CONCEALED BEAUTY. 



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On Plate XIX. Fig. 3 is seen an insect with some external 

 resemblance to Edessa comuta. It is a native of Sarawak, and 

 its name is Pijgoplatys 

 lancifer. 



The odclly-shaped tho- 

 rax is blackish brown, 

 changing to yellow in 

 front. The scutelhim 

 is also brown, and is 

 lengthened behind into 

 a curious double spike 

 like two fingers laid side 

 by side. The ends of 

 the wings are very dark 

 brown, and the flattened 

 abdomen, which projects 

 on either side of the 

 wings, is barred black 

 and brown. 



Fig. 453. 



-Brachystethus rubromaculatus. 

 (Black and red.) 



The peculiar beauty of the accompanying insect cannot be 

 seen until the wings are spread. Above, its colour is soft 



brown tending to chest- 

 nut, and very finely 

 punctured. When the 

 wings are spread, the 

 upper surface of the ab- 

 domen is seen to be deep 

 velvet-black, on which 

 is a tesselated pattern of 

 rich panelled brown, the 

 two colours looking much 

 like those on the sides of 

 our common cockchafer. 

 As its name implies, 

 it is a native of Java, 

 but is also found in India. 

 The genus is also spread 

 through the Philippines. Celebes, Timor, Malacca, and Burmah. 

 There are between twenty and thirty species. 



Fig. 454. — Xesseiatoma Javauica. 

 (Pale brown and velvet-bin ek ) 



