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Ovauine (Opalinus). A blueish white reflecting 
the prismatic colours. ‘The splendour of the opal. 
Ex. Wings of Notonecta glauca and some Nepe. 
. CRYSTALLINE (Crystallinus). The white splendour 
of crystal or glass. Ex. Stemmata of many Hy- 
menoptera, KC. 
. Topazine (Topazinus). The yellow splendour of 
the topaz. Ex. Many Stemmata of Hymenoptera, 
and Eyes of Spiders. 
. Rusrneous (Rubineus). The red splendour of the 
ruby. 
. SMARAGDINE (Smaragdinus). 'The green splendour 
cf the emerald. 
. AMETHYSTINE (Amethystinus). The purple splen- 
dour of the amethyst. 
b. METALLIC. 
. ArGEnt (Argenteus). The splendour of szlver. Ex. 
The spots on the under side of the Wings in Argyn- 
nis Lathonia, &c. 
. GoiveEN (Aureus). The splendour of gold. Ex. En- 
timus imperialis Germ. Spot in the Wings of Noc- 
tua Festuce. 
. OricHatceous (Orichalceus). A splendour inter- 
mediate between that of gold and brass. Ex, Up- 
per Wings of Noctua Chrysitis. 
. Aineous (4ineus). The splendour of brass. Ex. 
Elytra of Carabus clathratus. 
. Cupreous (Cupreus). The reddening splendour of 
copper. Ex. Carabus nitens. 
. CuatyBrous (Chalybeus). The blue splendour of 
steel case-hardened, ‘or of the mainspring of a 
