Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Volume 61Smithsonian Institution Press, 1922 |
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abdomen acorns antennae apex apical Ashm Ashmead basal base border Brachyceratops broadly rounded Callirhytis carina cestodes clypeus coarsely collected color convex coxae Cresson distinctly dorsal abdominal plate elytra eyes feebly female Female.-Length femora femur front funicular galls gaster genus gonopod half as long hind coxa hind femur hind margin Honduras joints lateral margin legs length Leucospis long as broad longer than broad longitudinal malar space male mandibles median line Megaptera mesonotum mesoscutum metanotum metatarsus Microgaster Microplitis middle narrow nearly ocellus ovipositor pale palpi parapsidal grooves paratypes petiole posterior coxae posteriorly pronotum propodeum pubescent punctures rugose scape scutellum second tergite segment shining short shorter sides slender slightly SLOSSON sparsely species specimens spines spot spur stigma striate strongly surface teeth tegulae testaceous thorax tibiae tooth transverse triangular twice as long Type.-Cat U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM U.S.N.M. Described United States National ventral vertex width yellow
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Page ii - Publications of the United States National Museum The scientific publications of the National Museum include two series, known, respectively, as Proceedings and Bulletin. The Proceedings series, begun in 1878, is intended primarily as a medium for the publication of original...
Page ii - Museum, and setting forth newly acquired facts in biology, anthropology, and geology derived therefrom, or containing descriptions of new forms and revisions of limited groups. A volume is issued annually, or oftener, for distribution to libraries and scientific establishments, and in view of the importance of the more prompt dissemination of new facts a limited edition of each paper is printed in pamphlet form in advance.
Page ii - Since 1902 the volumes of the series known as " Contributions from the National Herbarium," and containing papers relating to the botanical collections of the Museum, have been published as bulletins. The...
Page 4 - ... of the weighing, whether the good works or the bad ones tipped the scales. Thereupon the soul has to cross the chinvat bridge, which is spanning the abyss of hell. To the good soul it appears to be 9 spear lengths, or even a parasang (between three and four miles) wide, led by a fair maiden — the embodiment of his good deeds and pious observances, and guided by the good dogs, who keep watch over the bridge. Through the three forecourts of good thoughts, good words, good deeds the soul passes...
Page 4 - Very different is the lot of the wicked. A demon lassoes his soul with his evil noose and drags him to the bridge, where Rashnu with his balances detects all his wickedness. His evil ways confront him in a foul hag whose ugliness is the expression of his character. He finds no helper, becomes frightened on the hair-broad bridge and tumbles down into the abyss. Through the vestibules of evil thoughts, evil words, evil deeds he arrives in the "infinite darkness...
Page ii - ... newly acquired facts in biology, anthropology, and geology, with descriptions of new forms and revisions of limited groups. Copies of each paper, in pamphlet form, are distributed as published to libraries and scientific organizations and to specialists and others interested in the different subjects. The dates at which these separate papers are published are recorded in the table of contents of each of the volumes. The series of Bulletins, the first of which was issued in 1875, contains separate...
Page 2 - HAUG, Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsees, Bombay, 1862 (to be used with caution).
Page 4 - The suffering here is slight, being only a change from cold to heat, inclement cold and burdensome heat following one after the other. But hell is not eternal, and the bliss of souls in heaven and their torments in hell are not the final state of mankind. When the present world age is at an end there will be a great assize and a general judgment for all mankind. According to Zoroastrian cosmic chronology the whole drama of the world will be played out in a cycle of 12,000 years, divided into four...