A NEW RACE OF GLAUCOPSYCHE LYGDAMUS FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, ARIZ. (LEPID., LYCAENIDAE)

1936 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 113-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. McDunnough
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Blue Color ◽  
Wing Area ◽  
White Mountains ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Type Form ◽  
Outer Border ◽  
New Race ◽  
Glaucopsyche Lygdamus

Male. Characterized by thle broad black outer border on the upper-side of both wings, this border being frequently 2 mm. in width. The blue color on the remaining wing-area is very deep, and, although quite shiny in certain lights, is more the color of P. icnrioides, and much darker than in the other western races. On the underside the black spots are very large, and prominently white-ringed; the ground color is a deep gray-brown, rather reminiscent of the type form and darker than is usual in the Coloradan oro Scud. Fringes white.

scholarly journals Interactions between frugivorous bats (Phyllostomidae) and Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae) in a tropical dry forest remnant in Valle del Cauca, Colombia

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Montoya-Bustamante ◽  
Vladimir Rojas-Díaz ◽  
Alba Marina Torres-González
Keyword(s):  
Niche Overlap ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
The Other ◽  
Leg Length ◽  
Wing Area ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
Valle Del Cauca ◽  
Artibeus Lituratus ◽  
The Village

Coexistence of species from a trophic guild depends on the division and use of resources. In any ecosystem, fruits are resources that vary in time and space as well as in nutritional content. Therefore, the organisms that depend on them as a food source tend to show a certain degree of specialization. Understanding the factors that influence the dynamics of seed dispersal is important for the regeneration and conservation of tropical ecosystems. Our aim was to determine variation in consumption of <em>Piper tuberculatum </em>(pipilongo) by the fruit bat assemblages in the village of Robles (Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia). Pipilongo is a resource used not only by wildlife but also by people in the village of Robles. Bats were captured in mist nets between June and November 2014, their feces were collected, and the length of the forearm, wing area, leg length and weight were recorded. At the Universidad del Valle seed laboratory, fecal samples were washed, and their content determined. Of the 14 species captured, <em>Sturnira lilium, Carollia brevicauda, Carollia perspicillata</em> and <em>Artibeus lituratus</em> showed signs of having consumed <em>P. tuberculatum.</em> <em>Sturnira lilium</em> was the main consumer of <em>P. tuberculatum </em>fruits, with the greatest number of consumption events of fruit from this plant species, whereas the other bats showed more diversified consumption events. The greatest niche overlap was recorded between <em>C. brevicauda</em> and <em>C. perspicillata</em>, species that showed similar sizes (i.e., wing area and forearm length) followed by <em>S. lilium</em> and <em>C. perspicillata. </em>In contrast, <em>A. lituratus</em> showed the least niche overlap with the other three fruit bats captured. In conclusion, <em>Sturnira lilium</em> showed an interaction <em>Sturnira-Piper</em>, which is the result of low <em>Solanum</em> availability, and this bat species was the largest consumer of pipilongo in the region.

The Chinese and Japanese in the Census

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Schor
Keyword(s):  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
The Other ◽  
Place Of Birth ◽  
Racial Categories ◽  
The Us ◽  
European Immigrants ◽  
New Race ◽  
The One ◽  
Us Census ◽  
Foreign Birth

This chapter discusses the integration of Chinese and Japanese into the US census. The American census added a new race it termed “Chinese” to its questionnaires beginning in 1870 and “Japanese” in 1890. The remarkable thing is that what was a nationality immediately became a race as well. Since 1850, the place of birth of all inhabitants had been recorded, whether or not they were immigrants, and in the case of non-European immigrants, two categories of origin were involved: on the one hand, foreign birth, and on the other hand, race, which was transmitted to the following generations. In spite of their small numbers, Asian immigrants were the object of disproportionate attention in the US census, to the point that in 1920, out of nine possible racial categories, five were Asian.

The Mosquitos of the funestus Series in East Africa

1937 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Leeson
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Anopheles Funestus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pistia Stratiotes ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Type Form ◽  
The Many ◽  
Almost All

The paper deals with Anopheles funestus and its allies as they occur in East Africa. The species dealt with are A. funestus type form, A. rivulorum, A. rivulorum var. garnhamellus and A. leesoni.1. Differences between adults are so slight that they have until recently all been regarded as A. funestus. They may, however, be separated from one another by the points given in the Key (above). Differences between larvae of the species are much more pronounced.2. It is also shown that, in this part of Africa at least, A. funestus, though reared from identical larvae and pupae, has four main forms of wing pattern. One of the forms of A. funestus appears to be absent from Uganda, while another form is much more prevalent in coastal regions than inland. A. rivulorum occurs in Uganda, but only two specimens were taken in Tanganyika. A. rivulorum var. garnhamellus is widely distributed throughout E. Africa. A. leesoni was found only in Uganda.3. A. funestus, A. rivulorum and A. leesoni breed in similar situations, i.e., clear, shaded water with growing vegetation. The larvae are more frequently found among grass than among other types of vegetation. Such breeding-places occur in rivers, streams, pools and swamps. Light readings taken at breeding-places corrobate the many reports that these larvae prefer shaded situations and are absent from exposed waters. Larvae of A. rivulorum var. garnhamellus are found most frequently associated with Pistia stratiotes, though on at least two occasions they were found in water where this plant was absent.4. All the adults were taken inside buildings and none outside, in spite of continuous searching. Almost all were A. funestus, the remaining few were A. rivulorum and A. rivulorum var. garnhamellus; adults of A. leesoni were not taken at all. At several places, though adults of A. funestus were common in houses, very few or no larvae of this species were found; but larvae of the other forms were present. It is concluded that A. funestus is therefore an habitual house-frequenter and the others are not. Human blood was found in roughly half of the female A. funestus examined (239 out of 456); a very few contained ox blood and the remainder (204) were negative for ox and human blood. They were not tested for other bloods. Of 122 female A. funestus examined for malaria parasites 15 were found infected.

scholarly journals First Report of Phomopsis longicolla Infection of Cowpea Pods and Seeds in Mississippi

Plant Disease ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 693-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. W. Roy ◽  
S. Ratnayake
Keyword(s):  
Glycine Max ◽  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Potato Dextrose Agar ◽  
The Other ◽  
Soybean Seeds ◽  
Phomopsis Longicolla ◽  
First Report ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Glycine Max L ◽  
Germinating Seeds

Mature cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) pods with scattered, irregular black spots, similar in appearance to those found on mature soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) pods infected with Phomopsis longicolla T. W. Hobbs, were observed in three fields in Oktibbeha County, MS, in September 1994. In a delayed harvest sample of pods and seeds from one field, a fungus identified as P. longicolla (1) was isolated from more than 60% of surface-disinfested, excised pod disks and from 42% of surface-disinfested seeds. Average frequencies of isolation from seeds harvested at the normal time from the other two fields were 27 and 9%. When surface-disinfested soybean seeds (cv. Avery) were placed along the margins of P. longicolla colonies on potato dextrose agar, the radicals from most germinating seeds became necrotic and many seeds did not germinate. Koch's postulates were completed by reisolating the fungus from diseased tissue. Reference: (1) T. W. Hobbs et al. Mycologia 77:535, 1985.

DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS IN SOILS BY EXTRACTION METHODS

1963 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Dormaar ◽  
G. R. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Organic Solvents ◽  
Hydrofluoric Acid ◽  
Organic Phosphorus ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
The Other ◽  
Blue Color ◽  
Cent Level ◽  
Analytical Time ◽  
Selection Of

Comparisons were made between the quantities of organic phosphorus extracted from some Alberta soils by the Kaila-Virtanen method (10), an expanded Kaila-Virtanen procedure, and the Mehta et al. method (15). The modifications for the Kaila-Virtanen method were introduced as a result of the present study.One of the main difficulties encountered in the expanded procedure was the selection of organic solvents that would not interfere with the molybdophosphoric blue color reaction. The non-interfering acetone and acetone containing 0.2 M acetyl acetone gave increased extraction of organic phosphorus from the surface and B horizon samples, respectively. Hydrofluoric acid was recommended for B horizon samples.The expanded Kaila-Virtanen procedure extracted significantly more organic phosphorus (at 5 per cent level) than either of the other methods. The expanded Kaila-Virtanen method does not require more analytical time than the original. Furthermore, as a result of a larger number of extractions involved, this expanded procedure should have an advantage over the other two for studying the various forms of organic phosphorus extracted.

scholarly journals DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF PAMPHILA

1879 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 238-239
Author(s):  
W. H. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Outer Part ◽  
The Other ◽  
Costal Margin ◽  
Dark Stripe ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
A New Species

P. Dion.Male—Expands 1.2 inch.Upper side has the disk, cell and basel areas pale fulvous, the latter much obscured ; costal margin also fulvous, but obscured, and inclining to red in the sub-costal interspaces; the apex and hind margin broadly bordered with fuscous; stigma long, narrow, formed by two velvety-black spots, the lower one a little back of the line of the other; the black arc of cell forms a continuation of stigma and joins a dark stripe which runs along upper side of subcostal to base, the whole forming a sub-triangular inscription such as is seen in Arpa. Secondaries have the disk to base obscure fulvous, but there is a clear fulvous ray on the outer part of this area.

scholarly journals Talus fabric in Tuckerman Ravine, New Hampshire: Evidence for a tongue-shaped rock glacier

2002 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
New Hampshire ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rock Glacier ◽  
White Mountains ◽  
Fabric Analysis ◽  
Large Joint ◽  
Mere Presence ◽  
Reliable Interpretation ◽  
Talus Deposits

Abstract Tuckerman Ravine is a glacial cirque located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Ravine contains four talus accumulations formed through rockfall and toppling and characterized by large joint blocks with long axes of at least one meter. Previous research has classified one of the deposits (identified as Site 1 in the current study) variously as a moraine, a lobate rock glacier, and a protalus rampart. To resolve this controversy and provide a more reliable interpretation, block fabric analysis was performed at this and the other three talus sites. A bimodal fabric distribution was encountered at Site 1 and implies that the blocks at the base of the deposit collectively met some obstruction to movement. Such arrangement is not accounted for in simple talus accumulation models or in previous interpretations. The fabric data and its other characteristics support the classification of Site 1 as a relict tongue-shaped rock glacier. Fabric analysis indicates that the majority of blocks at Sites 2, 3, and 4 have a preferred orientation in the downslope direction and that these deposits represent rockfall talus which has not experienced post-depositional movement or activity. The mere presence of the talus deposits and their locations (which include the cirque headwall) do not support the reactivation of cirque glaciers in the White Mountains during the Holocene.

Parapercis pariomaculata (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), a new species of sandperch from Lombok and Bali, Indonesia and remarks on the validity of P. quadrispinosa (Weber 1913)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3319 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY W. JOHNSON ◽  
WILLIAM T. WHITE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Caudal Vertebrae ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Brown Blotch ◽  
Significant Genetic Divergence ◽  
A New Species

A new species of pinguipedid fish, Parapercis pariomaculata, is described from seven specimens collected from Lombok andthe southeast coast of Bali, Indonesia. The species appears locally common, having also been photographed underwater in sev-eral other locations off Bali. It is most similar to Parapercis clathrata in morphology, colouration and meristic values, but isunique among the genus in having a combination of dorsal-fin rays IV, 21, anal-fin rays I, 17, lateral-line scales 57–58, vomerwith 2–4 rows of robust conical teeth, palatines edentate, angle of subopercle produced and with small spinules, 10 abdominaland 20 caudal vertebrae, some nape scales weakly ctenoid in males, pelvic fins not reaching anal-fin origin in males, and colou-ration, including two small black spots on the suborbital, one above the other within a triangular reddish-brown blotch, and thearrangement of black and white blotching and other markings on the caudal fin. Comparison of the mitochondrial cytochrome coxidase subunit 1 (CO 1) genetic marker utilised in DNA barcoding produced a significant genetic divergence of about 12.8%between the new species and its closest congener. A lectotype is designated from the two syntypes of Parapercis quadrispinosa (Weber) which is determined to be a junior synonym of P. clathrata Ogilby.

A single-spore analysis of rust pustules produced by mixing isolates of two races of Puccinia coronata var. avenue

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1455-1458
Author(s):  
A. Dinoor ◽  
J. Khair ◽  
G. Fleischmann
Keyword(s):  
Infection Type ◽  
The Other ◽  
Puccinia Coronata ◽  
Masking Effect ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
New Race ◽  
Infection Types ◽  
Differential Varieties ◽  
Parent Race

Urediospores of pairs of isolates of Puccinia coronata var. avenae were simultaneously inoculated side by side on a susceptible oat leaf to produce a common pustule. The infection types of the culture from the single pustule, and from single-spore isolates of the pustule, were determined on key differential varieties distinguishing the component biotypes. The composition of the pustule was found to vary with the component races involved, and among pustules established from the same components.One pair of component races produced pustules which were phenotypically like one or the other of the isolates used in the mixture. Single-spore isolates from these pustules gave the same infection type as the pustule from which they were isolated, indicating that either one isolate alone produced the pustule, or that it predominated in what would then be a compound pustule.Another pair produced infection types unlike those of either parent race, and thus behaved phenotypically as a new race on the differential varieties. However, single-spore isolates from such pustules behaved as one or the other of the components. The masking effect of virulence over avirulence was also demonstrated by single-spore analysis of these compound pustules.

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