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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat hyaline.

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Examples

  • Thorax: the metathorax coarsely longitudinally rugose, with cinereous pubescence at the sides; the antennæ and intermediate tibiæ, the tarsi, and articulations of the legs reddish-yellow; wings subhyaline, with a fuscous cloud in the marginal cell, which passes beyond to the apex of the wings; the nervures fusco-ferruginous; the tegulæ ferruginous.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology 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.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Thorax: the prothorax orange, its anterior border, the tubercles, tegulæ, two spots on the scutellum and postscutellum, the lateral margins of the metathorax and the legs, yellow, the latter with reddish stains; wings subhyaline, the superior pair with a fuscous cloud at their apex.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Thorax: the posterior margin of the prothorax angular and with a broad yellow border; the scutellum compressed and prominent; wings subhyaline with a broad fuscous border at their apex, the tegulæ yellow; legs pale ferruginous, with their coxæ and trochanters black; the apical joints of the tarsi fuscous.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Thorax: the wings brown, the posterior pair palest, their base subhyaline.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Ferruginous; the posterior tarsi and the fourth and following segments of the abdomen black; the head is reddish yellow, the eyes brown; the scape and two or three of the basal joints of the flagellum ferruginous, the rest fuscous; the basal half of the wings flavo-hyaline, the apical half fuscous; the stigma yellow, with a subhyaline macula beneath, and two other similar irregular-shaped spots.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Thorax: the metathorax densely clothed with silvery pubescence, beneath, at the sides, and also the legs with scattered silvery hairs, the calcaria white; the tegulæ shining; the wings subhyaline with the nervures dark fuscous.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Thorax: the pubescence black; wings subhyaline, the nervures dark rufo-fuscous, tegulæ obscurely testaceous.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Thorax: the apical margin of the prothorax, the margins of the scutellum, and the sides of the metathorax covered with a dense short ochraceous pubescence; the disk of the thorax thinly sprinkled with short black hairs; the posterior tibiæ obscurely ferruginous; the tarsi ferruginous; the legs covered with bright golden-yellow pubescence; wings subhyaline, the nervures ferruginous; the tegulæ yellow with a fuscous stain in the middle.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • The thorax beneath, and the metathorax, with a shining white silvery pile; the anterior and intermediate femora and tibiæ beneath yellow; the tarsi pale ferruginous, and more or less fuscous above; wings subhyaline, the nervures fuscous; a spot on the lateral posterior angles of the metathorax, two ovate spots on the scutellum, and a line on the postscutellum yellow.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

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