. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 432 THE CHIGOE. AifOTHEK insect, termed Diactor biUneatus^ belongs to the same family, and is remark- able for the carious formation of the hinder pair of legs. In the genus of which this species is an example, the tibia? are expanded like the blade of a South Sea Islander"s paddle, being very flat, and not so thick as the paper on which this account is printed. In the present species, the coloring is very splendid, the whole of the thorax being lirh emerald-green, \vith a peculiar
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 432 THE CHIGOE. AifOTHEK insect, termed Diactor biUneatus^ belongs to the same family, and is remark- able for the carious formation of the hinder pair of legs. In the genus of which this species is an example, the tibia? are expanded like the blade of a South Sea Islander"s paddle, being very flat, and not so thick as the paper on which this account is printed. In the present species, the coloring is very splendid, the whole of the thorax being lirh emerald-green, \vith a peculiar lusti'e, as if incrusted with the minutest of gems, and diversified with two longi- tudinal streaks of light red. The latter color, however, always fades in process of time, as is generally the case with all tlie shades of red in insects. The elytra are also green, but not so sparkling in effect. It is a native of Brazil, and the family in which it is placed is the Anisoscelidse. The broad leafy expansions of the legs are chestnut-brown, spotted with a paler hue. We are now come to another order, deriving its name from the invariable absence of mngs, the name being derived from two Greek words, the former signifying invisible, and the latter a wing. There are not many species belonging to this order, and thej^ are all known by the popular name of Fleas. A magnified representa- tion of the common Flea is given in our illustration. These insects are notable for their extreme agility and the hard shelly substance of their integuments, two characteristics which are very useful in defending them from foes, for in the first place they leap about so quickly that they are not easily caught, and in the second place they are so liard and jiolished, that even when seized they are apt to slip through the fingers before they can be immolated to the just wrath of the captor. As may be seen by reference to the engraving, the mouth of these insects is very complex in its struct-
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