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Page xvi
The plain sandy colour of desert animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the
arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the
tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic ...
The plain sandy colour of desert animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the
arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the
tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic ...
Page 243
This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and
markings by other families of beetles , but also in this peculiar widening of the
elytra . Besides this , the Calopteron when walking on a leaf raises and
depresses its ...
This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and
markings by other families of beetles , but also in this peculiar widening of the
elytra . Besides this , the Calopteron when walking on a leaf raises and
depresses its ...
Page 244
The movements , as well as the shape and colour of the insect imitated , are
mimicked . I one day observed what appeared to be a hornet , with brown semi -
transparent wings and yellow antenn¿ . It ran along the ground vibrating its
wings ...
The movements , as well as the shape and colour of the insect imitated , are
mimicked . I one day observed what appeared to be a hornet , with brown semi -
transparent wings and yellow antenn¿ . It ran along the ground vibrating its
wings ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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