LAEVA OF EURYCANTHA. 



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some insect, not even a trace of wings or elytra being discover- 

 able. But, as some of his specimens laid eggs which afterwards 

 were hatched, there was no doubt that the insects had attained 

 their perfect stage. On an average, each female lays about one 

 hundred eggs, and when the young larvae emerge they are about 

 an inch long, and look like little black threads rather than 

 insects. 



Fig. 150.— Euryrantha Tyrrhiea. 

 (Pale grey-brown.) 



The illustration represents the species about half its proper 

 size, as a full-sized drawing would nearly occupy the entire 

 page. 



There are many species of this curious genus, varying consider- 

 ably in size and colour, and they are spread over a considerable 

 portion of the world. There is, for example, Eurycantha Australis, 

 which is found on Lord Howe's Island, and which has the barrel- 

 shaped hind legs of the male sex strongly developed. The other 

 species present few poiuts of interest, except that one, Eury- 

 cantha olivacea, a native of Ceylon, is green instead of brown. " 



