Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . instead of the green, pinkis substituted, and, indeed, may be considered as the groundcolour. Another of the rare insects in Mr. Saunders collection ishere given. The colour of the thorax is chestnut-brown, relieved by fourwhite stripes. The head is darker, and has a coating of greydown in front. The base of the abdomen is reddish brown, and MODIFICATION OF THE HEAD. 767 the rest black. In the legs, the thighs are very strong andthick, thus giving rise tothe generic name Rhopa-lomera, or
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . instead of the green, pinkis substituted, and, indeed, may be considered as the groundcolour. Another of the rare insects in Mr. Saunders collection ishere given. The colour of the thorax is chestnut-brown, relieved by fourwhite stripes. The head is darker, and has a coating of greydown in front. The base of the abdomen is reddish brown, and MODIFICATION OF THE HEAD. 767 the rest black. In the legs, the thighs are very strong andthick, thus giving rise tothe generic name Rhopa-lomera, or are covered withhair, and are black, exceptthe knees, which are yel-low. The wings are greyclouded with brown. Theinsect is a native of Brazil. No one who was unac-quainted with the subjectwould think that the twoinsects which are nextrepresented are but themale and female of thesame species. Yet this is the case, the insect being one of asmall group in which the males are distinguished by someextraordinary appendages to the head, while the females havenothing remarkable about Fig 513.—Rhopalomera tibialis.(Chestnut and black.)
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