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The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S. National Museum . Washington , pp .
vii + 939 . 154 DONCASTER , L. 1906. Collective Inquiry as to progressive
Melanism in Lepidoptera . Ent . Rec . London , 18 , pp . 165–254 . ISS DRAKE ,
C. J. ...
The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S. National Museum . Washington , pp .
vii + 939 . 154 DONCASTER , L. 1906. Collective Inquiry as to progressive
Melanism in Lepidoptera . Ent . Rec . London , 18 , pp . 165–254 . ISS DRAKE ,
C. J. ...
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London , Ser . B , 215 , pp . 177–200 . 1931. Studies in Colour - changes in Fish .
— Part V. The Colour - patterns in ... to Flowers borne by an African Homopterous
Insect , Flata nigrocincta , Walker . Trans . Ent . Soc . London , pp . 695-8 , 2 Pls ...
London , Ser . B , 215 , pp . 177–200 . 1931. Studies in Colour - changes in Fish .
— Part V. The Colour - patterns in ... to Flowers borne by an African Homopterous
Insect , Flata nigrocincta , Walker . Trans . Ent . Soc . London , pp . 695-8 , 2 Pls ...
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London , pp . 311–74 , 3 Pls . 1904. The Bearing of the Study of Insects upon the
Question , ' Are Acquired Characters Hereditary ? ' Proc . Ent . Soc . London , pp .
civ - cxxxii . 5034 1904 . Exhibition of a specimen of Glenea pulchella ( Thoms . )
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London , pp . 311–74 , 3 Pls . 1904. The Bearing of the Study of Insects upon the
Question , ' Are Acquired Characters Hereditary ? ' Proc . Ent . Soc . London , pp .
civ - cxxxii . 5034 1904 . Exhibition of a specimen of Glenea pulchella ( Thoms . )
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCEALMENT BY COUNTERSHADING | 35 |
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