Insects abroad - being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations (1883) (14596457389)

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Title: Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations

Year: 1883 (1880s)

Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889

Subjects: Insects

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ative of India. The generic nameEuplicva is composed of two Greek words signifying somethingthat is beautiful in appearance, and the Latin specific namesplcnclcns explains itself. At first sight, if viewed directly from above, the insectappears to be entirely brown, and requires a rather strong side-light to bring out all its beauties. When so viewed, the upperwings still retain their brown hue, but the lower pair Hash outinto vivid metallic green. The brilliancy of this colour is in-creased by the structure of the wing, the surface of which isformed into innumerable parallel ridges that break up the light,and give a singular richness of effect to the green hue. Allthe wings are transparent and colourless at their bases. A BEAUTIFUL GENUS. 3G1 Several other species of this genus are remarkable for theirbeauty. There is, for example, Euphcca tricolor, of Borneo, iuwhich the wings are crimson, blue, and green, according to thelight in which they are viewed. Then, Euphcca refwlgens is of

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Fio. 176.—Euphcea splendens.(Lower wings metallic green.) equal though more delicate beauty, the wings being shining,opalescent, and looking exactly as if they had been made ofvery thin flakes of mother-of-pearl. Both names of the insect whose portrait is given on thenext page are very appropriate, though not altogether classical. The generic name Megaloprepus is formed from two Greekwords, the former signifying greatness, and the latter con-spicuousness. As may be seen from the illustration, in which,for want of space, only one side of the insect is fully drawn, thisis a very large creature, or rather it spreads over a very largespace. No more material is used in its structure than in thatof the Dragon Flies, which have been already described. Butthat material is so attenuated, both in length and width, thatthe insect which is formed from it is really a large andimportant one. A more conspicuous insect can hardly be imagined. Its head 3(>2 INSECTS ABROAD. nnd thorax are of no gr

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