File:British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland- containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, (14781806144).jpg

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Title: British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found
Year: 1823 (1820s)
Authors: Curtis, John, 1791-1862
Subjects: Insects Insects -- Great Britain Botany
Publisher: London, Printed for the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ed from the gall of a native Geranium.—J. C. 12. Arundinis Curt. ? Length ll, ovipositor l §-: bright shining green;head aureous or cupreous, antennae black, basal joint beneath ochreous,with a spot of the same near the base of the abdomen : legs yellow-ochre, coxae green outside, faint in the anterior pair, base of tarsiwhitish-ochre, tips brownish; nervures ochreous.Middle of August on rushes, Blackgang Chine.—J. C. 15. \Ja,\XCiCurt, 9 1+line, ovipositor 5 ; green, antenna? black, basaljoint straw colour beneath : legs whitish-ochre, thighs, excepting thetips, green, hinder tibiae violaceous-black, except at the base and tips,apex of tarsi blackish, especially the posterior.I observed, the middle of August, at the back of the Isle ofWight, vast numbers of the umbels oi DaucusCarota producinggalls; they contained bright orange-coloured larvse, from whichI bred a great number of this insect of both sexes the follow-ing September. The Plant is Rosa spinoaissima (Burnet Rose). 3jdr
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^yi^; /^^6^ uuK^h /. fid/ 345.DECATOMA COOPERI. Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Cynipidae Lat.^ Leach. Type of the Genus, Decatoraa biguttata Swed.Decatoma Spin., Curtiss Guide, Gen. 650.—Eurytoma Dal. Antennce inserted in the centre of the face, geniculate, pilose,excepting the basal joint, which is received into a groove in frontof the face, longer in the male than female ; 9-jointed in the male,the 1st joint long, 2nd curved subpyriform, two annuli formingthe base of the 3rd joint which is oval truncate, longer than the3 following which are remotely articulated, the remainder form-ing a narrow elongated club, the apex producing very shortspreading bristles (i) : 10-jointed in the female, 1st joint long,2nd slender, bent subpyriform, then follow I think 2 annuli, the3rd joint obovate truncate, 4 following semioval, the remainderforming an ovate or conical club (1 a). Mandibles subtrigonate, truncated obliquely and tridentate, theapical tooth acute, the internal one blunt (3).Maxilla: long

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