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It is remarkable for having a sort of drum at the base of the fore wings, between the costal nervure and the subcostal.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

Head reddish; antennæ testaceous at the base; thorax testaceous in front; wings greyish, blackish-brown along the costa, and with three subcostal blackish-brown patches, the third continued along the veins towards the hind border.

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

Entrance for a pin-point between them is to be found at the base of the wing where the subcostal and median nervures come close together.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

Subcosta, when it refers to a vein and subcostal in a cell.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Below the last rib a subcostal artery runs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various