All the abbreviations used in this plate are readily understood.
PLATE II. Structures of Head, Mouth, Thorax & Genitalia
1. Head of wasp from front.
2. Head of honey bee with mouth parts extended.
3. Head of Locustid from front, to show regions.
4. Head of a Lepidopteron from front.
5. Head of a cricket from front.
6. Labium of a cricket showing all usual parts.
7. Maxilla of Harpalus caliginosus, with all sclerites marked.
8. Mandible of Copris carolina with all sclerites defined.
9. Thorax of a Hymenopteron from above.
10. Genitalia of a male mosquito with all parts named.
11. Genitalia of a male Noctuid from below: the parts separated out.
PLATE III. Venation According to the Comstock System.
1. Wing venation of a Noctuid.
2. Wing venation of a Hepialid.
3. Wing venation of a Locustid.
4. Wing venation of a Hymenopteron.
5. Wing venation of a Dipteron.
6. Wing venation of an Odonat.
7. Wing venation of a Cicada.
Abbreviations are as follows:
C. Costa, except in figure 1, where on the outer margin C occurs instead of Cu. In the cells it means Costal.
Sc. Subcosta, when it refers to a vein and subcostal in a cell.
R. Radius, when it refers to a vein and radial when in a cell.
M. Media, when it refers to a vein and median in a cell.
Cu. Cubitus, when it refers to a vein and cubital in a cell.
A. Anal veins or cells.
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