Excerpt from Fauna Hawaiiensis, Vol. 3: Being the Land-Fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, 1901-1910Antennae in 3 about twice as long, in 52 about as long as the thorax, brownish black, with the first two and basal half of the third joints yellow, in 3 the joints at the base of the ¿agellum twice as long as broad, towards the apex more slender, and at least three times as long as broad, all covered with a short regular pubes cence, in 52 all the joints a little longer than broad and more uniform. Thorax reddish-yellow, black-haired, with two broad lateral black stripes which are abbreviated in front, leaving the humeri yellow, but con¿uent behind, metanotum dark, scutellum dark in two of the specimens but lighter in the third, halteres yellow. Abdomen of 3 slender, clavate, of Q broader, first segment wholly yellow or reddish-yellow, second yellow with the basal half blackish succeeding segments blackish with broad yellowish posterior bands. Legs pale, apices of tibiae and the whole of the tarsi dark. Wings hyaline, with the apices and hind margins tinged with fuscous, sixth vein slightly clouded, auxiliary vein terminating a little before the origin of the third vein, the venation otherwise very like that of the preceding species.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.