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THE INSECT WOELD. 



According to M. Guerin-Meneville, its head is of an ochrey yellow, 

 with the apex marked with black spots ; the forehead yellow, 

 elongated, striped with black, as are the legs. The elytra are 

 straw-coloured and spotted with brown. The wings are trans- 

 parent, and slightly blackened at the extremities. This redoubt- 

 able insect, which is not more than the twelfth of an inch in length, 

 jumps and flies with great ease. 



1. Hypsauchenia balista. 



2. Membracis foliata. 



Fig. 86. 



3. Centrotus cornutus 



4. TJmbonia spinosa. 



5, Bocydium globulare. 



6. Cyphonia furcata. 



In the damp parts of woods throughout nearly the whole of 

 Europe, particularly on the upper parts of fern stalks, on sallow- 

 wort, and thistles, one sees springing, with remarkable vigour, a 

 small brownish insect, whose strange appearance struck Geoifroy, 

 the historian of the insects of the environs of Paris. 



