British Entomology, Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland Volume 15 by John Curtis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ... the male (2 the profile, 2 the full face): eyes very large, ovate-trig onate, nearly contiguous in both sexes: ocelli 3, forming a triangle at the base of the head. Thorax narrower than the head, suborbicular: scutel transversetrigonate. Abdomen depressed, suborbicular and broader than the thorax, pubescent and Si-jointed, the apex armed beneath with a strong claw in the male, inclosed in a sheath. Wings divaricating, very broad in the female (9).-Squamulae moderately large, concealing the Halteres, which are slender and capitate. Legs stout: tibiae, hinder curved and rather stout: tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint the longest, 4th obtrigonate: claws long slender and curved: pulvilli bilobed, long and dilated at the apex. Speciosa Curt. Guide, Gen. 1269. Blackish, pubescent; face silvery or silky-white, yellowish above, bluish below: palpi ochreous, antennae brownish, with a whitish tinge; eyes castaneous: thorax shining-white, with 4 deep black stripes at the base, all united before, two short ones on the disc and a long one on each side; scutel bluishblack: abdomen bluish-grey, with a rosy tinge on the back, 1st segment black at the base, the others with a narrow black margin and a blackish dorsal line in some lights: wings very broad, bright ochreous at the base, variegated with fuscous on the costa, a spot on the 2nd longitudinal nervure, a short space on the 3rd, and the transverse nervure margined with fuscous, forming an angular mark. In the Cabinet of Mr. Rudd. There seems to be great difficulty in ascertaining the sexes of this group, which are very dissimilar, and there is a great diversity of opinion upon the subject: never having seen the insects alive, and possessing only old specimens, I am unable to investigate the subject, and therefore it is po...
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