File:British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland- containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, (14783793132).jpg

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Title: British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found
Year: 1823 (1820s)
Authors: Curtis, John, 1791-1862
Subjects: Insects Insects -- Great Britain Botany
Publisher: London, Printed for the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ed, broad, generally securiform, pale,f Anus beneath unarmed. 1. The middle areolet defined posteriorly.Contains two unnamed species. 2. The middle areolet entirely eftuse to the margin (species very minute).Contains two species, and probably A. basalis Curtis^s Guide.ft Anus beneath in female armed with 2 diverging horns recurved at the end, longer than the aculeus which lies between them. Middle areoleteffuse. Antennae in the females of 11 joints, rather thicker towards the apex.Contains A. letifer .H«Z.^—A. minutus Curt.—A. constrictusHal., and another. The insect figured may be the I. Aphidum Linn.: but asthe specific name has been converted into one for the genusby Nees ab Esenbeck, I have given it the name of Cirsiifrom its being said to be parasitic on the Aphis Cirsii, sonamed from its inhabiting Cirsium arvense Lam., the Carduusarvensis of this Work, PI. 296. The Plant figured \s Anemoneaj^ennina (Mountain Anemone)from Lord Spencers park, communicated by W. Christy, Esq-
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M-hf ^/ S^A^U,J-r..U. TTU^A ,f(i^t^ 22.IB ALIA CULTELLATOR. Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Diplolepidas Led.Type of the Genus, Ichneumon Cultellator Fab.Ibalia Lat., III., Curt.—Ichneumon. Ophion, Banchus Fah.—CynipsJur.—Sagaris Panz. Antennce straight, inserted in the centre of the face between the eyes,approximating, fihform, composed of 15 joints in the male; thirdjoint bent, clavate, emarginate on the external edge (1.); a littleclavate and 13-johited in the female (1. ? .), second joint very small.Labrum corneous, minute, transverse, arcuated before, emarginate inthe centre. Lat. Mandibles thick, nearly quadrate, tridentate on the internal side inone mandible and bidentate in the other, apical tooth most acute, in-ferior broad, truncate. (3.) Maxilla very broad in the middle, terminal lobe broad at the apex,slightly bilobed, ciliated : Palpi short, pubescent, 5-jointed, first andfourth joints small, second and fifth large, elongate-obtrigonate,rounded at the apex. (4.) Mentum pear

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