828 INSECTS ABROAD. 



is along, Hat ovipositor, boldly curved upwards, like the blade of 

 an Indian tulwar or saljre. It is a native of Para, and is one 

 of the many beautiful and strangely-formed insects that were 

 brought from South America by Mr. Bates. 



Like several other insects of the same group, it bears a won- 

 derfully strong resemblance to withered leaves, especially when 

 its wings are closed. The nervnres of the elytra are, as may be 

 .seen by reference to the illustration, exactly like those of a leaf, 

 and tlie similitude is increased bv tlie colour, wliich is reddish 





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Fig. 164. — Pterocliroza ocellata. 

 (Biowu, wings with eye-like niark.s.) 



brown. The lighter spots which are seen on the elytra are 

 dull white. This colouring belongs only to the upper surface 

 of the elytron, that of the lower under surface being for the 

 present reserved. 



The true wings are very large, and are beautifully mottled 

 with yellow streaks, disposed as is shown in the figure. Near 

 the tip of each wing is a large eye-shaped spot, almost exactly 

 resembling the " eyes " on the wings of our familiar Peacock 

 Butterfly. There is some variation in the colours of the eye and 



