. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. e name of Fc TOETOISE BEETLES. 477 and tliorax. The elytra arc boldly decorated with the same contrasting hues. The female is also white and black, but the former colour greatly predominates, the black lieinji- reduced to marks on the sides of the head and , the tips of the elytra, and four Mack s]iots, two on the middle of the elytra and the other two on the thorax. Tlie well-knov;i Musk Rkktle {Ceramhyx moschdtus) belongs to this gioup. The s
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. e name of Fc TOETOISE BEETLES. 477 and tliorax. The elytra arc boldly decorated with the same contrasting hues. The female is also white and black, but the former colour greatly predominates, the black lieinji- reduced to marks on the sides of the head and , the tips of the elytra, and four Mack s]iots, two on the middle of the elytra and the other two on the thorax. Tlie well-knov;i Musk Rkktle {Ceramhyx moschdtus) belongs to this gioup. The scent, which more resembles attar of roses than musk, is extremely powerful, and is often tlio means of betraying the presence of the insect as it lies hidden among the leaves. Tlu' larva is a wood-borer, and 1 have taken numbers out of old willow <.rees, which f split witli wedges for the express purpose. Two more examples of the Longicorn beetles are given in the accompanying engraving, in order to show the variety of form exhibited by these beautiful insects. On tlie leftland is seen a beetle with a large tuft of hair on each of the antenna) Tills is the Disaulax Cai/ennensis, a native of the country whence it takes its name. These curious tufts present a very striking appearance, being jetty black with white i**'' /'^ â -^ ^-. DimiiUtx Cnyenneiish. Chrysomila ceredlit. I'lcdoileia. seaJOlor. Asphlomori ha ami'lissint'i. The stout bases of the elytra are yellowish orange. The whole of the body is boldly marked with deep black and snowy white of a silveiy lusti-e. The Pkctodera scalator, a much larger species, belongs also to the Long-corns, and like the preceding species, is marked with black and white, though the arrangement of the tints is different. TiiK broad and flat insect in the centre of the engraving is the Aspidomorpha amplissima, a beetle that is found in tlie riiilippiues, and is tlie largest of the Tortoise beetles, or Cassidnhe. These insects derive t
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