. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . uotum. Abdomen dtirk metallic blue throughout, glabrous, smallerand more imiform in diameter than hi g; the joints distinguished with dilliculty, but ajidarentlyproportioned as in Q. Legs with the femora all dusky ^\ ith a faint bluish reflection; trochantersrufous; coxa3 steel blue; front and nuddle tibine white; hind tibiie dusky; tarsi all white, with occa-sionallv (I sp
. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . uotum. Abdomen dtirk metallic blue throughout, glabrous, smallerand more imiform in diameter than hi g; the joints distinguished with dilliculty, but ajidarentlyproportioned as in Q. Legs with the femora all dusky ^\ ith a faint bluish reflection; trochantersrufous; coxa3 steel blue; front and nuddle tibine white; hind tibiie dusky; tarsi all white, with occa-sionallv (I specinuMi) the terminal i(dnt duskv, the nuddle pair lackhig in a great measure the jiecnliariiilaruement of basal Joiut JVinf/s more rounded than in Q, perfectly hyaline, the stigmatic branch butfaintly disceridble. Length 0 ()9-(l 10 inch. Described from 8 dried specimens. 164 SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT up backward as does the female, nor do I think he possesses thispower; and he certainly has not the remarkable power, which shepossesses, of setting up or depressing at will the mesonotal sub-seg-ments, for his thorax is quite differently constructed. THE NARROW-WINGED KATYDID (DeGeer). [Fig. 50.] ?Phaneroptera cuivicauda. Phanekopteka cuuvicacda :—Female, altev Han-is. This is our next most common species, and, according to Packard,it is the most abundant species in Northern New England. It is atonce distinguished from the others by the length and narrowness ofits wing-covers, and by the male having a cylindrical style curvingfrom below upward, and resting in the forks of a curious furcate ap-pendage from the upper end of the abdomen (Fig. 51, c, h). The ovi-positor of the female is much curved, and aboutas long as the front thighs, more pointed than inretinervis^ and regularly notched, both above andbelow, for about one-half its length (Fig. 51, d).The wing-covers are flat, with the costal and*^^ inner edges parallel, except near the apex, about Phaxeroptera curvicau- ,/. 1 .J
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