The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Orthoptera. (Acridiidae) / by W.F. Kirby.

Date:
1914
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Orthoptera. (Acridiidae) / by W.F. Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

    23/296 (page 9)
    [Many species have them much abbreviated, in which case they are most commonly oval or elliptical; and in some cases they are Fig. 13.—Tegmen Schistoccrca : «, mediastinal vein; scapular (humeral, or anterior radial) ; c, middle radial (or discoidal); d, branch of radial; e, posterior radial (or median); g, intercalate; h, anterior ulnar ; i, branch of ulnar; J, posterior ulnar ; k, anal (or dividens); I, axillary (or f)licata). 1, mediastinal area ; 2, scapular (or humeral) area ; 3, 4, anterior and posterior intercalate spaces (discoidal of Brunner); 3+4, median of Saussure; 5, ulnar area; 6, 7, anterior and posterior axillary areas (Saussure); 7, anal area (Brunner). absent.] They are usually more or less opaque, especially towards the base. The luings usually almost equal the tegmina in length, but are much broader and are longitudinally folded. In most cases they are hyaline or glassy, with darker nervures, but are sometimes j-jg. 14—Wing of Schistoccrca. The lettering as in figure 13. stained Avitli red or yellow, or more rarely with blue or green. The neuration will be better understood from the diagram than from description.