. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. c of all insects, andthey are in many cases used as articles of jewellery, with appro-priate settings, while the elytra of some of them have been * In Mellies well known Monographie de lancien genre Cis (Ana. France, 1848, p. 245 etc.) not a single species is recorded from India orCeylon. l2 148 INTKODUCTIOtf. extensively used for the embroidery of dresses, ornamental table-cloths, etc., by natives of India and other countries. Owing nodoubt to the hardness of their integument, remains of theseinsects are very abundan
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. c of all insects, andthey are in many cases used as articles of jewellery, with appro-priate settings, while the elytra of some of them have been * In Mellies well known Monographie de lancien genre Cis (Ana. France, 1848, p. 245 etc.) not a single species is recorded from India orCeylon. l2 148 INTKODUCTIOtf. extensively used for the embroidery of dresses, ornamental table-cloths, etc., by natives of India and other countries. Owing nodoubt to the hardness of their integument, remains of theseinsects are very abundant in certain geological strata. Certain genera are very sombrely coloured on the upper surface,but extremely brilliant beneath ; as a rule, however, both thesurfaces are brightly coloured, the underside being more goldenand fiery, while the upper side is more often green or golden-green. Many of the species are quite smooth, while others arevery strongly and deeply sculptured (e. g. Stigmodera gratiosa,Gory). Some of the genera of the Buprestidje are very large ;. Fig. 64.—Catoxantha bicolor. (Natural size.) Agrihis, for instance, comprises more than 650 species ; theAustralian genus Stigmodera, and the widely distributed Old-Worldgenus Splienoptera have about 300 each ; while Acmcwdera andChrijsobotliris are not far behind these. The prosternal process is very strongly developed in some of theBuprestibvE, but-they have not, apparently, any power of leaping,like the The larvae are remarkable for the great development of thethoracic segments, especially the first, which presents the appear-ance of a large head ; the real head, however, is very small *, and * It has, however, been pointed out by Dr. Sharp and others that themorphology of the head and front parts of the Buprestid lame is not yet fullyunderstood, and that the aid of embryology is necessary to settle the point. BUPliESTIDJE. 149 is retractile within the prothorax ; the antennae are extremelyshort, and
Size: 1199px × 2084px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbeetles, bookyear1912
