INSECT GIANTS. 



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scarcely thicker than a crowquill. The female, however, is wing- 

 less, while the male possesses very large and beautiful wings. The 

 wing-cases are green, with a yellow edge, while the wings them- 

 selves are greenish at the base, with a yellow line, and the 

 costal area yellowish buff. 



There are many species of Phibalosoma in Fiji, discovered, I 

 believe, by Mr. M'Gillivray. In the British Museum are some 

 of the eggs of this species. They are small in comparison with 

 the size of the insect, being scarcely as large as millet seeds, 

 brown, hard-shelled, and rough on the surface. 



The insect which is shown in the accompanying illustration 

 is of necessity much reduced in size, as, if it were drawn of its 



Fig. 14?.— Eurycantha horrida. (Reduced figure.) 

 (Black-brown.) 



full dimensions, the entire page would not contain it. The 

 thigh alone of the hind leer is more than an inch and a half in 



