Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . face. This effect, whenthe antennae are examined with a microscope, is seen to be pro-duced by the grey scales with which the entire organ is if in order to break the uniformity of the antenna;, the endof each joint is jetty black. There are many species of this group, and many of them arebeautifully coloured. Among the more conspicuous insects wemay note Sternotomus Bohcmanna, a Beetle of a shining greencolour, covered with a multitude of chocolate spots and
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . face. This effect, whenthe antennae are examined with a microscope, is seen to be pro-duced by the grey scales with which the entire organ is if in order to break the uniformity of the antenna;, the endof each joint is jetty black. There are many species of this group, and many of them arebeautifully coloured. Among the more conspicuous insects wemay note Sternotomus Bohcmanna, a Beetle of a shining greencolour, covered with a multitude of chocolate spots and hifasciata is chocolate, with blue bands on its head,thorax, and elytra. Sternotomus mirahUis is black, with greenstripes and spots; and Sternotomus regalis is black, with multi-tudinous green and chocolate marks. Its antennae are peculiarlyIons and slender. Another African group of Beetles, the Tragocephalides, nowcomes before us. This word is Greek, and signifies goat-headed. There are very many species belonging to this group, all ofwhich are remarkable for the velvet-black of their surface, upon. Pig. 119 fr-agoo phalos variegatuB.(Velvi t-blaci and orange.) which are markings of sundry other hues. Our first example,Tragocephalus varicgatus, has more of the lighter blue than thedarker colour, and is bright orange. Two bold, black velvety A NEW AEU BEETLE. 25 L stripes run along the upper surface of the thorax, and the spineson either side are also black. Upon the elytra are three bold,black marks, which are much too complicated for description,but which can be understood by reference to the illustration. Some of the more remarkable insects of this genus are Trago-cephalus pulchella, which is black, with marks of vivid green andgolden yellow; Tragoccphalns gem maria, fully deserving its name,its velvet-black surface being studded with little azure spots, justlike jewels; Tragocephalus pthospliorus, which is vivid yellow, witha black heart-shaped mark on the elytra; and la
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