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The splendour of pearls. Ex. The drums in CV- 

 cada capensis. 



2. OPALINE (Opalimis). A blueish white reflecting 



the prismatic colours. The splendour of the opal. 

 Ex. Wings of Notonecta glauca and some Nepte. 



3. CRYSTALLINE (Crystallinus). The white splendour 



of crystal or glass. Ex. Stemmata of many Hy- 

 menoptera, &c. 



4. TOPAZINE (Topazinus}. The yellow splendour of 



the topaz. -Ex. Many Stemmata of Hymenoptera 9 

 and Eyes of Spiders. 



5. RUBINEOUS (Rubineus). The red splendour of the 



ruby. 



6. SMARAGDINE (Smaragdimis). The green splendour 



of the emerald. 



7. AMETHYSTINE (Amethystinus). The purple splen- 



dour of the amethyst. 



b. METALLIC. 



1. ARGENT (Argcnteus). The splendour of &7z;ir. Ex. 



The spofc on the under side of the Wings in Argyn- 

 nis Latkonia, &c. 



2. GOLDEN (Aureus). The splendour of gold. Ex. Zfo- 



timus imperialis. Spot in the Wings of Plusia 

 Festucce. 



3. ORICHALCEOUS (Orichalceus). A splendour inter- 



mediate between that of gold and brass. Ex. t/p- 



^er Wings of Plusia Chrysitis. 

 4-. ^ENEOUS {^Eneus}. The splendour of ^r^s. Ex. 



Elytra of Carabus clathratus. 

 5. CUPREOUS (Cupreus). The reddening splendour of 



copper. Ex. Carabus nitens. 

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