12G ENSECTS ABROAD. 



oi' Eucheirus signifies " beautiful hand," and refers to the peculiar 

 development of these limbs. 



The sides of the thorax are strongly toothed; there is a deep 

 furrow or indentation along the middle, and the whole of the 

 surface is deeply punctured. The colour of this insect is shining 

 green on the head, thorax, and legs, with a slight gloss of copper. 

 The elytra are green, of so deep a hue as to he nearly black, and 

 they are glossed with golden bronze. Upon each of them are 

 disposed a number of dull yellow spots of various sizes, dis- 

 posed in irregular longitudinal rows. Beneath, it is bronze black, 

 thickly clothed with yellowish brown hairs. 



It is a remarkable fact in this Beetle that the female is 

 smaller than the male, her length not quite reaching two inches, 

 while that of the male is two inches and a half. This splendid 

 insect inhabits India. Another species, Eucluirus Dupontianus, 

 inhabits the Philippine Islands. In this species the tibioe of 

 the fore-legs do not possess the movable claw. 



The Anomalides form another group of the Lamellicorns, and 

 are here represented by one insect, called Popilia dorsigera. It 

 inhabits Western Africa. 



This curious insect requires a careful description. The large 

 and rounded thorax (from which it derives its specific name of 



dorsigera, or " back-bearer") is deep, 

 shining green, and covered with a 

 number of bold and deep punctures, 

 looking very much like the little, 

 pits in a lady's thimble. The elytra 

 are chestnut, or reddish brown, and 

 from under their tips projects a 

 double fringe of long, flat, white 

 scales, graduated in length like the 

 Pio. 59.-PnpiMa dorsigi pipes of an organ. If the insect 



(Green thorns and chestnut elytra. \ , , i • ,i 



with white Mnge.) " be turned over so as to bring the 



under surface into view, eiffht bands 

 of somewhat similar scales are seen, each band reaching nearly 

 but not quite to the central line of the body. The legs are of 

 the same colour as the body. 



There are many species of Popilia, comprising a great variety 

 of colour and form. Some are green, and look very much like 



