sericeous
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Abdomen smooth and shining; the apical margins of the intermediate segments slightly depressed, with the sides sericeous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Abdomen shining, and with a fine silvery sericeous pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous; the terminal segment with an elongate, smooth, shining space, which extends to the apex, which is testaceous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Thorax: the disk very closely punctured, the metathorax rugose; the sides and the legs with a fine glittering sericeous pile, the wings subhyaline, their apical margins fuscous, the nervures fuscous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
