Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 507.—Conops aurifrons.{Brown, silver-white, and gold.) The fine insect which is given in the accompanying illustra-. Fig. Bacuntius vespoides. (Black and yellow.) tion belongs to the same family as the preceding insect. It isa native of Singapore. 764 INSECTS ABROAD. Prom the black and yellow which form its chief tints, andwhich give it no small resemblance to a wasp, it has receivedthe specific name of vcspoidcs, or wasp-like. The thorax isquite black, and the abdomen is near
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 507.—Conops aurifrons.{Brown, silver-white, and gold.) The fine insect which is given in the accompanying illustra-. Fig. Bacuntius vespoides. (Black and yellow.) tion belongs to the same family as the preceding insect. It isa native of Singapore. 764 INSECTS ABROAD. Prom the black and yellow which form its chief tints, andwhich give it no small resemblance to a wasp, it has receivedthe specific name of vcspoidcs, or wasp-like. The thorax isquite black, and the abdomen is nearly so. Across the middleof the abdomen runs a very broad band of deep yellow, just likethe colour of the common wasp. The wings are dark brown,with a shining surface. When the insect is alive, the eyesmust present a very beautiful appearance, for even when thecreature has been dead and dry for years, these organs shinewith a coppery lustre that tells of long-vanished beauties.
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