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Page 49 - Dr. LO Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology of the US Department of Agriculture, instructed the writer to proceed to the Canal Zone on this mission.
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Page 166 - It was in obeying this peculiarity of their nature, that a shoal of these fish, as they swept by in front of my grandfather's residence, would sometimes, at flood-tide, approach so near to the shore as to come in contact with the water fence, the firm posts of which they would clasp, and struggle to uptear, till they lashed the water into a foam with their powerful wings.
Page 263 - Occiput darkscaled, obscurely iridescent, the margin of the eyes not white-scaled, a silvery spot on the occiput and on sides below. Prothoracic lobes dark-scaled, with a violaceous luster, the apex and base silveryscaled. Abdomen dark-scaled above with obscure bronzy and blue luster, white-scaled beneath, the colors separated on the sides in a straight line. Legs dark-scaled with a paler bronzy luster beneath, mid tarsi with the outer half of the second and all of the last three joints silver-white-scaled...
Page 265 - Proboscis rather short, swollen towards the apex. Occiput clothed with dark scales, the eyes with a narrow white margin. Prothoracic lobes blackish, a white patch below. Abdomen with the colors separated on the sides in a straight line. Wing-scales broadly ovate, their tips obliquely subtruncate, dense. Legs black with bronzy and blue reflections, front and mid legs bright bronzy beneath, without white markings in the female. Length, 3.5 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama, bred from...
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