Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . he very legs are of the same brilliant greenand black as the body. The chief beauty, however, lies in thewings themselves, which are almost wholly of a blazing scarlet,the only exception being an edging of deep black, widest infront, and rapidly narrowing as it proceeds towards the order to see the insect to its full advantage, its wings andelytra should be spread, and it should then be held up againsta strong light. And, if the magnifying glass be also employed,the exquisite str
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . he very legs are of the same brilliant greenand black as the body. The chief beauty, however, lies in thewings themselves, which are almost wholly of a blazing scarlet,the only exception being an edging of deep black, widest infront, and rapidly narrowing as it proceeds towards the order to see the insect to its full advantage, its wings andelytra should be spread, and it should then be held up againsta strong light. And, if the magnifying glass be also employed,the exquisite structures of the wings and elytra will well repaythe trouble of examination. This insect is a native of South America. The generic nameEhomalea is taken from a Greek word signifying strength ;and the specific name centurio is probably given to it on accountof the brilliant scarlet of the wings, which gives to the insect asort of military air. The insect which now comes before us has an equally strangelook, whether its wings be closed or open. Its name is Teratodesmonticollis. It is a native of Fig. 169.—Teratodes monticollis.(Green.) In the structure of this creature the most conspicuous point isthe singular development of the thorax. We have seen many z 2 340 INSECTS ABKOAD. examples where the thorax has been widened and even furnishedwith flattened appendages at the sides. Here, however, the caseis quite different. The thorax is narrowed, very much raised,and shaped very much like the head of an axe with the edgeupwards. The resemblance to an axe is increased by the factthat a narrow and highly polished ridge runs along the upperedge of the thorax, giving it an appearance as if it had beenground and sharpened. The colour of the thorax is green, with a yellowish tint. Itis very rough on the surface, the roughness being produced bya vast number of tiny elevations surrounded with a sort of net-work, such as has been described in connection with severalbeetles. On eac
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