46 
HALF HOURS WITH IHSECTS. [Packard. 
“American Entomologist,” Yol. 2, p. 16, from which these 
illustrations (Figs. 36 a and 36 b) are taken. 
The female (Fig. 36 b) is a quarter of an inch long, and 
is of a bright honey-yellow color. The head is black, with 
all the parts between and below the origin of the antennas, 
except the tip of the mandibles (jaws) dull honey-yellow. 
The antennae are brown-black, often tinged with reddish 
above, except towards the base, and beneath entirely dull 
reddish, except the two basal joints. They are four-fifths as 
long as the body; the third 
joint, when viewed side¬ 
wise, is four times as long 
as wide; the third, fourth 
and fifth joints are equal 
iii length, the remaining 
joints slowly diminishing 
in length. On the thorax 
are four conspicuous black 
Fig. 36. 
w spots, and other smaller 
^ ones. The legs are bright 
honey-j'ellow ; the basal or 
hip joints (coxae and tro¬ 
chanters) whitish, while the 
extreme tips of the hind 
shanks (tibiae) and the 
$ 
b 
Imported Currant Saw Fly. whole of the hind toe _ 
joints (tarsi) are blackish-brown. The wings are gloss 3 r , 
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 which 3 r oung caterpillars are hatched, as is 
sometimes the case with the silkworm and other moths, as 
well as other kinds of insects, including the honejr bee. 
The male (Fig. 36 a) is rather smaller (a fifth of an inch 
in length), and is black. The head is dull honey-yellow. 
The antennae are brown-black, often a little reddish beneath, 
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