ORNAMENTAL INSECTS. 



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strung on silken threads, and form bracelets of singular brilliancy. The ladies in 

 Brazil wear necklaces composed of the azure green and golden wino-s of lustrous 

 Chrysomelidae and Curculionidae, particularly of the Diamond beetle {Entimus nobilis) ; 

 and in Jamaica, the elytra of the Buprestis gigas are set in ear-rings, whose gold green 

 brilliancy rivals the rare and costly Chrysopras in beauty. 



The House-building Insects, Ants, Termites, Spiders, etc., form so notable a feature 

 of the Insect World of the Tropics, that they deserve a chapter by themselves. 



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