igo THE INTEGUMENTAL SKELETON OF THE IMAGO. 



C. Metathorax, Audouin. 



a. Metasternum. 



Transverse and Vertical Plate, Mihi. 

 Plastron, Chabrier. 

 Metafurca, Brauer. 



b. Dorsal Arch, Mihi. 



c. Metapleuron, Audouin. 



Episternum and Epimeron, Audouin. 



d. Details of the Exo-skeleton of the Legs (Plate 



(for a general description of the ventral appendages of the tJiorax \Jegs\ see 



p. 158.) 



The three pairs of legs differ chiefly in the form of the coxae ; 

 the remaining joints are very similar in all. 



The Coxae of the anterior legs are tubular and prismatic 

 (Fig. i, ex) ; those of the intermediate pair, scaphoid, or boat- 

 shaped (Figs. 2 and 3) ; and of the posterior, pyramidal (Fig. 4). 



Each coxa is consolidated and protected by three sclerites ; 

 an anterior, a posterior, and an internal plate. 



In all the anterior plate is the largest and strongest. It 

 exhibits an internal longitudinal ridge, which terminates 



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