Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 453. -Brachystethus rubromaculatus.(Black and red.) The peculiar beauty of the accompanying insect cannot beseen until the wings are spread. Above, its colour is soft brown tending to chest-nut, and very finelypunctured. When thewings are spread, theupper surface of the ab-domen is seen to be deepvelvet-black, on whichis a tesselated pattern ofrich panelled brown, thetwo colours looking muchlike those on the sides ofour common its name implies,it is a native of Java,bu
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. 453. -Brachystethus rubromaculatus.(Black and red.) The peculiar beauty of the accompanying insect cannot beseen until the wings are spread. Above, its colour is soft brown tending to chest-nut, and very finelypunctured. When thewings are spread, theupper surface of the ab-domen is seen to be deepvelvet-black, on whichis a tesselated pattern ofrich panelled brown, thetwo colours looking muchlike those on the sides ofour common its name implies,it is a native of Java,but is also found in genus is also spreadthrough the Philippines. Celebes, Timor, Malacca, and are between twenty and thirty Fig. 454.—Xesseiatoma Javauica.(Pale brown and velvet-bin ek ) 716 INSECTS ABROAD. The name of Atlas is given to the next insect because itsenormous thorax bears some resemblance to that of the AtlasJ ieetle. It is a curious looking creature, being very much flattened,and the thorax developed into the singular form which is heregiven. This part of the insect is very shining, and has a few])unctures sparingly scattered over it. The scutellum is brown,and so is the end of the wings, while the body of the wings is
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