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INSECTS AI'.lfOAR 



i ia t48 Ciinei [or Tectocorlx] Banket). 

 (Almost .'niy colour except black or white ) 



purple. As for the other specimens, here are a few examples <>f 

 variation : BCarlet, burred vvitli black ; blue, edged with green ; 



orange, with a few 

 brow n pencillings ; yel- 

 low, spotted and edged 

 with green ; all scarlel 

 all brown. And, as if 

 to carry variation to its 

 furthest extent, sonic 

 specimens are not half 

 as large as others. 



1 1 lkk is another in- 

 sect called Sr.Hfr./Jaria 

 nobilis, a native of India 

 and Siam. 



Above, the insect ex- 

 hibits every imaginable 

 shade of blue and green, 



varying from deep violet to emerald. In many cases the colour, 



whether it be blue or green, is so deep that no spots are visible 



upon it. When, however, 



the spots are visible, 



they are always black. 

 No matter what may 



be the colour of the 



upper part of the body, 



the under surface is in- 

 variably scarlet barred 



with black, and the legs 



are scarlet as far as the 

 tibia, which, with the 

 us, is black. 



In the insert called 

 Vlihni rorlicdlii, there is 

 little room for varial ion, 

 the colour being pale 

 brown. 



It is an odd-looking I icing — the sides of the head, thorax, aud 



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Fio. i i' Boub U 

 (\ lolet, green, end black.) 



