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INSECTS ABROAD. 



purple. As for the other specimens, here are a few examples of 

 variation : scarlet, barred with black ; blue, edged with green ; 



orange, with a few 

 brown pencillings ; yel- 

 low, spotted and edged 

 with green ; all scarlet ; 

 all brown. And, as if 

 to carry variation to its 

 furthest extent, some 

 specimens are not half 

 as large as others. 



Here is another in- 

 sect called Scutellaria 

 nohilis, a native of India 

 and Siam. 



Above, the insect ex- 

 hibits every imaginable 

 shade of blue and green, 



varying from deep violet to emerald. In many cases the colour, 



whether it be blue or green, is so deep that no spots are visible 



upon it. When, however, 



the spots are visible, 



they are always black. 

 No matter what may 



be the colour of the 



upper part of the body, 



the under surface is in- 

 variably scarlet barred 



with black, and the legs 



are scarlet as far as the 



tibia, which, with the 



tarsus, is black. 



mksii 

 w hite ) 



In the insect called 

 Phlcea corticata, there is 

 little room for variation, 

 the colour being pale 

 brown. 



It is an odd-looking being 



Fig. 449.— Scutellaria nobilis. 

 (Violet, green, and black.) 



-the sides of the head, thorax, and 



