Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 493 —Tabanns hilaris.(Reddish brown.). Fig. 494.— Acanthomera Heydenii.(Brown and silver-grey.) covered with a coating of silken down, arranged in stripes ofsilver-grey, black, brown, and white. The eyes are so largethat the multitudinous facets of which they are composed are 3c 754 INSECTS ). visible even without the aid of a lens, and even in death theyretain something of the sheen which makes them so beautiful inlife. The pattern on the centre of the wing is yellow and br
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 493 —Tabanns hilaris.(Reddish brown.). Fig. 494.— Acanthomera Heydenii.(Brown and silver-grey.) covered with a coating of silken down, arranged in stripes ofsilver-grey, black, brown, and white. The eyes are so largethat the multitudinous facets of which they are composed are 3c 754 INSECTS ). visible even without the aid of a lens, and even in death theyretain something of the sheen which makes them so beautiful inlife. The pattern on the centre of the wing is yellow and brown. Another species of this genus, Acanthomera magnified, isshown on Plate XX. Fig. 2. It inhabits South America. Theabdomen is rich ruddy chestnut, and the thorax is silver-grey,striped with dark brown. The thighs are yellow, and the restof the leg brown. The wings are very pale yellow, with a slightpattern of brown on them. With the genus Mydas we close our account of the Tabanida?.Our first example, Mydas filatus, is a native of North America,and is rather a handsome insect. Its general colour is dark
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