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Excerpt from The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 1874-1876: Vols; 11-12 I have examined the position of the abdominal stigmata in the species characterized infra as P. Minor, and adjoin their description, as well as some points that have escaped observation in the anatomy of the genus. Abdominal stigmata two, three, and four, similar in shape to one another, moderately large, very open, elliptical, stigma three rather larger than two or four. Stigmata two and three placed partly in the connecting membrane, and partly in the horny portion of the abdomen stigma four placed just in the horny portion close to the membrane stigma five placed also close to membrane, its position being similar to that of the fourth stigma, but it is smaller than that, though it is large and open. Stigma six is small and 'closed, scarcely quite so near the membrane as the fifth stigma, but yet very little distant therefrom. Stigma seven small, placed close to junction of the dorsal and ventral plates. Prosternum furnished with an elongate narrow post-coxal process, which is extremely densely clothed with very long hairs. Mesosternum produced between the middle coxae, these placed closed to one another, and separated only by a thin lamina. Posterior coxae broader externally than internally; their upper margin oblique in its direction, their outer and hinder angles acute. I have been so fortunate as to accumulate from different sources nine individuals possessing the characters of the genus; and, after carefully examining them, have concluded that these individuals are representatives Of five different species it appears, moreover, to me that none of these specimens can be referred to P. Castanea, Hepe, the only species of the genus hitherto described; I have, therefore, drawn up descriptions of these insects, and, in order to make the paper more complete, have copied and added to it the description of P. Castanea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.