Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 457.—Dalader aeuticosta.(Brown and yellow.) 718 [NSECTS ABROAD. the antennae is a round flattened plate. The insect inhabitsIndia, Bunnah, Borneo, and FiO. 458.—Mictis curvipes.(Grey-brown above, red-spotted below.) The species of Mictis which is here shown is spread over thegreater part of Africa, and the present species has been selected on account of the sin-^y%^ gular shape of the hindlegs, which has earned^ for the insect the speci- fic name of curvipes, or curve-footed.
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 457.—Dalader aeuticosta.(Brown and yellow.) 718 [NSECTS ABROAD. the antennae is a round flattened plate. The insect inhabitsIndia, Bunnah, Borneo, and FiO. 458.—Mictis curvipes.(Grey-brown above, red-spotted below.) The species of Mictis which is here shown is spread over thegreater part of Africa, and the present species has been selected on account of the sin-^y%^ gular shape of the hindlegs, which has earned^ for the insect the speci- fic name of curvipes, or curve-footed. The general colourof the upper surface isdark grey-brown, pro-fusely punctured. Thethorax comes into aspike at each angle, andthe antennae are black,changing to red at thetips. When the wingsare spread, two spots ofyellow are seen on theupper part of the abdomen. Below, it is spotted with red, espe-cially on the sides of Nthe thorax. The thighof the hind legs isthick, massive, boldlycurved, and furnishedwith several sharpspikes, ANOTHEB and ratherstriking example of thesame genus is heregiven. It has a verywide range of country,specimens in the BritishMuseum having beentaken in Australia, NewCaledonia, New Hebrides, Celebes, and Cerara.
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