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particularly on the sides of the abdomen in the female (figure 

 43, Harr.,^ where the yellow color margins the tips of the 

 segments, taking the curved shape which gives the insect its 

 name, on the third to the seventh inclusive. The head is 

 yellow, marked with a fuscous figure shaped somewhat like the 

 letter U, between the eyes, which are united above by a fuscous 

 band, behind the eyes another fuscous band extending almost 



completely around the 

 head ; the feet are brown- 

 ish, moderately spotted 

 and banded with yellow ; 

 the wings hyaline with 

 fuscous veins, tips slight- 

 ly smoky, and a smoky 

 spot just behind the 

 stigma, which is reddish 

 yellow in the basal half 

 and darker toward the 

 apex. In one specimen 

 in the State Cabinet the 

 ovipositor measures near- 

 ly five inches in length. 

 Female, 1.45 to 1.75 in 

 length, excluding the 

 ovipositor, wings expand 

 about two and a quar- 

 ter inches: male, length 

 about the same as the 

 female, wings expand a 

 little more than one inch 

 and a half. 



The genus Ophion of 

 Fabricius, is well repre- 

 sented in this State, and 

 is readily recognized by 

 the form of the abdomen, 

 which instead of being 

 Hat or rounded above, is 

 sharp, and thinly com- 

 pressed on the sides, or 



Fig. 43. 



