The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Volume 38The Society, 1890 - Entomology |
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Abdomen anal tuft antennæ filiform apex apice apicem Argynnis atalanta Baly band basal base Botys broader than long brown callus cardui cell ciliated clypeus coll convex Coptobasis costa crebre punctatis Darjeeling dark Diabrotica discal disk distinct Elytra elytron Expanse of wings female flava flavous fore wings fourth longer fovea genus Glyphodes grey ground colour Guén Guenée H. J. Elwes Head not longer hind margin hind wings humeral callus inner insect Labial palpi larvæ latera Lond longer than broad male markings Maxillary palpi middle Möller Moore Moulmein nearly nitida obliquely obsolete ocelli ochreous outer pale paler palpi moderate paullo pectore piceis piceous plicate pone medium porrected postice ampliata preceding two united prothorax pupa Rangoon rounded second joint short side Sikkim sinuate Spec species specimens suture Swinhoe tarsi third joints Thorax tibiæ transverse upper utroque vitta Walker wings with vein
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Page 446 - Hind wings as broad as forewings; veins 4 and 5 closely approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to near middle.
Page 697 - F., but the posterior tarsi of the male have the joints externally margined at their lower edge, whereas in the male of the last-mentioned species they are not margined; this character was very plain in the male specimen sent by Mr. Edwards. Lord Walsingham, in alluding to the exhibit, referred to the list of Norfolk Coleoptera compiled some years ago by Mr. Crotch, which appears to have been lost sight of. Mr. Verrall exhibited a specimen of a fly in amber, belonging to a genus allied to the genus...
Page 38 - Thorax one-half broader than long; sides nearly straight and parallel from the base to beyond the middle, thence rounded and converging towards the apex ; disk transversely convex, nitidous, minutely punctured.
Page xxxii - Exner, of Vienna, showing the picture obtained at the back of the eye of Lampyris splendidula. He stated that this picture is continuous and not reversed, and shows the outlines of lights and shades of objects at a distance as well as of those closer to the eye. Mr. H. Goss exhibited a specimen of Zygcena filipendulce var.
Page 423 - ... afforded to the penis since the entire genital chamber is so openly exposed. The oedagus itself is apparently of sufficient strength. and rigidity to need no protection, altho in other orders it is generally covered by some parts of the genital chamber. In this connection Sharp (1890:421-422) states: It appears to be a great comfort or advantage to insects to be able to withdraw and cover over some of the sensitive parts of the body during repose, or when the parts are not in use It is therefore...
Page 69 - Thorax scarcely one-fourth broader than long; sides parallel and slightly sinuate from the base to beyond the middle, thence rounded and converging towards the apex...
Page 697 - ... from Paraguay. Mr. Osbert Salvin said he believed he had seen this form before. Mr. CJ Gahan exhibited a curious little larva-like creature, found by Mr. Green in a rapid mountain stream in Ceylon, and observed that there was some doubt as to its true position in the animal kingdom. It was made up of six distinct segments, each of which bore a single pair of laterally directed processes or unjointed appendages. Mr. Hampson remarked that the appendages were very suggestive of the parapodia of...
Page 692 - Norfolk, and Reading ; also a number of forms intermediate between the above, taken in the Isle of Portland by Mr. NM Richardson. He said that these forms proved the identity of the two supposed species, which he believed were both referable to P. dilutella, Hb. He also exhibited specimens of Hesperia lineola, and a pale variety of it taken in Cambridgeshire by Mr. HW Vivian ; specimens of Epischnia bankesiella, a recently-described species, taken by Mr. NM Richardson in Portland ; and a specimen...
Page xxxiv - He also read a paper, describing these species, entitled " New Species of Moths from Southern India.
Page xxviii - Halifax. — Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science.