. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. (Alter K»kj.) TiBCid* wood-burrowing /tgerian?;. The cut. Fijj. 3S^ writings of Professor C. V. Rilcy. has more ation of the f;icts in the c;ise n whole p;ige of verbal description would have. The species of the genus Pi'odoxits all appear upon the wing before those of the genus Piomtba, the former having no function to per- form in connection with the fertiliza- tion of the tlowers, and being on the spot to oviposit while the flower-stems are still soft and easily
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. (Alter K»kj.) TiBCid* wood-burrowing /tgerian?;. The cut. Fijj. 3S^ writings of Professor C. V. Rilcy. has more ation of the f;icts in the c;ise n whole p;ige of verbal description would have. The species of the genus Pi'odoxits all appear upon the wing before those of the genus Piomtba, the former having no function to per- form in connection with the fertiliza- tion of the tlowers, and being on the spot to oviposit while the flower-stems are still soft and easily capable of be- ing cut into by the ovipositor of the female, while Prointha must wait until the llowers are(», i the tissues of these portions of the plant arc ready lor ihc ; operations which the perpetuation of the life both of Ihc plant and the insect call for. (2) Prodoxus marginatus Riley. The accompanying cut serves to siiow im; en. tures of this species of the genus. The ligure at a a i the last abdominal n _ female magnified twi ameters. I he basal jtunl of Ihc ovipositor is repri the terminal joint at tfo, jiiJ Wic oviduct at (n\ Figure c repre- sents the claspers oi lb '- vie\Ki-d from abov** A the wing I) ^ . ,.,,^^ times is given at pr,. and bv U FlO. 257. — /^. iiiurji^inatus. (.Micr ^ ' Riley, "Insect ; Vol. IV, p. 373.) the speCICS may PC V (i) Prodoxus y-inversa Kikv. The main characteristics of a third species ol given in Fig. 2s8. The left front wing is f hair-line beneath serving to show the ti ' By looking at the ligure upside down tlu why the specific name which was given to Ih suggested itself. The genitalia of the male moth are r ! at Z? enlarged fourteen diameters. This viev 4?9. 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 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1
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