Collected Papers Volume . 1 (Paperback)

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. 1891 Excerpt: ...red; abdomen beautifully barred with red, edged on either side with green and a fine black band below. Head large, truncate in front, with a deep cleft in centre and a fine median suture with a broad fovea on either side; forehead folded above, sloping down on either side behind antennse, arcuate behind. Face lobes short and broad, fringed with fine grey hairs. Antennae long, slender, 1 st and 2nd joints stout and broad, 3rd longest, 4th shorter than 5th and 6th, 9th very short, 10th not more than half as long, very small and truncate at tip. Eyes very large, occupying the whole side of head, angular on inner margins: ocelli--central ocellus very small, lateral ocelli large, bright red close to hind margin of eye. Thorax: pronotum rounded in front, arcuate behind, curved and rounded at extremities behind eyes; dorsulum short and broad, rounded in front, the side angular, with hind margins truncated; mesonotum very large, with a slight angular point on sides sloping back to scutellum, truncate at apex; scutellum large, truncate in front, rounded behind. Legs long, femora of forelegs very stout and thickened; tarsi long. Wings large, very long, over thrice as long as broad; costal nervure rounded at base, slightly hollow in centre and curving round at tip to hind margin of wing, which is nearly straight; primary stalk long and stout; stalk of subcosta shorter than stalk of cubitus; costal nervure double at base, but without any true subcostal cell or stigma; the costal cell long and slender, tapering out into a tail between costal and subcostal nervures; radius long, turning up at tip of wing; stalk of cubitus longer than stalk of radius, upper branch short, bifurcated about centre of wing, upper and lower forks of equal length, running out at tip of wing and...