Arrangement of the Families of Mammals. with Analytical Tables Volume 11, No. 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...the species of that genus.--Loew. 2. Bob. Desvoidy, Myodaires. Page 715. Itfeckelia ptailadelphica. Minor M. eleganti; pedes fulvi, tibiis nigricantibus; ate flavescentes, unica macula subfusca. Plus petite que la Meckelia elegans; frontaux, antennes, face, rouges; optiques d'un gris rougeatre; corselet d'un brun-gris; abdomen un peu moins gris et d'un noir plus luisant; cuisses fauves; tibias melanges de noir et de fauve; tarses noirs; ailes flavescentes, n'offrant que l'apparence d'une seule macule. Originaire de Philadelphie. ( Translation.)--Smaller than Meckelia elegant; frontal bristles, antennae, face, red; optical bristles of a reddish-gray; thorax brown'sh-gray; abdomen a little less gray and of a more shining black; femora fulvous; tibiee mixed with black and fulvous; tarsi black; wings flaveseeut, with the appearance of a single spot. From Philadelphia. It seems hardly doubtful that this species belongs to the Ortalina; it is probably either an Anacampta or a Ceroxys, as Rob. Devoidy's genus Meckelia has the third antennal joint excised on the upper side and ending in a very sharp angle.--Loew.' 3. Walker, Insecta Saundersiana. Page 373. Ortalis basal is, Mas. et Foam. Nigro-cyanea, caput fulvum; antennae lutee; abdomen basi ferrugineum, fcem. apice luteum attenuatum; pedes fulvi; alee hyaline, basi fulve, vitta antica interrupta fusca. Ceroxys? Blackish-blue: head tawny; face with a whitish covering; epistoma prominent; mouth pitchy; feelers luteous; third joint much deeper than the second and more than twice its length; sixth black, bare, very slender, more than twice the length of the third; abdomen longer than the chest, ferruginous towards the base; abdomen of the female pale luteous towards the tip, which is much...