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PSYCHE. 



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may be gener;illy accepted, as simple, 

 intelligible, aiu! applicable to all orders 

 of insects, based as it is on ontogenetic, 

 as well as anatomical, grounds. 



The following system applies to the 

 Lepidoptera as well as all other orders. 

 Fig. S represents the venation of a 

 Notodontian (^Heterocampa obliqna'). 

 We merely deviate, from motives of 

 convenience, from Spuler's numeration 

 of the two anal veins, by numbering 

 them VI and VII, instead of designat- 

 ing them by the Greek letters a (3. 



The following table will show the 

 numbers and names of the five veins of 

 the outspread portion of the wing and 

 two (rarely three) of the fan-like or 

 inner portion. Insteatl of denoting the 

 veins by the noun and adjective as, 

 for example the median vein, we may 

 call it in descriptions or diagnoses, 

 media. 



I. Costa. 



II. Subcosta (radius). 



III. Media. 



IV. Cubitus (median vein of some 

 authors) . 



V. First anal (submedian). 



VI. Second anal (internal). 



VII. Third anal. 



l^iieratufe relating to the z'enation of 

 the ivings of insects. 



fuiitie, L. Noiivelle n:^thode cie classer les 



Hym^nopteres et les Diplfeies. 14 PI. 



Geneve, 1807. 

 . Observations sur les ailes des 



Hymdnopldres. (Mfern. Acad. Turin., 



xxiv, pp. 177-214, 1S20.) 



Lefebvre, A. Communication verbale sin- 

 la pterologie des Ldpidopleres. 3 PI. 

 (Ann. Soc. Ent. France, xi, pp. 5-35- 

 Rev. Zool., V, pp. 52-55. PI. I. 1892). 



Burmeister, H. Untersuchungen ueber die 

 Fltigeltvpen der Coleopteren. (Abh. 

 naturf. Ges. Halle, ii, pp. 1215-140. i PI, 



1854-) 

 Romaiid, B. E. de. Tableau de I'aile 



sup^rieure des Hym^nopt^ies, i PI 



1839. (Revue Zool,, ii, p. 339, 1S39.) 

 Westxvood, y . O. Notes on the wing veins 



of insects. (Trans. Ent. Soc. London. 



Ser. 2, iv, pp. 60-64. 1857.) 

 Schiner. J. R. Ueber das Fliigelgeader 



der Dipteren, (Verb, K, K, Zool.-bot, 



Ges. Wien,, 1S64, pp. 193-200. i PI.) 

 Nen'inan., E. Memorandum on the wing- 



lays of insects. (Trans. Ent. Soc. 



London. Ser. 2, Hi, pp. 225-231. 1855.) 

 Sfeyer, A. Oken's Isis, p. 94, 1839. 

 . Stettin. Ent, Zeit,, 1S70, p. 202, 



Figs. 

 Hagen, H. Ueber rationelle Benennung 



des Geaders in den Flugeln der Insekten. 



Stettin, Ent. Zeit., p. 316. Figs. 1870, 

 Roger, Otto. Das Fliigelgeader der Kafer. 



Erlangen, 1875. 

 Muller, Fritz. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der 



Termiten, Jenaisch. Zeitschr. f. Naturvv. 



1875- 

 Saussrire, H. de. Etudes sur I'aile der 



Orthoptferes. (Ann. sc. nat. 6 ser., x.) 

 Kolbe, H. y. Das Fliigelgeader der Psoclden 



and seiner systematische Bedeutung, 



(Stettin. Ent. Zeit., iSSo, pp. 179-1S6, 



I PI.) 

 . Beitiag zur systematik der 



Lepidoptera. (Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr. 



Bd. xxvii, pp. 217-224. 18S3.) 

 . Die zwischenriiume zwischen 



den Punclstreifen der punktiert gestrei- 



fen Flligeldecken der Coleoptera als 



rudimentare Rippen auf gefasst. 



(Jahresb, Westfal. Prov, Ver, Wissen, 



u, Kunst, Miinster,, 18S6, p, 57-59- 



I PI.) 



