On one wing this horny expansion is furnished with a sharp raised margin; on the other, the strong nervure which traverses it on the other side is crossed by a number of short, sharp furrows, like those of a file.— On the Banks of the Amazon
The wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells, and one recurrent nervure.— Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
Anterior wings with two submarginal cells and one recurrent nervure.— Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
Discocellular nervure or vein: Lepidoptera; = discal vein, q.v. Discoidal: relating to the disc, or middle = discal.— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
First inner apical nervure: in Hymenoptera (Nort.); is cubitus 1, from media 4, to first anal (Comst.).— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

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