calcaria
- plural of calcar.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Thorax: the prothorax subelongate, narrowed anteriorly; the wings subhyaline, their apex clouded; the intermediate and posterior tibiæ with a double row of spines; all the tarsi simple; the calcaria stout and elongate.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Closely resembling the female, but with the legs black; the posterior femora incrassate, the tibiæ narrow at their base and broadly dilated at their apex, which, as well as the calcaria, are pale testaceous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Thorax: the metathorax densely clothed with yellowish-white pubescence; the legs with glittering white hairs, the calcaria white; wings brown with their base hyaline.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
