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HALF HOUES WITH INSECTS. 



[Packard. 



"American Entomologist," Vol. 2, p. IG, from which these 

 illustrations (Figs. 36 a and 36 h) are taken. 



The female (Fig. 36 6) is a quarter of an inch long, and 

 is of a bright honey-jellow color. The head is black, with 

 all the parts between and below the origin of the antennco, 

 except the tip of the mandibles (jaws) dull honey-ycllov/. 

 The antennae are brown-black, often tinged with reddioli 

 above, except towards the base, and beneath entirely dull 

 reddish, except the two basal joints. They are four-fifths as 

 Fig. 3c. long as the body ; the tliird 



joint, wlien viewed side- 

 wise, is four times as long 

 as wide ; the third, fourth 

 and fifth joints are equal 

 in length, the remaining 

 joints slowly diminishing 

 in length. On tlie thorax 

 are four conspicuous black 

 spots, and other smaller 

 ones. The legs are bright 

 honey-yellow ; the basal or 

 hip joints (coxjb and tro- 

 chanters) whitish, while the 

 extreme tips of the hind 

 shanks (tibise) and the 



Importca Currant Saw Fly. whole of the hind toc- 



joints (tarsi) are blackish-brown. The wings are glossy, 

 with dark veins, and .expand a little over half an inch. She 

 is known in Europe to lay eggs which have not been fertil- 

 ized, and from wliich young caterpillars are hatched, as is 

 sometimes the case with the silkworm and other moths, as 

 well as other kinds of insects, including the honey bee. 



The male (Fig. 36 a) is rather smaller (a fifth of an inch 

 in length), and is black. The head is dull honcy-yollow. 

 The antennjB are brown-black, often a little reddish beneath, 



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