Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . inglong stripes and theother two short. Onthe lower wings aretwo stripes and a fewpencillings of the samehue. The only positivecolouring in the insectis found in the little black spots along the edge of the upperwings, and the short streaks on the edge of the lower wings. The specific name astheniata signifies enfeebled, and refersto the paleness of the colours. Another species, Micronia jus-tasia, of New Guinea, is almost exactly like this insect, exceptthat it has three brown bands on
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . inglong stripes and theother two short. Onthe lower wings aretwo stripes and a fewpencillings of the samehue. The only positivecolouring in the insectis found in the little black spots along the edge of the upperwings, and the short streaks on the edge of the lower wings. The specific name astheniata signifies enfeebled, and refersto the paleness of the colours. Another species, Micronia jus-tasia, of New Guinea, is almost exactly like this insect, exceptthat it has three brown bands on each wing. There are twenty-nine species in the British Museum. Fig. iSi.—Micronia astheniata.(White and pale brown.) The genus Panagra is a very large one, and is mostly Africanor Australian, from which latter country the present species 704 INSECTS ABROAD. was brought. Generally they are dull coloured and small, and this is the only onewhich takes the eye ata first glance. From the base to thecentre the colour of theupper wings is darkbrown. Then comes astripe of greenish yellow,and the rest of the. wing is lowerdark brown, wings hi;. 440. Panagra Hi own, yellow, and orange.). areand inthe centre there is apatch of warm large orange. The genus Abraxas is familiar to all English entomologists on
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