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INSECTS AJBROAD. 



allied insects is due to the form of the snout, which is shaped 

 something like the mathematical figure called a rhomb. The 

 length of the male is nearly two inches. 



It is a very handsome and striking insect, the contrast of 

 colours being exceedingly bold The thorax, which is covered 

 with very fine punctures, is shining green with a gold gloss, and 

 the elytra are of a similar colour, but having a changeable sheen 

 so as to appear blue in some lights. The four spots on them 

 are orange yellow. T lie legs are bright green, and the tarsi of 





Fi<;. »"-<;. Rhomborhina Ruckerii. 



(Green, orange spots.) 



the middle and hind pair of legs are fringed with golden hair. 

 Those of the first pair of legs are strongly toothed, especially at 

 the junction of the tarsus. Underneath it is entirely green, 

 glossed with coppery red. 



There are many species of this genus, varying much in size 

 and colour, the generality being of moderate size and brightly 

 coloured, while others are of small dimensions and dull brown 

 in hue. The species which is figured is at once the largest and 

 mosl beautifully coloured of all the genua These insects are 

 mostly captured on the wing, but many specimens have been 



