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The labrum or upper-lip is fulvous; and the antenn are piceous.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. II (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBY
The legs are all black, with the digits only rather piceous.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. II (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBY
Abdomen: the apical margins of the segments obscurely and narrowly rufo-piceous, the apex ferruginous.
The tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous, the claws ferruginous; wings dark fuscous, their base hyaline.
Thorax: the wings hyaline and brilliantly iridescent; the legs dark rufo-piceous with a bright purple tinge.
Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, with the apex and the margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous.
In the trunk, the tegul or scales that defend the base of the wings are rufo-piceous.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. II (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBY
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