Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 451.—Catacantlius incamatos.(Brown, black, and scarlet.) The insect which nowcomes before us is ratherwidely spread, the speci-mens in the British Mu-seum having been takenin India, Ceylon, Ma-lacca, the Celebes, Java,Siam, and Borneo. Like many of its kinit is exceedingly vari-able, not only in thecolour, but in the num-ber and shape of itsmarkings. The speci-men which is figured is red, with a kidney-shaped black mark in the middle of each elytron. The ends of the wings are dark b
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 451.—Catacantlius incamatos.(Brown, black, and scarlet.) The insect which nowcomes before us is ratherwidely spread, the speci-mens in the British Mu-seum having been takenin India, Ceylon, Ma-lacca, the Celebes, Java,Siam, and Borneo. Like many of its kinit is exceedingly vari-able, not only in thecolour, but in the num-ber and shape of itsmarkings. The speci-men which is figured is red, with a kidney-shaped black mark in the middle of each elytron. The ends of the wings are dark blue-brown 7U INSECTS Via. 462.—Edossa cornuta.(Grey, brown, and yellow.) Some specimens have a large black oval spot on the twoupper angles of the scutelluni, while others have the ground colour brown or , no matter whatmay be the colour ofthe upper surface of theelytra, the under surfaceis alwavs red. The insect which ishere given is a nativeof Para, and the speci-men from which thefigure was drawn wasbrought to England byMr. Bates. It derives its spe-cific name cornuta, or horned, from theshape of the thorax, which is prolonged on either side so as tolook like a pair of horns. The colour of the thorax is rathervariable, being in some specimens pale brown and in othersgreyish olive. The scutelluni is yellow, and the upper part ofthe body azure. The upper wings are brown with a purplegloss, edged with golden yellow on the upper margin. Below itis yellow pencilled with black. The genus is West Indian, and is a very large one, morethan one hundred and thirty species being known. Both names of the a
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