. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. Figure 192.—Heteropsocus dispar V. ; x 20 ; a, adult male ; h, male nymph ; c, adult female; d, nymph of female ; from drawings by A. H. V. color continuous centrally, but lobulated along each side, the lobes alternating with clear marginal areas ; veins few, not reticulated ; veins and margins of the wings are fringed with rather long hairs; end of wings eve
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. Figure 192.—Heteropsocus dispar V. ; x 20 ; a, adult male ; h, male nymph ; c, adult female; d, nymph of female ; from drawings by A. H. V. color continuous centrally, but lobulated along each side, the lobes alternating with clear marginal areas ; veins few, not reticulated ; veins and margins of the wings are fringed with rather long hairs; end of wings evenly rounded ; antennae dark, very long and slender, equal to or exceeding the body, with 22-24 joints, the two basal ones much thicker than the others ; legs long, brown ; tarsi three-jointed, 192& 194. Figure 192&.—Heteropsocus dispar, x8 ; a, male; 6, b', adult females; e, e', nymphs. Phot, by A. H. V. Figure 194.—Book-louse, much enlarged; after Comstock. the proximal joints long, the others short, subequal; claws two, very small. Head large, broad, rounded in front and wide posteriorly; eyes large and prominent, black ; palpi clavate ; body thick, dark brown or blackish, the thorax paler ; abdomen often black. Length of largest females, about 1°^™. The nymphs are similar, but the body is lighter brown; the head is rather narrower and the eyes less prominent. The male nymphs. 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 Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The author
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