Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . ing thick andsturdy, while the two remaining pairs are long and very are of a paler colour than the rest of the body. Both theelytra and wings are thick, short, and rounded, from which theinsect derives its specific name of rvtuwlipmnig, or round-winged. m the wings themselves, which in tins group ofinsects are generally translucent, are in this species dark andopaque like the elytra. If, however, tbe elytra are opened andthe insect examined from beneath, a brigbHy-coloured
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . ing thick andsturdy, while the two remaining pairs are long and very are of a paler colour than the rest of the body. Both theelytra and wings are thick, short, and rounded, from which theinsect derives its specific name of rvtuwlipmnig, or round-winged. m the wings themselves, which in tins group ofinsects are generally translucent, are in this species dark andopaque like the elytra. If, however, tbe elytra are opened andthe insect examined from beneath, a brigbHy-coloured mofallif 294 INSECTS AKROAD. spot will be found on the under surface, the only example ofbright colour in the entire insect The groove on the under side of the fore-legs is exceedinglybold and deep, and the teeth with which each edge of thegroove is fringed are very numerous, though not so spike-like asis the case with many species. The movements of the Eremia-phila are very slow. Dull-coloured as are the Eremiaphilas, there are some insectsbelonging to an allied genus which are of metallic brilliancy,. 0/F# Fro, 148.— Eremiaphila rotuudipennta.(Sandy brown.) and which have given to the genus the name of Metallmticaor Metallyticm. One of these insects, Mctalkutica splendida,which was brought from Borneo by Mr. Wallace, is a reallysplendid creature. The body is burnished blue or green, accord-ing to the light in which it is viewed, the elytra are glossy greenwashed with gold, and the translucent are very pale anddelicate brown. The logs are also green, and the raptorial legsare remarkable for the width of the thighs and the great strengthof the teeth or spikes with which the thigh and tibia are armed. THE PURPLE THESPIS. 295 The remarkable insect which is represented in the illustrationbelow is called Thespis purpurascens, the latter name beinggiven to it on accoiwit of the splendid purple hue with whicha portion of the wings is coloured. The specimen in theBritish Muse
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