. Australian insects. Insects. 68 HYMENOPTERA. Order Bees, Ants aud Wasps. This division contains an immense number of very inter- esting insects which, though generally known as bees, ants, and wasps, comprise many other just as important families; some are unfortunately popularly called flies, such as saw- flies, gall-flies, and ichntnimon-flies, but all true flies have only one pair of wings. Hymenoptera are, with a few excep- tions, furnished with two pairs of semitransparent mem- branous wings, sometimes shaded with black or yellow tints, devoid of hairs or scales, but tr
. Australian insects. Insects. 68 HYMENOPTERA. Order Bees, Ants aud Wasps. This division contains an immense number of very inter- esting insects which, though generally known as bees, ants, and wasps, comprise many other just as important families; some are unfortunately popularly called flies, such as saw- flies, gall-flies, and ichntnimon-flies, but all true flies have only one pair of wings. Hymenoptera are, with a few excep- tions, furnished with two pairs of semitransparent mem- branous wings, sometimes shaded with black or yellow tints, devoid of hairs or scales, but traversed by stout nervures forming irregular cells; the hind pair are the smaller, and are furnished with a row of spines along the front margin capable of hooking into the hind edge of the fore pair, thus adding to their powers of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Froggatt, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS; Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Sydney, W. Brooks
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