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Prodoxus Marginatus

Prodoxus Marginatus (detail)
Prodoxus Marginatus (detail)

The accompanying cut serves to show the characteristic features of this species of the genus. The figure at a gives a view of the last abdominal segment of the female magnified twenty-six diameters. The basal joint of the ovipositor is represented at bjo, the terminal joint at tjo, and the oviduct at ov. Figure c represents the claspers of the male viewed from above. A view of the fore wing magnified five times is given at pr., and by it the species may be known.