The Canadian Entomologist, 7–9. köideEntomological Society of Canada, 1875 |
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... nearly obsolete , the grayish band which precedes it showing plainest on the costa . All the transverse lines are black , and a curved row of seven black dots appears on the interspaces along the outer margin . Fringe dark , tipped with ...
... nearly obsolete , the grayish band which precedes it showing plainest on the costa . All the transverse lines are black , and a curved row of seven black dots appears on the interspaces along the outer margin . Fringe dark , tipped with ...
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... nearly like that of a Plutella than that of any other genus known to me . When the tuft is removed from the second joint , the palpi resemble those of a Laverna , for which I at first mistook it , and the deception is the more readily ...
... nearly like that of a Plutella than that of any other genus known to me . When the tuft is removed from the second joint , the palpi resemble those of a Laverna , for which I at first mistook it , and the deception is the more readily ...
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... nearly to the outer angle , and powdered here and there with a few whitish pearly scales ; there is also a faint dot on the middle of the wing which is reproduced more prominently on the under side . The under surface of both wings is ...
... nearly to the outer angle , and powdered here and there with a few whitish pearly scales ; there is also a faint dot on the middle of the wing which is reproduced more prominently on the under side . The under surface of both wings is ...
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... nearly round dot , and at a little distance from this a circle of smaller dots , from which arise a series of from 24 to 27 raised striae , diverging equally as they approach the outer edge , and crossed by many gracefully curving lines ...
... nearly round dot , and at a little distance from this a circle of smaller dots , from which arise a series of from 24 to 27 raised striae , diverging equally as they approach the outer edge , and crossed by many gracefully curving lines ...
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... nearly at equal distances along each side , but with a wider space in the middle , where the orange band occurs . The twelfth segment is much raised , and the terminal one suddenly sloped . The under side is very like the upper , and ...
... nearly at equal distances along each side , but with a wider space in the middle , where the orange band occurs . The twelfth segment is much raised , and the terminal one suddenly sloped . The under side is very like the upper , and ...
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A. R. GROTE abdomen abundant Agrotis allied antennae apex apical appears Argynnis August band basal base beneath blackish body brood Buffalo butterflies Catocala cell chrysalis ciliae cocoons coitus Coleoptera color common concolorous cybele dark brown darker discal distinct dorsal dorsal margin dots Edwards eggs elytra Entomological ENTOMOLOGIST fascia female femora fore wings fringes fuscous geminate genera genus gray Guen head hind wings Hübner hybernated inch insect internal margin July June larva larvæ legs Lepidoptera male marked median space middle Montreal moth moult myrina narrow nearly nervures neuration Noctuidae oblique ochreous orbicular outer pale paler palpi Plusia posterior primaries Prof pronotum prothorax pupa rare reddish reniform scales Scudder segments September shade side species specimens spines spots Stirps streak stripe subterminal line sugar surface t. p. line taken terminal tharos thorax tibiæ transverse tuft vein whitish yellow yellowish
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Page 216 - The only cause for regret is that our number continues so small, but the zeal and perseverance of the present members go far to compensate for their paucity in number. Your Council entertain the hope that at no distant day our membership will be augmented by the addition of at least a few more students of our useful and interesting branch of natural history. Twelve meetings were held during the year, at which the following papers were read and presented to the Society : GJ Bowles—" List of Eggs...
Page 71 - Under surface much paler, color dull pale pinkish green, the pink color predominating from 5th to terminal segments inclusive, and with a number of very minute raised yellowish dots placed chiefly along the sides. Feet black ; pro-legs pink, with a patch of black on the outside of each.
Page 88 - To what extent have birds, domestic fowls, and other animals, domestic or wild, been useful in destroying these insects ? As the successful prosecution of this work is as deeply important to the western portions of our Dominion (where immense damage is often inflicted by this destructive foe...
Page 170 - ... upon them of all the cheaper materials which have been or may be judiciously suggested as destroying agents, and the proper times and manner of applying them. The members of the commission should also receive sufficient compensation to warrant them in giving as much time and labor to this investigation as may be required, even to the temporary abandonment, if necessary, of their other scientific or secular pursuits. No such task can be properly performed and completed by the solitary labors of...
Page 127 - ... seen hundreds of the mines, found one on the upper surface of the leaf. Yet in Colorado I found a precisely similar larva in precisely similar mines, always on the upper surface of the leaves, and the cocoonet of the pupa was always found on the leaves near it. The larva of albanotella is abundant in the latter part of May and the first half of June, and I have never seen it at any other time, though from the abundance of the imago in perfect condition in May, I infer there must be a fall brood...
Page 168 - ... by the physical nature of the country and destined to plant colonies apart from their companions. When the main ice-sheet left the foot of the White Mountains, on...
Page 228 - Lee. — Body black ; head orange yellow, sometimes with a broad black stripe down the middle ; wing-cases black. Extremely abundant throughout the entire Pacific region west of the Sierra Nevadas. Dr. Horn has seen bushels of this insect in some localities literally strewing the ground ; also very common on a species of Baccharis ; he has experimented with them and found them powerfully vesicant, and producing strangury very readily when taken internally in the form of tincture. 11. Cantharis Ntittalli...
Page 188 - A generic name when once established should never be cancelled in any subsequent subdivision of the group, but retained in a restricted sense for one of the constituent portions.
Page 166 - W-shaped or dentate. The outer line at apical fourth is once more strongly indented below costa. The black component lines do not seem to be more distinct on one side than on the other of the pale included bands or spaces. The median field is blackish, becoming pale towards the outer line ; it shows a pale, sometimes whitish cellular spot, surmounted with raised scales.
Page 134 - The Burland Desbarats Co'y, Montreal, PQ Annual Report of the Council of the Montreal Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario : Your Council, in presenting their second annual report, have great pleasure in stating that the Branch has progressed steadily since its first meeting in August, 1873.