Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4. köideU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... basal part of the nasal scale , and forming at the angle of the mouth a deep reëntrance with those of the chin , which reach much farther forward on the interramal space . Size large ; length 44 ; extent 5 ; wing 24 ; tail 14 , forked ...
... basal part of the nasal scale , and forming at the angle of the mouth a deep reëntrance with those of the chin , which reach much farther forward on the interramal space . Size large ; length 44 ; extent 5 ; wing 24 ; tail 14 , forked ...
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... basal joint of antennæ white on the upper , brown on the lower surface ; stalk of antennæ black , with a white line along each side . Thorax and basal half of fore wings blackish - brown , the apical half having its costal half blackish ...
... basal joint of antennæ white on the upper , brown on the lower surface ; stalk of antennæ black , with a white line along each side . Thorax and basal half of fore wings blackish - brown , the apical half having its costal half blackish ...
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... basal angle , and nine hase of the cilia . There are ust before the base of the usk , and one on each side second palpal joint black- ngs silvery - white ; abdomen stre , stained with brown lines . It resembles A. Ar other species ...
... basal angle , and nine hase of the cilia . There are ust before the base of the usk , and one on each side second palpal joint black- ngs silvery - white ; abdomen stre , stained with brown lines . It resembles A. Ar other species ...
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... basal ' arther back on the fold , then two d about midway of the length of the fold , then another beneath it , and ove the fold ; there is also an indis- ngle , and then the usual nine spots of them costal . Hind wings silvery- Abdomen ...
... basal ' arther back on the fold , then two d about midway of the length of the fold , then another beneath it , and ove the fold ; there is also an indis- ngle , and then the usual nine spots of them costal . Hind wings silvery- Abdomen ...
Page 83
... basal half of the outer surface of second joint brown . Head whitish . Both head and palpi have , however , a faint pinkish - yellow tinge , and the antennæ are still more distinctly tinged with it . Thorax and fore wings very pale ...
... basal half of the outer surface of second joint brown . Head whitish . Both head and palpi have , however , a faint pinkish - yellow tinge , and the antennæ are still more distinctly tinged with it . Thorax and fore wings very pale ...
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1873 Elliott Coues abdomen abundant Acad Amer American antennæ apex apical August basal base birds blackish border breeding brown Brownsville Bull Cham Cham.-Can Clem Clem.-Tin Coll Collector color Colorado convex Cope costal dark distinct dorsal dorsal fin eggs Elliott Coues elytra Esox extending fauna feet fore wings Frenchman's Creek fuscous Gelechia genera genus Girard gray head Hidalgo hind wings Hist inch JORDAN Jour July June Kennt Larva larvæ Length List of specimens Lithocolletis Locality margin median middle Milk River Missouri Mouse River Nature of specimen nearly nest North oblique outer pale palpi Pembina Phila portion posterior prairie Proc prothorax punctured Quar Rafinesque region Rocky Mountains Sciurus side Skin slender species spot striæ surface Sweetgrass Hills Texas thorax tibiæ transverse tropical Turtle Mountain upper Valley Zell.-Bei
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Page 483 - Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks.
Page 308 - ... system. On two main points every system yet proposed, or that probably can be proposed, is open to objection ; they are, — Istly, that the several regions are not of equal rank ; — :2ndly, that they are not equally applicable to all classes of animals. As to the first objection, it will be found impossible to form any three or more regions, each of which differs from the rest in an equal degree or in the same manner. One will surpass...
Page 681 - ... diameter. It is constructed in the same manner as those found on the alder. This striking difference in the form of the case may possibly be due to the difference in the form of the leaves of the food plant, the large, broad leaves of the alder inducing the larva to build a horn-like, much elongated case, while the narrow, smaller leaves of the sweet fern may have led to the formation of a short oval case. These differences are such as we would ordinarily regard as specific, but neither do the...
Page 487 - ... be entirely destroyed. After they have passed, nothing remains but the large branches and the roots, which being under ground have escaped their voracity." And in a late work of travels in the same country we find the following passage : — " During our ride (from Cordova to Seville) we observed a number of men advancing in skirmishing order across the country, and thrashing the ground most savagely with long flails. Curious to know what could be the motives for this Xerxes-like treatment of...
Page 549 - The only nest we found was placed on the ground, and neatly formed of dry fine grass. It was thinly arched over with the same material, and being built in a tuft of rank grass, was most thoroughly concealed. The bird would seem to be a close setter, as in this case the female remained on the nest till I actually stepped over it, she brushing against my feet as she went off'. The eggs were five in number, rather long and pointed, measuring about 0.90 by O.GO inches, of a grayish-white color, thickly...
Page 310 - Regions in the first place, from a consideration of the distribution of mammalia, only bringing to our aid the distribution of other groups to determine doubtful points. Regions so established will be most closely in accordance with those long-enduring features of physical geography, on which the distribution of all forms of life fundamentally...
Page 309 - Istly, that the several regions are not of equal rank ; — :2ndly, that they are not equally applicable to all classes of animals. As to the first objection, it will be found impossible to form any three or more regions, each of which differs from the rest in an equal degree or in the same manner. One will surpass all others in the possession of peculiar families; another will have many characteristic genera ; while a third will be mainly distinguished by negative characters. There will also be...
Page 298 - I close my account of it in the second volume of the Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (p.
Page 527 - It contains from two to three thousand eggs, each of which is 1-3 mm. long and about one-third as wide, ellipsoidal, translucent, sordid white, with a delicate shell, and surrounded and separated from the adjoining eggs by a thin layer of the same white albuminous material which covers the whole. The outer layer forms a compact arch, with the anterior ends pointing inwards, and the posterior ends showing like faint dots through the white covering. Those of the marginal row lie flat on the attached...
Page 687 - The terminal edge of the wing is again pale or ruddy before the terminal black line. The fringes are blackish. The hind wings are pale yellowish white, shaded with fuscous on costal region and more or less terminally before the blackish terminal black line ; the fringes are dusky. Beneath the fore wings are blackish, marked with pale on costa; hind wings as on upper surface. Body blackish gray, with often a reddish cast on thorax above and on the vertex. The eyes are naked, the labial palpi long,...