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INSECTS ABROAD 



of Euchcirus signifies " beautiful hand/' and refers to the peculiar 

 development of these limbs. 



The sides of the thorax are strongly toothed ; there is a deep 

 furrow or indentation along the middle, and the whole of the 

 surface is deeply pnnctured. The colonr of this insect is shining 

 green on the head, thorax, and legs, with a slight gloss of copper. 

 The elytra are green, of so deep a hue as to be nearly black, and 

 they are glossed with golden bronze. Upon each of them arc 

 disposed a number of dull yellow spots of various sizes, dis- 

 posed in irregular longitudinal rows. Beneath, it is bronze black, 

 thickly clothed with yellowish brown hairs. 



It is a remarkable fact in this Beetle that the female is 

 smaller than the male, her length not quite reaching two inches, 

 while that of the male is two inches and a half. This splendid 

 insect inhabits India. Another species, EiicJieirus Dupontianufi, 

 inhabits the Philippine Islands. In tliis species the tibia? of 

 the fore-legs do not possess the movable claw. 



The Anomalides form another group of the Lamellicorns, and 



are here represented by one insect, called Fopilia dorsigcra. It 



inhabits Western Africa. 



This curious insect requin^s a careful description. The large 



and rounded thorax (from which it derives its specific name of 

 dorsigcra, or " back-bearer") is deep, 

 shining green, and covered witli a 

 number of bold and deep punctures, 

 looking very much like the little 



''^^s^^^'"^^' P^^^ ^^^ ^ lady's thimble. The elytra 



^'''-■''' "'^*^- '^^ are chestnut, or reddish brown, and 



from under their tips projects a 

 double fringe of long, fiat, white 

 scales, graduated in length like the 

 pipes of an organ. If the insect 

 be turned over so as to bring the 

 under surface into view, eight bands 



of somewhat similar scales are seen, each band reaching nearly 



but not quite to tlie central line of the body. The legs are of 



the same colour as the body. 



There are many species of Popilia, comprising a great variety 



of colour and form. Some are green, and look very much like 



Fig. S9.— Poiiilia florsip;era. 



(Oroeii tliorax and clieshiut elytra, 



with white fringe.) 



