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[NSECTS ABROAD. 



exists between t he sexes. The name of the insect is Acripcza 

 reticulata, and it is a native of Tasmania. 



The female is without wings, but she possesses large elytra, 

 which are thick, convex, and opaque. Their colour is dark brown, 

 mottled with black ; and when they are closed, the insect has a 

 very curious appearance, looking very much like our common 

 Bloody-nose Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa), greatly magnified, 

 and turned brown. The abdomen is large, thick, and rounded, 



Fig. 102. - Acripeza reticulata. Female. 

 (Green-brown, mottled with black.) 



dark in colour, with a row of white spots on the edge of each 

 segment. The legs are banded alter a similar fashion. There 

 is no ovipositor in this species, although it exists in several 

 insects which are closely allied to it. 



The male Acripeza is so different from the female, that the 

 two insects scarcely seem to belong to the same species. His 

 body, instead of being large and rounded, is slightly made, and 

 not one quarter as Large as that of hia mate. The elytra are 

 very large and long, and the wings of corresponding dimensions) 



