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"Note the anal angle of the secondaries and the argentiferous discal area bordering the subcostal nervule."

From Police!!! by Hutt, Henry

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

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.

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

At this fold the median nervure stops and is joined by a cross nervure to the radial, which can be distinguished throughout its length from the subcostal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various