. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. 580 The Natukal History beetles furnish us with many species of large size, and of the most brilliant metallic lustre, among which the Tmesisternus mirabilis, a longicorn beetle of a golden green color; the ex- cessively brilliant rose-chafers, Lomaptera wallacei and Ana- camptorhina fulgida; one of the handsomest of the Bupres- tidae, Calodema wallacei; and several fine blue weevils of the genus Eupholus, are perhaps the most conspi
. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. 580 The Natukal History beetles furnish us with many species of large size, and of the most brilliant metallic lustre, among which the Tmesisternus mirabilis, a longicorn beetle of a golden green color; the ex- cessively brilliant rose-chafers, Lomaptera wallacei and Ana- camptorhina fulgida; one of the handsomest of the Bupres- tidae, Calodema wallacei; and several fine blue weevils of the genus Eupholus, are perhaps the most conspicuous. Almost all the other orders furnish us with large or extraordinary forms. The curious horned flies have already been mention- ed; and among the Orthoptera the great shielded grasshop-. THE GREAT-SHIELDED GRASSHOPPER. pers are the most remarkable. The species here figured (Me- galodon ensifer) has the thorax covered by a large triangular horny shield, two and a half inches long, with serrated edges, a somewhat wavy, hollow surface, and a faint median line, so as very closely to resemble a leaf. The glossy wing-coverts (when fully expanded, more than nine inches across) are of a fine green color and so beautifully veined as to imitate closely some of the large shining tropical leaves. The body is short, and terminated in the female by a long curved sword-like ovi- positor (not seen in the cut), and the legs are all long and strongly-spined. These insects are sluggish in their motions,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913. New York : Harper
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