Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 403.—Pachylis gigas. (Green, scarlet, aud black.) are shining purple, and the upper surface of the abdomen is. w 3Ei ^ MK < 1iu Larva of Pachylis gigas.(Black and scarlet.) scarlet- Beneath, it is dull white. These colours are exceed- SINGULAR STRUCTURE OF THE ABDOMEN. 723 ingly brilliant even in the dried specimen, but in the livinginsect must even be more vivid. The larva is coloured very much like a harlequin, the wholeof the creature being alternately red and scarlet, w
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 403.—Pachylis gigas. (Green, scarlet, aud black.) are shining purple, and the upper surface of the abdomen is. w 3Ei ^ MK < 1iu Larva of Pachylis gigas.(Black and scarlet.) scarlet- Beneath, it is dull white. These colours are exceed- SINGULAR STRUCTURE OF THE ABDOMEN. 723 ingly brilliant even in the dried specimen, but in the livinginsect must even be more vivid. The larva is coloured very much like a harlequin, the wholeof the creature being alternately red and scarlet, with the ex-ception of the undeveloped elytra and the spots along the back,which are bright yellow. Another species of the same genus is here given. This is anative of Orizaba. Without being so gorgeously coloured as its relative, it is avery handsome insect, and is remarkable for some peculiarity
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