May, '06] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



173 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. 



The accompanying figures are intended to illustrate some points in 

 the external anatomy. Where appendages are cut off, the cut surface is 

 usually shaded with parallel lines. Membranous parts are shaded lightly 

 with dots. 



a. Antenna. 



ac. Antecoxal piece. 



c. Clypeus. 



c l . First Clypeus. 



c' 1 . Second Clypeus. 



ex. Coxa. 



em. Epimeron. 



es. Episternum. 



/. Front. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



g. Gena. 

 gu. Gula. 

 /. Labrum. 

 li. Labium. 

 m. Meron. 

 md. Mandible. 

 inx. Maxilla. 

 o. Occiput. 

 pg. Postgena. 



ps. Presternum. 

 s. Sternum. 

 s* Sternellum. 

 sc l . Prescutum. 

 sc. Scutum. 

 sc 2 Scutellum. 

 sc 3 . Postscutellum. 

 sp. Spiracle. 

 /. Trochantine. 



Fig. 6. 



9- 

 10. 

 II. 



12. 



13- 



14. 



15- 



16. 



17- 

 18. 



20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23- 



' 24. 



" 2 5 . 



" 26. 



" 2 7 . 



" 28. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. 



RapJiidia oblita, ventral view of head. 

 J/a/i/ispa bru/uiea, ventral view of prothorax. 



anterior leg. 



Mynneleon rusticiis dorsal view of head, 

 ventral " " " 

 posterior view of head, 

 ventral " " mesothorax. 

 caudal appendages of female. 



" male, 

 maxilla. 



lateral view of mesothorax. 

 Bracliynemurus carrizonus, caudal appendages of female. 



" male. 



Inner parts shaded. 

 L/lulodes hyalina, head. 



caudal appendages of female. 

 " male. 



Biltacus strigosus, 

 Panorpa nuptialis 



' female ; the abdomen is 

 pressed so as to extrude 

 the ovipositor, which is 

 semi-transparent. 



caudal appendages of male, dorsal view. 

 " " " " ventral view. 



ventral view of mesothorax. 



anterior view of head. 



posterior " " " 



lateral view of mesothorax. 



