COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
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most vivid tints of green. As examples ot tins, the 
British genera Otiorhynchus and Phyllobius may be 
cited, and the foreign ones Erachy cerus and Entimus ■ 
The elegant tribe of Cetonid ce, which find their suste- 
nance on plants, and which are represented in this 
country by the Rose-chafer ( Cetonia aurata ), an 
avant-courrier of those “ flying gems” that delight 
the eyes of the Entomologist in his progress south- 
ward — are generally of a fine green, often accompa- 
nied with a delicate schiller or play of colour, resem- 
bling the floating light on the surface of some pre- 
cious stones ; and they are sometimes spotted, or varie- 
gated with lines and bands contrasting strongly with 
the rest of the body. The Clirysomelidce — a term 
which signifies an apple of gold — are most com- 
monly of a pretty uniform golden-green, highly po- 
lished and lustrous, and streaked occasionally along 
the back with parallel lines of purple and blue ; 
while the Coccinellidce , or Lady-birds, are never dis- 
tinguished by metallic splendour, but are prettily 
marked with round spots of black on a red or yellow 
ground, or with red spots on a ground of black. 
The species in which some of these fine colours 
are combined with a high degree of lustre, and di- 
versified markings, must evidently be objects of no 
mean beauty. An eye accustomed to the brilliant 
shades of green and purple that adorn many of the 
Buprestidae — the blue and coppery hues of the Eu- 
molpi — the varied delineations of the Cetonidae— 
and the warm but delicate tinting of the Ceramby- 
