. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. EVANS : AMERICAN BETHYLIDAE 145 sometimes foveolate; mesopleurum with a small pit opposite bases of hind wings, otherwise weakly sculptured; femora somewhat swollen and flattened, especially in female; claws dentate. Fore wing with stigma very small, giving rise to a short, oblique radius, at most slightly longer than the short basal vein, the latter reaching the subcosta close to the base of the stigma. Male sub- genital plate with a median basal stalk, apex more or less trun- cate. Genitalia bearing considerable res


. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. EVANS : AMERICAN BETHYLIDAE 145 sometimes foveolate; mesopleurum with a small pit opposite bases of hind wings, otherwise weakly sculptured; femora somewhat swollen and flattened, especially in female; claws dentate. Fore wing with stigma very small, giving rise to a short, oblique radius, at most slightly longer than the short basal vein, the latter reaching the subcosta close to the base of the stigma. Male sub- genital plate with a median basal stalk, apex more or less trun- cate. Genitalia bearing considerable resemblance to those of Epyris and related genera; parameres short and broad, strongly setose; cuspides divided into dorsal and ventral arms, also with strong setae; aedoeagus rather broad. (Fig. 94-98.). Laeliussw. Fig. 94. L. pedatus (Say), fore wing, female. Fig. 95. Same species, head and thorax, female. Fig. 96. L. utilis Cockerell, labium and maxilla, male. Fig. 97. Same species, male subgenital plate. Fig. 98. Same species, male 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum


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