Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 11Smithsonian Institution, 1874 - Science |
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abdomen abdominal segment alæ anal cell antennæ apex apice arista band basal cell basis belong black spot blackish bones border broad brown brownish-black characters Chondrosteans clay-yellow clypeus color convex costal coxæ crossbands dense Desvoidy Diptera discal cell distinctly elytra feet femora fishes forms fourth longitudinal vein front Ganoids genera genus Gerv Gray Gthr hairs hind hyaline incertae sedis Incisors infuscated insects larvæ lateral Leidy less LOEW longitudinal vein lower jaw Macq Macquart mesothoracic metathorax middle molars narrow oblique ocelli Ortalidæ Ortalis ovipositor palpi Platystoma pleuræ pollen posterior angle posterior cell posterior crossvein posterior margin proboscis prothorax pubescence punctured rounded scutellum second longitudinal vein short side slender small crossvein species specimens stigma stripes suture tarsi Teleosts third antennal joint third joint third longitudinal vein thoracic dorsum thorax tibiæ transverse Trypeta Ulidia upper jaw viii whitish Wied wings yellow yellowish
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Page 40 - With Observations on the Osteology, Natural Affinities, and probable Habits of the Megatherioid Quadrupeds in general. By RICHARD OWEN, FRS, &o.
Page 48 - ... integuments, which also underlie the toes : carpal bones in two regular (not interlocking) rows, broad and short ; cuneiform extended inwards, broad, and furnishing an enlarged surface of attachment forwards for the ulna (which is antrorsely produced). Unciform directly in front of cuneiform, and magnum directly in front of lunar: hind foot with the astragalus at its anterior portion very short (convex), and not deflected inwards, articulating in front only with the navicular : toes (five to...
Page 375 - ... sculpture and ornamentation. In collecting, whenever the two sexes are found united they should be pinned upon the same pin, the male being placed highest. When we take one s.ex alone, we may feel sure that the other is somewhere in the vicinity ; perhaps while one is flying about so as to be easily captured, the other is hidden under some leaf, or resting on the trunk of some tree near by, when every bush must be vigorously beaten by the net.
Page 378 - ... knife blade. The wire hoop is easily detached and folded, as at c, for convenient carriage ; and the handle may be made of any desired length by cutting a stick and fitting it into the hollow tube a, which should be about six inches long.