Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . , rather flatter, while the legs are furnishedwith flattened, ragged-edged appendages, that look exactly likescraps of torn and jagged leaves. Instead of the bold spikes ofLesina, it has a number of fine, needle-shaped prickles on thethorax, which look exactly like the hairy edges of a leaf-stem,so that when the creature is alive and green, the resemblance toa leaf is wonderfully exact. On pp. 324 and 325 are depicted two figures of the sameinsect, showing the difference of appearance wh
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . , rather flatter, while the legs are furnishedwith flattened, ragged-edged appendages, that look exactly likescraps of torn and jagged leaves. Instead of the bold spikes ofLesina, it has a number of fine, needle-shaped prickles on thethorax, which look exactly like the hairy edges of a leaf-stem,so that when the creature is alive and green, the resemblance toa leaf is wonderfully exact. On pp. 324 and 325 are depicted two figures of the sameinsect, showing the difference of appearance which sometimes y 2 324 [NSECTS ABROAD. exists between the sexes. The name of the insect is Acripczareticulata, and it is a native of Tasmania. The female is without wings, but she possesses large elytra,which are thick, convex, and opaque. Their colour is dark brown,mottled with black ; and when they are closed, the insect has avery curious appearance, looking very much like our commonBloody-nose Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa), greatly magnified,and turned brown. The abdomen is large, thick, and rounded,. Fig. 102. - Acripeza reticulata. Female.(Green-brown, mottled with black.) dark in colour, with a row of white spots on the edge of eachsegment. The legs are banded alter a similar fashion. Thereis no ovipositor in this species, although it exists in severalinsects which are closely allied to it. The male Acripeza is so different from the female, that thetwo insects scarcely seem to belong to the same species. Hisbody, instead of being large and rounded, is slightly made, andnot one quarter as Large as that of hia mate. The elytra arevery large and long, and the wings of corresponding dimensions) PLATE VI
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