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Excerpt from The Entomologist, Vol. 46: An Illustrated Journal of General Entomology Abdomen composed of five segments (of which the first two are Short), brownish black, smooth and shining, the punctuation very fine, and the pubescence of short fine bristles, scattered; genitalia hidden beneath the last abdominal segment; ventral ab'dominal plates narrow, clothed with a few scattered hairs. Legs brownish black with paler tarsi front tarsi with the extreme base of first and second joints yellowish, middle tarsi yellow with the last one or two joints and the middle of the basal joint brown, hind tarsi like the middle ones, but the darkening is rather more extensive, and includes the middle of the other joints. Middle tibia with a short terminal Spur beneath. 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.