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 wings of lustrous 

 Chrysomelidae and Curculionidse, particularly of the Diamond beetle {Entimus nohilis) ; 

 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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