254 INSECTS ABROAD. 



appear absolutely useless. The other Legs are rather small than 

 otherwise 



Tin' colour of this Beetle is singularly beautiful In the firsl 

 place thr elytra arc rich shining green, with the exception of a 

 fiery copper-red stripe in the middle, which is wide at the base 

 and narrows gradually to the tip. The whole surface is thicklv 

 granulated. A decided golden gloss tinges both the green and 

 the red, the golden gloss shifting with every change of light. 

 The head and thorax are also green, and so are the legs, the 

 surface of which is granulated like that of the elytra, bu1 not so 



deeply. 



Kin. 1-1 - s t.i.i Buquetii, 

 Green and coppery red 



This is an exceedingly variable insect, especially in point of 

 size, some not being one-fourth as large as that which has been 

 figured. 



The Sagrides have a very wide geographical range, being found 

 in Australasia, Java, and India. Their colours are exceedingly 

 various, though green of some kind is generally the predominant 

 hue. The present species, for example, is mostly given, and 

 Sagra chrysochl&ra is entirely golden-given. Sagra vmqnp 

 however, is almost entirely blue; and Sagra nigrita, a small 

 Cingalese species, is dull black. 



Now come a vast number of Beetles, with outlines more or 

 less circular. For this reason they have been named Cyclica, 

 this being a Greek word signifying "a circle.' - None of them 

 am of any great size, the largest barely reaching an inch in 

 length, and on an aveiage being Seldom more than one-third of 



