COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 6/ 



most vivid tints of green. As examples ot tins, the 

 British genera Ottorhyuchus and P%flbMlt may JM 



cited, and the foreign ones /M/r////r<'/-//.v and fintimus. 

 The elegant tribe of ( Wo;//V/<r, which find their suste- 

 nance on plants, and which are represented in this 

 country by the Hose-chafer {(\-tonut tntmt<t\ an 

 avant-courrier of those " flying gems" that delimit 

 the eyes of the Entomologist in his progress >outh- 

 ward are generally of a fine green, often aecompa- 

 nied with a delicate sehiller or play of rolonr, resem- 

 bling the floating light on the surface of some pre- 

 cious stones ; and they are sometimes spotted, or varie- 

 gated with lines and bands contrasting strongly witl 

 the rest, of the body. The Ckry&m&d& a term 

 which signifies an apple of gold are most com- 

 monly of a pretty uniform golden-green, highly po- 

 lished and lustrous, and streaked occasionally along 

 the back with parallel lines of purple and blue; 

 while the (\>(rinc//u/<r, or Lady-birds, are never dis- 

 tinguished by metallic splendour, but are prettily 

 marked with round spots of black on a red or yellow 

 ground, or with red spots on a ground of black. 



The species in which some of these fine colours 

 are combined with a high degree of lustre, and di- 

 versified markings, must evidently be objects of no 

 mean beauty. An eye accustomed to the brilliant 

 shades of green and purple that adorn many of the 

 Buprestidac the blue and coppery hues of the Eu- 

 molpi the varied delineations of the Cetonicke - 

 and the warm but delicate tinting of the Ceramby- 



