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INSECTS ABE AD. 



is pinkisli yellow, tlie next yellow, and the last and innermost 

 dark olive-green. One species, Hyperchirca lineosa, is very 



Fig. 411.— Hyjiercliire-. nibesceiis 

 (Pink-brown and yellow.) 



curiously and prettily coloured, the wings being brown, and 

 marked with lines by tlie yellow nervures, a peculiarity which 

 has gained for it the specific name of lineosa. 



Among tlie Moths, examples of imitations seem to be end- 

 less. Already we have seen some imitations of the Heliconia 

 butterflies, and here we have one which actually outdoes them 

 in the transparency of its wings. It is a native of Spirito 

 Santo. 



It is a most ethereal looking creature, for, as may be seen by 

 reference to the illustration, objects are almost as visible through 

 its wings as if they were made of glass or talc. The colour of 

 the wings is the palest, imaginable yellow, becoming rather 

 darker towards the base. Towards the edges some tiny black 

 specks are seeri, and similar specks are scattered very sparingly 

 over the whole surface of the wing. They have rather a curious 



