The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured . ock, and other allied tribes ofbirds. Mr. Swainsou alludes to this analog^ in the following passage :— The strong peculiarity whichrims through all these groups, is that the vmder surface of the wings is invariably ornamented withbeautiful ocellate spots; these spots, in the large American species, resemble in form, but not inbrilliancy of coloxu, those on the
The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured . ock, and other allied tribes ofbirds. Mr. Swainsou alludes to this analog^ in the following passage :— The strong peculiarity whichrims through all these groups, is that the vmder surface of the wings is invariably ornamented withbeautiful ocellate spots; these spots, in the large American species, resemble in form, but not inbrilliancy of coloxu, those on the tail of the peacock ; but in the European examples they are smaller,more numerous, and often silvery. The general structure of all these insects, even those of the largest,is weak. The typical groups [Morpho, &c.] live only in the dark primeval forests, resting on the trunksof trees, during the meridian heat, and show a decided pai-tiality for shade; some, indeed, fly only inthe dusk of the evening.! + This tree (the Nagacesara) is one of the most delightful on earth, and the delicious odour of its blossoms justly gives them aplace in the quiver of Camadeva, or the God of Love.—Sir W. History of Insects, p. 0^. s. m} PLATE V. (ORDER—COLEOPTERA. Section— Family—CEnAMinxiDj;. Leach.) Observations.—The Longicorn beetles of the East, although not equal in size to those of thetropical regions of the New World, yet eompiise amongst their minibers many large and beautifulspecies; in fact then* mission, in natm-c, requues that a great preponderance of lignivorous insectsshould in those portions of the globe. The great majority of the species recently brought fromIndia are new; and of these some very splendid kinds have been lately described by the Rev. F.\V. Hope, in the Linmean Transactions, collected by the late Mr. Griffith, in Assam. Several ofthe fine species represented in the accompanying plate were received from tlic Himalayan rangeduri
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