Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . w 3Ei ^ MK < 1iu Larva of Pachylis gigas.(Black and scarlet.) scarlet- Beneath, it is dull white. These colours are exceed- SINGULAR STRUCTURE OF THE ABDOMEN. 723 ingly brilliant even in the dried specimen, but in the livinginsect must even be more vivid. The larva is coloured very much like a harlequin, the wholeof the creature being alternately red and scarlet, with the ex-ception of the undeveloped elytra and the spots along the back,which are bright yellow. Another species o
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . w 3Ei ^ MK < 1iu Larva of Pachylis gigas.(Black and scarlet.) scarlet- Beneath, it is dull white. These colours are exceed- SINGULAR STRUCTURE OF THE ABDOMEN. 723 ingly brilliant even in the dried specimen, but in the livinginsect must even be more vivid. The larva is coloured very much like a harlequin, the wholeof the creature being alternately red and scarlet, with the ex-ception of the undeveloped elytra and the spots along the back,which are bright yellow. Another species of the same genus is here given. This is anative of Orizaba. Without being so gorgeously coloured as its relative, it is avery handsome insect, and is remarkable for some peculiarity. Fio. 46a.—Pachylis acutangulus. (Black, urange, and purple.) of form. The flat plate on the antenna? is half yellow and halfblack. The thorax is dark brown, and the wings are blacktraversed with orange lines. Towards the tips they becomeolive green with lines of metallic coppery red. The males havethe thighs of the hind legs very much thickened and armedwith sharp spikes. The most characteristic point in this insectis, however, the structure of the abdomen, which is much flat-tened, and has each segment developed into a sharp point, as isindicated by the specific name, which signifies something whichhas sharp angles. :; a 7 24 [NSKCTS AHI!»)AI». On Plate XIX. Fig. 1 may be seen a representation of Diactorhilineatus. The former of these words signifies a conductor, orsteersman, and is given to the genus because the hind legs areflattened so as to resemble the peculiar oar or paddle withwhich the ancients, who had no real rudders, were accustomedto steer their vessels. It is very va
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