Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 33 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: American Entomological Society
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332071357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Excerpt from Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 33 Expanse 15-19 mm. Head: whitish-gray, mixed with brown and reddish scales; palpi light brownish-fuscous; thorax whitish-gray, striped with shades of brown and bright red scales; autennse light gray; abdomen missing on all four specimens; legs whitish, dusted with fuscous. Forewing: white on the basal fourth and upper half from base to outer third, the ground color of the lower half, beyond the basal fourth and the apical third is a light pinkish-fawn or salmon. There are two transverse irregular bands of scattered fuscous-brown scales on basal fourth, with a few salmon dots in middle of the outer. There is a broad fuscous-brown fascia, more or less overlaid with salmon from middle of costa, through white ground color only, stopping at the salmon color. On each side of this the costa, in the white area, is evenly dotted with four or five fuscous-brown streaks. Above the salmon of the outer third the costa is narrowly white, on which are two groups of fuscous-brown scales, below each the salmon shade is more intense, of a coppery hue. Extreme edge of dorsum white, dotted with brown. Before a white preciliate line the termen is edged with bright red, slightly enlarged and mixed with a few blackish scales in the middle. Cilia inwardly red, outwardly pink, with a few scattered gray scales. Hindwing: pale gray, cilia white, with a gray basal line; underside whitishdusted with fuscous in apex, cilia white. Underside forewing: grayish fuscous, two large white costal spots before apex, cilia leaden, with whitish basal line. Four specimens from collections U.S. Nat. Mus. Bearing labels "On Sinns monophylla;" Coso Valley, May 91, K;" "Argus Mts., May 91, K." In the Century Atlas both Coso Valley and Argus Mountains are shown in Kern Co., Cal. Cotypes in U.S. Nat. Mus. and my collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.