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INSECTS ABROAD. 



I HAVE already mentioned that, owing to the impending 

 changes among the arrangements of the Lepidoptera, the smaller 

 divisions of these insects will not be noticed, and only the 

 larger groups be mentioned. One of these is the Noctuites, of 

 which w^e shall have several examples. 



The first is the beautiful insect called Euglypliia Meroglyphica, 

 both names being derived from the pattern which is traced on 



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Fio 417 — Xjleutts Rulmea Fn 

 (Bi j\Mi ^lej ind ) ellow .) 



its surface. The ground colour of the upper wings is pale 

 golden brown, and upon it are bold lines and a dull row of spots. 

 The colour of the lines is shining metallic green, shifting to 

 blue in certain lights, and the spots are dark brown with a gloss 

 of copper. The lower wings are simply pale brown. 



The generic name is formed from two Greek words signify- 

 ing " beautifully written," and the meaning of the word hiero- 

 glyphica is self-evident. Mr. A. H. Butler tells me that one 

 specimen has been taken in England, but that as this is a 

 West Indian insect, it has probably been brought from Jamaica 

 in the pupal state and developed after its voyage. 



