A'ND LOWER EGYPT. 13"! 



In order to do away all the false impressions 

 which may have been made from the perusal of" 

 forged accounts, I must not omit to say, that asso- 

 ciations cf women of the town in Egypt, far frofti" 

 being a legal establishment, is not so much as to- 

 lerated. The commandants of the cities banish 

 all those who have any complaints lodged against 

 them. I have even seen Kiaschefs of a more se- 

 vere cast, who would not permit one of these mi- 

 serable creatures to come within the bounds of 

 their jurisdiction. 



On my return one day from the gardens of 

 Echm'mmiy I found a chrysomal attached to the tuft 

 of my cap. She stuck so closely, that I could not 

 tear it oft, but at the expense of its tarsus which 

 remained there. The length of this insect is five 

 lines and a half, and its breadth rather more than 

 two lines. Its eyes are large and elliptical; 

 the upper part of its head is pricked with very 

 small points, as well as the corselet, which is bor- 

 dered. There is an escutcheon between the sheaths. 

 Rows of little points, among which you see others 

 scattered irregularly, are between the cases which 

 cover the wings. 



The colours of this chrysomal cannot be more 

 rich. The upper part is of a shining green mixed 

 with a dazzling gold colour; underneath, the 



K 2 golden 



