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INSECTS ABEUAD. 



and the abdomen is scarlet above and black beneath, with a line 

 of black running along the centre of the upper surface. 



Fig. 400. — Anaxita Sannionis. 

 (Red, yellow, green, and blue.) 



The only other known is called Anaxita decorata, of some- 

 what similar colours, but much paler, and there is more yellow 

 about it. 



As may be conjectured from the specific name of the insect 



Fig. 401.— Egyholia VailL-iiitiniu 

 (Olive-green and orange.) 



here represented, it is a native of Soutliern Africa, being named 

 in honour of the traveller Le Vaillant. 



