Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . -r;i r<< . 503.—Asilus Lnfernalis.(Black and yellow.) Our last example of the family is Asilus coriarius, a nativeof New Holland, which is represented as in the act of chasingprey. The specific name coriarius is formed from a Latin wordsignifying «the bark of a tree, and is given to the insect onaccount of its resemblance in colour to the rough brown barkof the oak or similar tree. The colour of the abdomen is warm brown, with a black barat its base, and a series of tufts of jet bl
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . -r;i r<< . 503.—Asilus Lnfernalis.(Black and yellow.) Our last example of the family is Asilus coriarius, a nativeof New Holland, which is represented as in the act of chasingprey. The specific name coriarius is formed from a Latin wordsignifying «the bark of a tree, and is given to the insect onaccount of its resemblance in colour to the rough brown barkof the oak or similar tree. The colour of the abdomen is warm brown, with a black barat its base, and a series of tufts of jet black hair along the sides. A DIPTEROUS ANT-LION. 761 The thorax is brown, edged with white down, and a large quan-tity of similar down grows on its under surface. A patch of. Ste^r**-- Fig. 504.—Asilus curiarius.(Brown, black, and white.) The wings are grey-white hair occupies the front of the head,pale brown. Of the family Leptidaetwo examples will are also predaciousinsects, and in one species,Leptis vermileo, the larvabehaves very much likethat of the Ant Lion, dig-ging conical holes in the -%loose sand, remaining at thebottom of them, and thenpouncing on the insects thatfall into them. Yet, vora-cious as the creature is, it has been known to survive afast of six months.
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