Descriptions Of North American Chalcididae From The Collections Of The U S Department Of Agriculture And Of Dr C V Riley With Biological Notes

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Excerpt from Descriptions of North American Chalcididae From the Collections of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and of Dr. C. V. Riley, With Biological Notes (First Paper); Together With a List of the Described North American Species of the Family Female - Length, 5mm. Posterior femora with four widely separated teeth. Color, bright scarlet, marked with black as follows: Flagellum of antennae, with the excep tion of club at tip clypeus and occiput a large circular spot on the mesonotum; a. Transverse band on the metanotum; an irregular spot on each side near tip of abdomen; 3. Large spot on each side of the thorax just below tegulae a dorsal spot near the tip of the posterior coxae a minute circular spot on the dorsum of each hind femur, and two large round spots latero-ventrally, one in the middle and one at tip; spines of femur; a spot at the base of the hind tibiae. The wings are slightly dusky, with a pronounced fuscous spot around club of stigmal vein stigmal club securiform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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