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INSECTS ABROAD. 



texture is visible. It is very slight in texture, like the finest 

 muslin, and when examined with the aid of a magnifier, is seen 

 to be a delicate lace-like structure, with a sort of indefinite 

 pattern about it. 



The second, species, Ophideres dividcns, is a native of Java. 



At the base the upper wings are brown, with a wash of olive- 

 green, and a broad band of the same colour occupies the outer 

 edge of the wing. The intermediate space is paler brown, 



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Fio. 427. — Ophidines dividens. 

 (Brown, yellow, and black. ) 



washed with pink. The lower wings are coloured much like 

 those of the last-mentioned insect, except that there is not so 

 much red about it, the ground colour being yellow instead of 

 orange, darkening towards the base. The thorax is soft brown, 

 and the abdomen yellow. 



There are many species of Ophideres, and the similarity of 

 colour is so close that it is not easy to distinguish between several 

 of them. There are two, however, which stand out rather con- 

 spicuously from the rest. One is Ophideres Salminia, a native 



