Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . really the typical insect, and that eitherthe others must be varieties, or that they must be separatedinto two distinct specier. The difference of appearance is singu-larly striking, the white-banded specimen having quite a plebeianlook among its companions, the blue and green of the base ofthe wings not being set off by their complementary colour, whichenhances the brilliancy of both. The specific name glauca refers to the green colour whichhas been mentioned. There are seven species of
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . really the typical insect, and that eitherthe others must be varieties, or that they must be separatedinto two distinct specier. The difference of appearance is singu-larly striking, the white-banded specimen having quite a plebeianlook among its companions, the blue and green of the base ofthe wings not being set off by their complementary colour, whichenhances the brilliancy of both. The specific name glauca refers to the green colour whichhas been mentioned. There are seven species of this genus inthe British Museum, and all are natives of South America. TJ U 058 INSECTS ABROAD. In the Moth which now comes before us, we have an exampleof the kind of nomenclature to which I have just referred. Thecreneric name Euschcma is formed from two Greek words signi-fying a beautiful form or outline, and is given to the insecton account of the bold and graceful outline of its wings. Thespecific name flavata is Latin, and signifies something that iscoloured with yellow but is not wholly Pig. 392.—Euscltema flavata.(Black, white, and yellow.) The ground colour of both pairs of wings is black, which ina strong light is seen to be glossed with purple. The largelight patches at the base and near the tip of the upper wings,and in the middle of the lower wings, are nearly white andpartly translucent. The remainder of the spots are body is black, banded with the same colour, and the frontof the thorax is also yellow, so that the name of flavata is avery appropriate one. There are many species belonging to thisgenus, and the present one is a native of Timor. In nearly all the members of this genus, purple, more or lessvivid, asserts itself as the ground colour. In most of these it is of so deep a hue that it appears to beblack, except in a favourable light; and also, as a general rule,the lighter portions of the wing are yellow. There are, however,some, as
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