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INSECTS ABKOAD. 



the insect is said to be incapable of attacking cattle except on 

 the wing. In common, however, with many of the Tabaniche, 

 it draws much of its nutriment from flowers. The proportionate 

 dimensions of the proboscis may be gathered from the fact that 

 whereas an ordinary specimen measures ten-twelftlis of an inch 

 in length, the proboscis is two inches and a half long. 



Another of these long-beaked insects is here given, wdiich, as 

 its name implies, is a native of Amboyna. It is a pretty insect, 



I [( 4 12 — Piiigouia Ambomensib 

 (Bi jw 11, bUck, and j ellow ) 



with a bee-like aspect about it. The colour is very dark brown, 

 with a coating of yellow down on the thorax, and a black band 

 across the base of the abdomen. 



We now take an example of the typical genus, Tahanus 

 hilaris, an East Indian insect. 



The general colour is reddish brown. The head is white, tlie 

 thorax is traversed by two grey streaks, and the abdomen by 

 three similar stripes. The large compound eyes are divided into 



