Abdomen smooth and shining; the apical margins of the intermediate segments slightly depressed, with the sides sericeous. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Abdomen shining, and with a fine silvery sericeous pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous; the terminal segment with an elongate, smooth, shining space, which extends to the apex, which is testaceous. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Thorax: the metathorax finely transversely rugose, the sides with bright silvery-white pubescence; the coxæ, the thorax beneath and on the sides, with fine silky sericeous pile; the anterior tibiæ and tarsi, and all the femora at their apex beneath, ferruginous; wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures black; the outer margin of the tegulæ testaceous. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
It is closely allied to undidatiis, Say, but is more sericeous, the elytial lines are not so dilated or confluent, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
Trichome. glabrous: no hairs of any kind present. arachnoid, arachnose: with many fine, entangled hairs giving a cobwebby appearance. barbellate: with finely barbed hairs (barbellae). bearded: with long, stiff hairs. bristly: with stiff hair-like prickles. canescent: hoary with dense grayish-white pubescence. ciliate: marginally fringed with short hairs (cilia). ciliolate: minutely ciliate. floccose: with flocks of soft, woolly hairs, which tend to rub off. glandular: with a gland at the tip of the hair. hirsute: with rather rough or stiff hairs. hispid: with rigid, bristly hairs. hispidulous: minutely hispid. hoary: with a fine, close grayish-white pubescence. lanate, lanose: with woolly hairs. pilose: with soft, clearly separated hairs. puberulent, puberulous: with fine, minute hairs. pubescent: with soft, short and erect hairs. scabrous, scabrid: rough to the touch sericeous: silky appearance through fine, straight and appressed (lying close and flat) hairs. silky: with adpressed, s. From Wordnik.com. [Wikibooks - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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