color notes. CEDOAPHIS INCOGNITA new name We find that Aphis albipcs Oestlund is a synonym of Aphis symphoricarpi Thomas. As a result of this synonymy, the species re- ferred to by Oestlund (li)22) as Ccdoaphis sviitphoricarpi is without a name, and we therefore have proposed iiicoi/iiita as a new name for this species. The Plant Lice, or Apiiiidae, of Illinois 439 INDEX The names of all sjiecies and varieties are here listed under the generic names to which the various species have been assigned in this paper, and also in alphabetical order. Those reduced to synonymy, preoccupied, of changed generic assignment, or representing previous Illinois records based upon misidentifications are indicated by italic type, and new names by bold-faced type. abbreviata Patch, Aphis, 214 abietinus Koch, Mindarus, 374 acerifolii Riley. Pemphigus, 373 acerifoliae (Thomas), Drepanaphis, 246 acerifoliae Thomas, Siphonophora. 246 aceris (Monell), Neoprociphilus, 361 aceris Jlonell, Pemphius, 361 adianti (Oestlund), Macrosiphum, 296 adianti Oestlund, Siphonophora, 296 aegoprxUi Scopoli, Aphis, 229 aegopodii (Scopoli), Cavariella, 229 ageratoidis Oestlund, Aphis, ISl agilis ( Kaltenbach ), Eulachnus, 157 albasiphus (Davis), Neosymvdobius, 261 albasiphus Davis, Symydobius, 261 albifrons Essig, Macrosiphum, 333 albiprs Oestlund, Aphis, 438 alhambra Davidson, Myzocallis, 2.55 alui DeGeer, Aphis, 256 alni (DeGeer), Myzocallis, 256 alnifoliae Fitch, Lachnus, 256 alnifoliae (Fitch), Myzocallis, 256 Alphitoaphis Hottes, 175 lonicericola (Williams), 175 ambrosiae (Thomas), Macrosiphum, 298 ambrosiae Thomas, Siphonophora, 298 americanus (Baker), Neosymydobius, 261 americanus Baker, Symydobius, 261 Amphicercidus Oestlund, 160 pulverulens (Gillette), 160 Amphorophora Buckton, 273 cosmopolitana Mason, 274 laingi Mason, 275 nabali (Oestlund), 275 nebulosa Hottes and Frison, 275 nervata (Gillette), 227 rossi Hottes and Frison, 277 sensoriata Mason, 279 singularis Hottes and Frison, 279 solan 1 (Thomas), 280 vaccinii Mason, 280 ampullata Buckten, Amphorophora, 275 antiulatus Koch, Chaitophorus, 262 annulatus (Koch), Neosymydobius, 262 Anoecia Koch, 151 oenotherae Wilson. 151 querci (Fitch), 152 setariae Gillette and Palmer, 151 anogis Hottes and Frison, Asiphona- phis, 225 anomalae Hottes and Frison, Macro- siphum, 298 antennata (Patch), Paducia, 168 antennatum Patch. Melanoxanther- ium, 168 Anuraphis Del Guercio, see Aphis, 176 Aphis Linnaeus, 176 ageratoidis Oestlund, 181 asclepiadis Fitch, 181 bakeri Cowen, 181 caliginosa Hottes and Frison, 182 carduella Walsh, 183 cardui Linnaeus. 185 cephalanthi Thomas, 185 cerasifoliae Fitch. 186 chetansapa Hottes and Frison, 186 coreopsidis (Thomas), 188 cornifoliae Fitch, 189 crataegifoliae Fitch, 190 debilicornis (Gillette and Palmer), 191 decepta Hottes and Frison, 192 feminea Hottes, 193 folsoinii Davis, 193 forbesi Weed, 194 funesta Hottes and Frison, 194 gossypii Glover, 195 helianthi Monell, 196 illinoisensis Shinier, 198 know/ltoni Hottes and Frison. 199 laburni Kaltenbach. 199 luridis Hottes and Frison. 200 luaculatae Oestlund, 201 maidi-radicis Forbes, 202 maidis Fitch, 205 middletonii Thomas, 203 monardae Oestlund, 205 neilliae Oestlund, 205 nerii Fonscolombe, 206 nyctalis Hottes and Frison, 206 oestlundi Gillette, 208 padi Linnaeus, 209 persicae-niger Smith, 209 pomi DeGeer, 210 440 Iixixois Natuiial Histoky Sirvev Bllleti.x pulchella Hottes and Prison, 212 rhanini Fonscolombe, 214 rociadae Cockerel!, 214 rofea Baker, 214 rublcola Oestlund, 215 rumicis Linnaeus, 215 rumicis var. gerardiae (Thomas), 217 saliceti Kaltenbach, 217 sambucifoliae Fitch, 218 sanborni Patch, 218 signatis Hottes and Prison, 219 solidaginifoliae Williams, 220 spiraecola Patch, 220 spiraephila Patch, 222 tulipae Fonscolombe, 222 vernoniae Thomas, 222 viburnicola Gillette. 223 viburniphila Patch, 224 zilora Hottes and Prison, 224 aporiinii Koch, Aphis, 181 aquaticus Jackson, Rhopalosiphum 338 aquilegiae Essig, Myzus, 337 arnndinis (Pabricius), Hyalopterus, 232 asclepiadis Cowen, Nectarophora, 30G asclepiadis Fitch, Aphis. 181 ascleiyiadis Monell, Callipterus, 256 asclepiadis (Monell), Myzocallis. 256 Asiphonaphis Wilson and Davis. 225 anogis Hottes and Prison. 225 pruni Wilson and Davis, 227 Asiphum Koch, 348 pseudobyrsa (Walsh), 348 atriplicis Linnaeus, Aphis, 231 atriplicis (Linnaeus), Hyalopterus, 231 attenuatus (Osborn and Sirrine). Xeoprociphilus, 362 attenuatus Osborn and Sirrine, Pem- phigus. 362 avenae Pabricius, Aphis, 239 bakeri Cowen. Aphis. 181 haUii Gillette. Brachycolus, 270 ballii (Gillette), Thripsaphis, 270 heUa Walsh, Aphis, 257 bella (Walsh), Myzocallis, 257 bcrberidis Kaltenbach, Aphis, 235 berberidis (Kaltenbach), Rhopalosi- phum, 235 betae Doane, Pemphigus, 369 bctulae Linnaeus, Aphis, 249 betulae (Linnaeus). Euceraphis. 249 hrtiiJaecoleris (Fitch), Aphis, 244 betulaecolens (Pitch), Calaphis. 244 betulaefoliae Granovsky, Cepegillet- tea, 246 betulella Walsh, Calaphis, 244 Brachycolus Buckton. 228 tritici Gillette. 228 hraiiiiii Gillette, Myzus, 282 braggii Gillette and Palmer, Plocama- phis, 174 brassicae (Linnaeus), Brevicoryne. 228 brassicae Linnaeus, Aphis, 228 brevicornis (Hart), Pemphigus, 363 bi-rvicornis Hart, Tychea, 363 Brevicoryne Van der Goot, 228 brassicae (Linnaeus), 228 brevis Sanderson, Aphis, 190 Calaphis Walsh. 243 betulaecolens (Fitch), 244 betulella Walsh, 244 castaneae (Pitch), 245 californica (Clarke), Macrosiphum, 314 caliginosa Hottes and Prison, Aphis 1S2 Capitophorus Van der Goot, 280 corambus Hottes and Prison, 281 fiaveolus (Walker), 282 fragaetolii ( Cockerel!), 283 gillettei Theobald, 284 minor (Forbes), 284 pakansus Hottes and Prison, 286 patonkus Hottes and Prison. 287 poae (Gillette), 290 ribis ( Linnaeus), 290 tetrarhodus (Walker), 291 carduella Walsh. Aphis. 183 cardui Linnaeus. Aphis. 185 carpinicolens Patch, Macrosiphum, 301 cari/ae Harris, Aphis, 157 caryae (Harris), Longistigma, 157 cari/ae Monell, Callipterus, 251 caryae (Monell), Monellia. 251 caryaefolidc Davis. Callipterus. 250 cavtirlhi Fitch. Aphis. 252 caryella (Fitch). Monellia. 252 cariirlla var. cofitaUs Pitch. Aphis, 252 castaneae (Fitch), Calaphis. 245 castaiuHir Fitch, Callipterus, 245 Catamergus Oestlund, see Macrosi- phum, 293 Cavariella Del Guercio, 229 aegopodii (Scopoli). 229 Cepegillettea Granovsky, 246 betulaefoliae Granovsky, 246 cephalanthi Thomas. Aphis, 185 ci'rosi Pabricius, Aphis, 335 cerasi (Pabricius), Myzus, 335 cinisictiloi.s (Fitch). Euceraphis. 249 cerasifoliae Fitch. Aphis, 186 irrciilif: (Kaltenbach), Macrosiphum. 30S Cerosipha Del Guercio, 229 rubitolii (Thomas). 229 Chailophorus Koch. 160 neglectus Hottes and Prison, 161 populifoliae Oestlund. 163 pusillus Hottes and Prison, 163 quercicola (Monell), 164 viminalis :\Ionell, 165 The Plant Lkk, ok Aphiidae, ok Ii.mmh.s 441 chetansapa Hottes and Prison. Aphis. 1S6 chrysanthemi (Oestlundl, Macrosi- phum, 302 cUrysanthemi Oestlund, Siphono- phora, 302 Cinara Curtis, 153 difficilis Hottes and Prison, 153 laricis (Hartig), 155 palmerae (Gillette), 156 pini (Linnaeus), 156 pinicola ( Kaltenbach), 156 strobi (Pitch), 157 circumflexus (Buckton), Myzus, 335 circumftexa Buckton, Siphonophora, 335 Clavigerus Szepligetl, 165 populifoliae (Fitch), 165 smithiae (Mouelll, 166 Colopha Monell, 34S graininis (Alonell), 34S ulmicola (Fitch), 349 Colophella Borner, see Colopha, 348 Coloradoa Wilson, 241 corambus Hottes and Prison, Capito- phorus. 2S1 coreopsidis (Thomas), Aphis, ISS coreopsidis Thomas, Siphonophora, 188 corni auctt., Anoecia. 152 cornicola Walsh, Eriosoma (?), 152 cornifoliae Pitch, Aphis, 189 con-uc/ataiis Sirrine, Pemphigus, 370 corrugatans (Sirrine), Prociphilus, 370 coryli Davis, Macrosiphum, 303 cori/li Goeze. Aphis, 257 coryli (Goeze), Myzocallis, 257 cosmopolitana Mason, Amphorophora, 274 costalis (Pitch), Monellia, 252 coweni Cockerell, Pemphigus. 268 coweni (Cockerell). Tamalia, 268 crataegi (Monell), Macrosiphum, 304 crataegi Monell, Siphonophora, 304 crataegi (Oestlund). Eriosoma, 351 rratupfii Oestlund, Schizoneura, 351 crataegifoliae Pitch, Aphis, 190 Cryptomyzus van der Goot, see Capi- tophorus, 280 cucumrris Forbes, Aphis, 195 cucurbitae Thomas, Siphonophora, 306 cynoshati (Oestlund), Myzus. 316 davisi Patch, Aphis, 201 dphilicornis Gillette and Palmer, Anuraphis. 191 debllicornis (Gillette and Palmer), Aphis, 191 decepta Hottes and Prison. Aphis. 192 drntdtus Le Baron, Lachnus, 159 difficilis Hottes and Prison, Cinara, 153 diospyri Thomas, Aphis. 142 dirht)dum Walker. Aphis. 304 dirhodum (Walker), Macrosiphum, 304 discolor Monell, Callipterus, 258 discolor (Monell). Myzocallis, 258 Drepanaphis Del Guercio, 246 acerifoliae (Thomas), 246 keshenae Granovsky, 24S monelli (Davis), 249 ehieagni Del Guercio (Davis), Myzus, 283 eleusinis Thomas, Rhizobius, 152 elongata Baker, Saltusaphis. 265 enigmae Hottes and Prison. Rhopalo- siphum, 235 enigmae var. parvae Hottes and Pri- son. Rhopalosiphum, 237 ephemeratus Hottes and Prison, Pemphigus, 365 eragrostidis Middleton, Colopha, 349 erigeronensls (Thomas), Macrosi- phum, 304 erigeronensls (Thomas), Prociphilus, 371 erigeronensls Thomas, Siphonophora, 304 erigeronensis Thomas, Tychea, 371 Eriosoma Leach, 350 crataegi (Oestlund), 351 lanigera (Hausmann), 351 mimica Hottes and Prison, 353 rileyi Thomas, 354 esslgi Gillette and Palmer, Chaito- phorus. 163 essigi Gillette and Palmer, Myzus, 337 Euceraphis Walker, 249 betulae (Linnaeus"), 249 Eulachnus Del Guercio. 157 rileyi (Williams), 157 euiihorhiac Thomas, Siphonophora, 306 eupJtorbirohi Thomas, Siphonophora, 306 evansi Theobald, Amphorophora, 278 fagi Linnaeus, Aphis, 264 fagi (Linnaeus), Phyllaphis, 264 feminea Hottes, Aphis, 193 flabella (Sanborn). Iziphya. 250 fliihcUus Sanborn. Chaitophorus, 250 flavrola Walker, Aphis, 282 flaveolus (Walker), Capitophorus, 282 flava (Forbes), Sipha, 174 flavun Forbes, Chaitophorus, 174 flocrulosKm Weed, Melanoxantlius, 173 442 Illinois Natikal History Sirvey BrLLFrriN flocculosus (Weed), Plocamaphis, 173 folsomii Davis, Aphis, 193 forbesi Weed, Aphis, 194 Forda Heyden, 354 occidentalis Hart, 356 olivacea Rohwer, 356 formicaria Heyden, Forda, 356 formicarius Walsh, Pemphigus, 438 formicetorum Walsh, Pemphigus, 438 formosana Takahashi, Amphoropliora, 280 fragaefolii ( Cockerell ) , Capltophorus, 283 fragaefolii Cockerell. Myzus, 283 fragariae Theobald, Myzus. 283 fragariae var. immaculata Riley, Macrosiphum, 284 fraxinifoUi Riley, Pemphigus, 371 fraxinifoUi Thomas, Pemphigus. 372 fraxinifolii (Riley). Prociphilus, 371 frigidicola Gillette and Palmer, Macrosiphoniella, 305 frigidicola (Gillette and Palmer). Macrosiphum, 305 frondosae Oestlund, Aphis, 181 fnmipenneUa Fitch, Aphis, 250 fumipennella (Fitch), Melanocallis, 250 funesta Hottes and Frison. Aphis, 194 t'ungicola Walsh, Eriosoma(?), 438 galeopsidis (Kaltenbach). Phorodon, 284 gei (Koch). Macrosiphum. 306 gei Koch, Siphonophora. 306 Geoica Hart. 356 squamosa Hart, 356 Georgiaphis Maxson and Hottes. 357 ulmi (Wilson), 357 geranii (Oestlund), Macrosiphum, 307 gcranii Oestlund, Nectarophora, 307 gerardiae Thomas, Siphonophora, 217 gillettei Maxson and Hottes. Georgia. 357 gillettei Theobald. Capltophorus. 284 gladioli Felt, Aphis, 222 Gobaishia Matsumura, 359 ulrai-fusus (Walsh and Riley), 359 gossypii Glover. Aphis. 195 granaria Kirby, Aphis, 308 granarium (Kirbv), Macrosiphum, 308 graminis (Monell), Colopha, 348 gianiinis Monell, Tetraneura, 348 graminum Rondani, Aphis, 241 graminum (Rondani), Toxoptera, 241 gravicornis Patch, Macrosiphum. 308 gravicornis Patch. Thecabius. 374 Gypsoaphis Oestlund. 167 oestlundi Hottes. 167 haiiiamclidis Fitch, Brysocrypta, 376 haiuamelidis (Fitch). Hormaphis. 376 Hamamelistes Shimer. 375 spinosus Shimer. 375 helianthi Oestlund, Aphis. 191 helianthi Monell. Aphis. 196 lielichry.ii Kaltenbach. Aphis. 209 heucherae (Thomas). Myzus. 337 hfiuchfirae Thomas. Siphonophora, 337 Hormaphis Osten Sacken. 376 hamamelidis (Fitch). 376 houghtotiensis Troop. Aphis. 338 houghtonensis (Troop I, Myzus, 338 houardii Wilson. Amphorophora, 240 linmuU Schrank. Aphis. 345 humuli (Schrank), Phorodon, 345 Hyadaphis Kirkaldy, see Rhopalosi- phum, 234 Hyalopterus Koch. 231 atriplicis (Linnaeus). 231 hypericl (Monell). 232 pruni (Geoffroy). 232 hi/ijeici Thomas. Myzocallis. 232 hijperici Jlonell. Aphis. 232 hyperici (Jlonell). Hyalopterus. 232 hyperici Thomas. Myzocallis. 232 Hysteroneura Davis. 232 setariae (Thomas). 232 Idiopterus Davis, 292 nephrelepidis Davis. 292 violae (Pergande). 292 illini Hottes and Frison. Macrosi- phum. 309 illini var. crudae Hottes and Frison. Macrosiphum. 311 illini var. sangamonensis Hottes and Frison. Macrosiphum, 312 niinoia Wilson, see Macrosiphum. 293 illinoisensis Shimer. Aphis. 198 i)iibricator Fitch. Eriosoma. 372 imbricator (Fitch). Prociphilus. 372 impatiensicolens Patch. Macrosi- phum. 312 iiiipatioitis Thomas. Aphis. 185 incognita Hottes and Frison. Cedoa- phis. 438 inulae (Walker). Capltophorus. 287 Iziphya Nersky. 250 flabella (Sanborn). 2.50 Kakimia Hottes and Frison. 344 keshenae Granovskv. Drepanaphis. 248 kickapoo Hottes and Frison. Macrosi- phum. 312 knowltoni Hottes and Frison. Aphis, 199 laburni Kaltenbach. Aphis. 199 Lachnus Burmeister, see Cinara, 153 lactucae Fitch, Pemphigus. 364 lartucar (Linnaeus). Siphonophora, 338 lactucae Schrank. Aphis. 338 The Piaxt Lue. ok Ai'iiirDAE, of Iixinois 443 lactucae (Schrank). Myzus, 338 laevigatae Essig, Macrosiphum, 314 laingi Mason, Amphorophora, 275 lanipera Hausmauii, Aphis. 351 lanigera (Hausmanii). Eriosoma, 351 laricifex Fitch, Lachnus, 156 laricis (Hartig), Cinara, 155 laricis Hartig, Lachnus, 155 laricis Walker, Aphis, 155 Liosomaphis Walker, see Rhopalosi- phum, 234 liriodendri (Monell), Macrosiphum, 314 liriodendri Monell, Siphonophora, 314 lonicerae Monell, Aphis, 167 lofticericola Williams, Aphis, 175 lonicericola ( Williams I , Alphitoaphis, 175 Longistigma Wilson, 157 caryae (Harris), 157 ludovicianae (Oestlund), Macrosi- phum, 315 ludovicianae Oestlund, Siphonophora, 315 luridis Hottes and Frison, Aphis, 200 lutescens ilonell. Aphis. 206 Ii/ropicius Kessler, Chaitophorus, 170 lyropictus (Kessler), Periphyllus, 170 maculatae Oestlund, Aphis, 201 Macrosiphum Passerini, 293 adianti (Oestlund), 296 ambrosiae (Thomas), 298 anomalae Hottes and Frison, 298 carpinicolens Patch, 301 chrysanthemi (Oestlund). 302 coryli Davis, 303 crataegi (Monell), 304 dirhodum (Walker), 304 erigeronensis (Thomas), 304 frigidicola (Gillette and Palmer), 305 gel (Koch), 306 geranii (Oestlund), 307' granarium (Kirby), 308 gravicornis Patch, 308 illini Hottes and Frison. 309 illini var. crudae Hottes and Fri- son, 311 illini var. sangamonensis Hottes and Frison, 312 impatiensicolens Patch, 312 kickapoo Hottes and Frison, 312 laevigatae Essig, 314 liriodendri (Monell), 314 ludovicianae (Oestlund). 315 pallens Hottes and Frison. 315 pisi (Kaltenbach), 317 pseudorosae Patch, 318 ptericolens Patch, 318 purpurascens (Oestlund), 318 ribiellum Davis, 319 rosae (Linnaeus), 320 rudbeckiae (Fitch), 320 ruralis Hottes and Frison, 321 sanborni Gillette, 323 sanguinarium Hottes and Frison, 323 schranki Theobald, 326 sonchellum (Monell), 326 tapuskae Hottes and Frison, 327 taraxaci (Kaltenbach), 329 tardae Hottes and Frison, 329 tiliae (Monell), 331 venaefuscae Davis, 332 zinzalae Hottes and Frison, 332 Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio, see Macrosiphum, 293 madia Swain, Macrosiphum. 333 maidi-radicis Forbes. Aphis. 202 maidis Fitch, Aphis, 205 mali Fabricius, Aphis, 210 malifoliae Fitch, Aphis, 214 medicaginis Koch, Aphis. 199 Melanocallis Oestlund, 250 fumipennella (Fitch), 250 Melaphis Walsh, 359 rhois (Fitch), 359 meUifera Hottes, Hyadaphis, 238 melliferum Hottes, Rhopalosiphum, 238 memorialis Hottes and Frison, Neosymydobius, 262 Microparsus Patch, 333 variabilis Patch, 333 middletonii Thomas, Aphis, 203 middletonii Knowlton, Chaitophor- oides, 199 mimica Hottes and Frison, Eriosoma, 353 Mindarus Koch, 374 abietinus Koch, 374 minor (Forbes), Capitophorus, 284 minor Forbes, Siphonophora, 284 minutus Baker, Melaphis, 360 minntus Davis. Drepanaphis (?). 268 minutum (Davis), Shenaweum, 268 monardae Oestlund, Aphis, 205 raonardae (Williams), Myzus, 339 monardae Williams, Phorodon, 339 monardae (Williams), Rhopalosi- phum, 339 monelli (Davis), Drepanaphis, 249 nioiiclli Davis, Phymatosiphum, 249 .Mimellia Oestlund, 251 caryae (Monell), 251 caryella (Fitch), 252 costalis (Fitch), 2.52 nigropunctata Granovsky, 252 Mordwilkoja Del Guercio, 360 vagabunda (Walsh), 360 Myzocallis Passerini, 254 alhambra Davidson, 255 alni (DeGeer), 2.56 ainifoliae (Fitch), 256 asclepiadis (Monell), 256 444 ILLTXOIS NaTUKAL HisTOHY SuiiVEY BlLI.ETIX bella (Walsh), 257 coryli (Goeze), 257 discolor (Monell), 258 ononiclis ( Kaltenbach). 258 punctata (Monell), 259 tiliae (Linnaeus), 259 walshii (Monell), 259 Myzus Passerini, .334 cerasi (Fabricius). 335 circumflexus (Buckton), 335 essigi Gillette and Palmer, 337 heucherae (Thomas), 337 houghtonensis (Troop), 338 lactucae (Schrank), 338 monardae (Williams), 339 persicae (Sulzer), 339 plantagineus Passerini, 340 porosus Sanderson, 340 scrophulariae (Thomas), 343 thomasi Hottes and Frison. 343 nabali (Oestlund), Amphorophora, 275 nahali Oestlund, Rhopalosiphum, 275 nebulosa Hottes and Frison, Amphor- ophora, 275 neglectus Hottes and Frison, Chait- ophorus, 161 negundinis Thomas, Chaitophorus, 170 negundinis (Thomas), Periphyllus, 170 neilliae Oestlund, Aphis, 205 Neomyzus Van der Goot, see Myzus, 334 Neoprociphllus Patch, 361 aceris (Monell), 361 attenuatus (Osborn and Sirrine), 362 Xeosymydobius Baker, 261 albasiphus (Davis), 261 amerlcanus (Baker), 261 annulatus (Koch), 262 memorialis Hottes and Frison, 262 Neothomasia Baker, see Periphvllus, 170 nephrelepidis Davis, Idiopterus, 292 nerii Fonscolombe, Aphis, 206 nervata (Gillette), Amphorophora, 277 ncrvatum Gillette, Rhopalosiphum, 277 nigrae Oestlund, Chaitophorus, 165 nigronervosa Coquerel, Pentalonia. 345 nigropunctata Granovskv. Monellia. 252 nyctalis Hotted and Frison, Aphis, 206 ni/inphaeac Linnaeus, Aphis, 238 nymphaeae (Linnaeus), Rhopalosi- phum, 238 oblongus Heyden, Symydobius, 261 occidentalis Hart. Forda, 356 oenotherae Oestlund, Aphis, 208 oenotherae Wilson, Anoecia, 151 oestlundi Gillette, Aphis, 208 oestlundi Hottes, Gypsoaphis, 167 olivacea Rohwer, Forda. 356 ononidis Kaltenbach, Aphis, 258 ononidis (Kaltenbach), Myzocallis, 258 padi Linnaeus, Aphis, 209 Paducia Hottes and Frison, 167 antennata (Patch), 168 pakansus Hottes and Frison, Capito- phorus, 286 pallens Hottes and Frison, Macrosi- phum. 315 pallida (Oestlund). Macrosiphum, 318 pallida (Walker). Macrosiphum, 318 palmerae (Gillette). Cinara, 156 palmerae Gillette. Lachnus, 156 panici Thomas, Tychea. 143 panicola Thomas, Schizoneura, 152 parvae Hottes and Frison. Rhopalosi- phum enigmae var., 237 pastinacae Davis, Hyadaphis. 229 patonkus Hottes and Frison, Capito- phorus, 287 pelargonii (Kaltenbach). Macrosi- phum, 316 Pemphigus Hartig, 363 brevicornis (Hartl, 363 ephemeratus Hottes and Frison, 365 populicaulis Fitch, 366 populi-transversus Riley, 367 populi-venae Fitch, 368 rubi Thomas. 368 tartareus Hottes and Frison. 369 Pentalonia Coquerel. 345 nigronervosa Coquerel. 345 Periphyllus Van der Hoeven, 170 lyropictus (Kessler), 170 negundinis (Thomas), 170 populicola (Thomas). 172 persicae Sulzer, Aphis. 339 persicae (Sulzer). Jlyzus. 339 persicae-niger Smith. Aphis. 209 phaseoli (Passerini). Trifidaphis, 374 phaseoli Passerini, Tychea. 374 Phorodon Passerini, 345 humuli (Schrank). 345 Phyllaphis Koch. 264 fagi (Linnaeus). 264 pini Linnaeus. Aphis. 156 pini (Linnaeus), Cinara, 156 pinicola (Kaltenbach), Cinara, 156 pinicDla Kaltenbach. Lachnus, 156 pinicola Thomas. Schizoneura, 374 pini Kaltenbach. Aphis. 317 pisi (Kaltenbach). Macrosiphum, 317 Thl Plant Lick, or Aphiidae. ok Ii linois 445 plantagineus Passerini, Myzus, 340 Plocamaphis Oestlund, 1V2 flocculosa (Weed), 173 terricola Hottes and Frison, 173 poae (Gillette), Capitophorus, 290 Ijoae Gillette, Rhopalosiphum, 290 poae Thomas, Rhizobius, 142 pomi DeGeer, Aphis, 210 populella Gillette and Palmer, Chait- ophorus, 163 populicaulis Fitch, Pemphigus, 366 populicola Thomas, Chaitophorus, 172 populicola (Thomas), PeriphvUus, 172 poimlifoJiae Davis, Aphis, 202 popiilifoliae Fitch, Aphis, 165 populifoliae (Fitch), Clavigerus, 165 popuItfuUac Knowlton, Chaitophor- oides, 199 populifoliae Oestlund, Chaitophorus, 163 populi-transversus Rilev, Pemphigus, 367 populi-venae Fitch, Pemphigus, 368 porosus Sanderson, Myzus, 340 Prociphilus Koch, 370 corrugatans (Sirrine). 370 erigeronensis (Thomas), 371 fraxinifolii (Riley), 371 imbricator (Fitch), 372 tessellata (Fitch), 373 venafuscus (Patch), 373 producta Gillette, Thripsaphis, 2V0 pnini Geoffroy, Aphis, 232 pruni Geoffroy, Hyalopterus, 232 pruni Koch, Aphis, 185 pruni Wilson and Davis, Asiphona- phis, 227 prunifoliae Fitch, Aphis, 185, 239 prunifoliae (Fitch), Rhopalosiphum, 239 pseuilohrassicae Davis, Aphis, 240 pseudobrassicae (Davis), Rhopalosi- phum, 240 pseudobyrsa (Walsh), Asiphum, 348 pseurlobjir.sa Walsh, Byrsocrypta, 34S pseudorosae Patch, Macrosiphum. 31S ptericolens Patch, Macrosiphum, 31 S pulchella Hottes and Frison. Aphis. 212 pulverulens (Gillette), Amphicerci- dus, 160 pitlvfiiih'n.s Gillette, Aphis, 160 piinctdtd Monell, C'allipterus, 259 punctata (.Monell), Myzocallis, 259 punctateUn Fitch. Aphis, 271 punctatella (Fitch), Tuberculatus. 271 punctatux (Burmeister ), Tuberolach- nus, 159 purpurascens (Oestlund), Alacrosi- phum, 318 piiipmasiens Oestlund, N'ectarophora. 318 pusillus Hottes and Frison, Chaito- phorus, 163 pyri Fitch, Pemphigus, 370 querci (Fitch), Anoecia. 152 querci Fitch, Eriosoma, 152 guercicola Monell, C'allipterus (?), 164 quercicola (Monell), Chaitophorus, 164 quercicola Baker, Phyllaphis, 268 quercicola (Baker), Stegophylla, 268 quercifoliae Walsh, Aphis, 438 radicieola Essig, Tychea. 374 radicnla Oestlund, Tychea, 371 rhamni Fonscolombe, Aphis, 214 rhois Monell. Rhopalosiphum, 240 rhoin Fitch, Byrsocrypta, 359 rhois (Fitch), Melaphis, 359 Rhopalosiphum Koch, 234 berberidis (Kaltenbach ) , 235 enigmae Hottes and Frison, 235 enigmae var. parvae Hottes and Frison, 237 melliferum Hottes, 238 nymphaeae (Linnaeus), 238 prunifoliae (Fitch), 239 pseudobrassicae (Davis), 240 rhois Monell. 240 rufomaculatum (Wilson), 241 ribiellum Davis, Macrosiphum, 319 rihis Linnaeus, Aphis, 290 ribis (Linnaeus), Capitophorus, 290 rileyi Thomas, Eriosoma, 354 rileyi (Williams), Eulachnus, 157 rileyi Williams, Lachnus, 157 rociadae Cockerell. Aphis. 214 rosae Linnaeus, Aphis, 320 rosae (Linnaeus), Macrosiphum, 320 rosarum (Kaltenbach), Jlyzus, 283 rosea Baker, Anuraphis, 214 rosea (Baker). Aphis, 314 rossi Hottes and Frison. Amphoro- phora, 277 rubecula Haldeman, Aphis, 215 rubi Thomas, Pemphigus, 368 rubicola Oestlund, Aphis, 215 rubicunda (Wilson), Cinara. 155 rubifolii (Thomas), Cerosipha, 229 ruhifdUi Thomas, Sipha, 229 riihii)hihi Patch, Aphis. 215 rudbeckiac Fitch. Aphis, 320 rudbeckiae (Fitch), Macrosiphum, 320 rufa Monell, Macrosiphum liriodendri var., 315 rufomaculatum (Wilson), Rhopalosi- phum, 241 rumicis Linnaeus, Aphis. 215 446 Ir.i.ixois Natural Histokv Sckvey Bcu-etin ruralis Hottes and Prison, Macrosi- phum, 321 salicicola Thomas, Siphonophora, 217 saliceti Kaltenbach, Aphis, 217 saligna Gmelin, Aphis, 159 saligna (Gmelin), Tuberolachuus, 159 Saltusaphis Theobald, 265 elongata Baker, 265 wanica Hottes and Frison, 266 sambuci Linnaeus, Aphis, 218 sambucifoliae Fitch, Aphis, 218 sanborni Patch, Aphis, 218 sanborni Gillette. Macrosiphum, 323 sanguinarium Hottes and Frison, Macrosiphum, 323 schranki Theobald, Macrosiphum, 326 scrophulariae (Thomas), Myzus, 343 scrophiilariae Thomas, Phorodon. 343 senecionis Williams, Aphis, 208 sensoriata Mason, Amphorophora, 279 setariae Gillette and Palmer, Anoecia, 151 setariae (Thomas), Hysteroneura, 232 setariae Thomas, Siphonophora. 232 Shenahweum Hottes and Frison, 267 miniitum (Davis), 268 signatis Hottes and Frison, Aphis, 219 similis Van der Goot, Capitophorus, 287 singularis Hottes and Frison, Am- phorophora, 279 Sipha Passerini, 174 flava (Forbes), 174 sm.ithiae Monell, Chaitophorus, 166 smithiae (Monell), Clavigerus, 166 solani (Thomas), Amphorophora, 280 solani Thomas, Megoura, 280 solanifolii (Ashmead), Macrosiphum. 306 solidaginifoliae Williams, Aphis. 220 sonchellum (Monell), Macrosiphum, 326 sonchella Monell, Siphonophora, 336 sonchi Davis, Rhopalosiphum, 274 sorbi Kaltenbach, Aphis, 214 spicatus Hart. Rhizobius, 348 spinosus Oestlund, Chaitophorus, 164 spinosus Shinier. Hamamelistes. 375 spiraecola Patch, Aphis, 211, 220 spiraeella Schouteden, Aphis, 211. 220 spiraephila Patch, Aphis. 222 squamosa Hart. Geoica. 356 Stegophylla Oestlund, 268 quercicola (Baker), 268 strobi (Fitch). Cinara. 157 strnbi Fitch. Eriosoma. 157 si/inp}ioricarpi Oestl\ind, Cedoaphis, 438 siimphorlcarpi Thomas, Aphis. 142, 438 svmphoricarpl (Thomas). Thargella, 142 Tamalia Baker, 268 coweni (Cockerell). 268 tapuskae Hottes and Frison, Macrosi- phum. 327 tarajraci Kaltenbach, Aphis, 329 taraxaci (Kaltenbach), Macrosiphum, 329 tardae Hottes and Frison. Macrosi- phum. 329 tartareus Hottes and Frison. Pem- phigus. 369 terricola Hottes and Frison, Plocama- phis, 173 tesseUata Fitch. Eriosoma, 373 tessellata (Fitch). Prociphilus. 373 tefrarhocla Walker, Aphis. 291 tetrarhodus (Walker), Capitophorus, 291 Tetraneura. see Colopha, 348 Thecabius Koch, 374 gravicornis Patch (?), 374 species (?), 374 Therioaphis Walker, see Myzocallis, 254 thomasi Hottes and Frison. Myzus, 343 Thomasia Wilson. 172 Thripsaphis Gillette. 270 ballii (Gillette). 270 producta Gillette. 270 verrucosa Gilette. 271 tiliae Linnaeus. Aphis. 259 tiliae (Linnaeus). Myzocallis, 259 tiliae (Monell), Macrosiphum. 331 tiliae Monell. Siphonophora, 331 Toxoptera Koch. 241 graminum (Rondani). 241 tritici Gillette. Brachycolus. 228 trifotii Jlonell. Callipterus. 258 Trifidaphis Del Guercio. 374 phaseoli (Passerini). 374 tuVercuUita Patch. Aphis, 193 Tuberculatus Mordvilko, 271 punctatella (Fitch), 271 ulmifolii (Monell), 272 Tuberolachuus Mordvilko, 159 saligna (Gmelin). 159 tulipae Fonscolombe. Aphis. 222 tiilipar Thomas. Rhopalosiphum. 339 ulmi (Linnaeus). Eriosoma. 353 tilmi Riley. Eriosoma. 354 tilnii Wilson. Georgia. 357 ulmi (Wilson). Georgiaphis. 357 ulmicola (Fitch). Colopha. 349 tilmicola Fitch, Byrsocrypta, 349 ulmicola Thomas, Callipterus. 272 ulmifolii Monell, Callipterus. 272 ulmifolii (Monell). Tuberculatus. 272 The Plant Lke. or Ai'hiidae, ok Illinois 447 ulmi-fusus (Walsh and Riley), Go- baishia. 359 ulmi-fusus Walsh and Riley, Pem- phigus, 359 urticae Schrank, Aphis, 326 utrieularia (Passerini), Geoica, SST vaccinii Mason, Amphorophora, 280 vagahuncla Walsh, Byrsocrypta, 360 vagabunda (Walsh), Mordwilkoja, 360 variabilis Patch. Microparsus, 333 venaefuscae Davis, Macrosiphum. 332 venafiiscns Patch, Pemphigus, 373 venafuscus (Patch), Prociphilus, 373 verbenae Thomas, Siphonophora, 143, 438 vernoniae Thomas. Aphis, 222 verrucosa Gillette, Thripsaphis, 271 viburnl Scopoli, Aphis. 224 viburnicola Gillette, Aphis, 223 viburniphila Patch. Aphis, 224 viminalis Monell, Chaitophorus, 165 iiincae Gillette, Myzus. 336 violac Pergande, Rhopalosiphum, 292 violae (Pergande), Idiopterus, 292 violae Theobald, Neotoxoptera, 292 viticohi Thomas, Siphonophora, 198 vitis (?) Scopoli, Aphis, 199 ualihii Monell, Callipterus, 259 walshii (Monell), Myzocallis, 259 wanica Hottes and Frison. Saltusa- phis. 266 xjilnsiei Schrank, Aphis. 238 xylostei (Schrank), Rhopalosiphum, 338 zilora Hottes and Frison, Aphis, 224 zinzalae Hottes and Frison, Macrosi- phum, 332