HIDDEN BEAUTIES. 



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viewed by the aid of a microscope, tlie surface both of thorax 

 and elytra is seen to possess astonishing beauty, the rich 

 shining-red being broken up into various shades by the rows of 

 punctures. 



I have often wondered whether the insects themselves are 

 capable of seeing and admiring these beauties without the aid of 



1. Attelabns cnrcnlionoicles. 2. Ehynchites Bacchus. 3. Apion cardnorum. 4. Sitoncs 

 lineatiis. 5. Cleonus neliulosus. a. Attelabus, antenna. b. Illiyiiehite?, antenna. c. 

 Apion, antenna. d. Attelabus, tarsus. e. Rhynchites, tarsus. /. Apion, tai-sus. gr, 

 Rhynchites, maxillary palpus. A. Rhj-nchites, labium 



the microscope, as well as we do with its assistance. AYhen view- 

 ing through a lens some tiny and apparently dull-coloured insect, 

 and noticing how magnificently beautiful the colouring really 

 is when we put ourselves under the conditions wliich enable 

 CiS to see the many details which were before concealed from us, 

 I cannot but feel that such beauties were surely intended to 

 delight some eyes, and most probably the eyes of its fallows. 



