. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ftj / Erax. ual, 4th ed., fig. 130), but a disconnected branch (fig. 2, E) is always present, which is connected with the 3d vein by a short cross vein. In the allied genus Promachus, which includes the Ne- braska bee-killer; Promachus bastardi the 2d vein forks (see 4th ed. Manual, fig. 129). In Erax (fig. 3) as in Asilus Promachus and Mallophora (see 4th ed. Manual, fig. 128) the 3d joint of the antennae ends in a bristle. The species. Wing of Erax. of Erax are usually smaller than the one in question, which is drawn natural size in fig. 1st. Only a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ftj / Erax. ual, 4th ed., fig. 130), but a disconnected branch (fig. 2, E) is always present, which is connected with the 3d vein by a short cross vein. In the allied genus Promachus, which includes the Ne- braska bee-killer; Promachus bastardi the 2d vein forks (see 4th ed. Manual, fig. 129). In Erax (fig. 3) as in Asilus Promachus and Mallophora (see 4th ed. Manual, fig. 128) the 3d joint of the antennae ends in a bristle. The species. Wing of Erax. of Erax are usually smaller than the one in question, which is drawn natural size in fig. 1st. Only a few days since I caught a species of Erax three-fourths of an inch long, which was sucking the vitality from a common house ily. I can find no description of the Louis^ iana Erax or bee-killer, so I subjoin the following. Length \% inches. Gen- eral color gray, with feet or tarsi, eyes, base of beak,and portions of the dorsal surface of each abdominal segment as represented in fig. 1 are black. The back of the thorax is dark gray, with two heavy black longitudinal lines in. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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