in its natural fize on the prefent plate, and which to 
a form the mod feemingly difproportioned unites the 
mod beautiful colors ; the whole animal, on the 
upper furface, being of the richeft varnilhy grafs- 
green, while the under furface is ornamented by a 
metallic luftre refembling that of burnifhed copper: 
this is particularly confpicuous on the hind legs, 
which are of fo enormous a fize in proportion to the 
reft of the animal as to appear, at firft view, rather 
an inconvenience to it. The animal may however 
be formed for leaping; for which purpofe this ex¬ 
travagant fize of leg may be well calculated. It is 
from this circumftance that it has received the title 
of the Kanguroo Beetle. 
This lingular Beetle was received from Potofi, and 
is preferved in the elegant colledion of Mr. Fran- 
cillon, who politely permitted a figure to be en¬ 
graved for the prefent publication, and which fhews 
the infedt in the fame pofture with the beautiful re- 
prefentation fome time ago publifhed by that gen¬ 
tleman. 
