Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . \ ij\-fS*» Fig. 385.—Eunomia luemorrhoidalis.(Scarlet and black.) 052 INSECTS ABROAD. ground colour of the upper wings is glossy olive-green, crossedby the nervures, which, are black. On each wing there are twopatches of black, one near the base and the other near the of these patches is marked with several spots of clearwhite. The lower wings are blackish brown, with three whitespots, and near the anal angle there is a large patch of blue, notvery distinctly marked, and likely
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . \ ij\-fS*» Fig. 385.—Eunomia luemorrhoidalis.(Scarlet and black.) 052 INSECTS ABROAD. ground colour of the upper wings is glossy olive-green, crossedby the nervures, which, are black. On each wing there are twopatches of black, one near the base and the other near the of these patches is marked with several spots of clearwhite. The lower wings are blackish brown, with three whitespots, and near the anal angle there is a large patch of blue, notvery distinctly marked, and likely to escape notice unless theinsect be held in a favourable light. The thorax is black, witha white streak on either side, and some white spots. The. Via. 3bb. - Bupyra principalis. (Olive-^reeii, black, and white.) abdomen is very beautifully marked, being black, with a gold-coloured ring on the edge of each segment, and a row of snowywhite spots along each side. The insect is a native of Mexico. The beautiful though simply coloured insect which now comesbefore us is a native of Venezuela. It has a very peculiar aspect, owing, as far as I can make outto the shape of the wing-scales. At first sight the wings look IMITATIONS. 653 as if they were transparent, but a closer examination shows that,although they are not so opaque as the wings of Moths usuallyare, they are yet not sufficiently transparent to allow anythingto be seen through them. The colour is a rather dull but pure and very soft white,with a kind of downy look about it. The wings are edged with
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