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Page 88
A very clean - cut and perfect example of this device is seen in Constrictor
constrictor ( Plate 24 ) ; and in a large number of other forms , such as Python
molurus , Gastropyxis smaragdina , Agkistrodon blomhoff , and Vipera russellii ,
this type ...
A very clean - cut and perfect example of this device is seen in Constrictor
constrictor ( Plate 24 ) ; and in a large number of other forms , such as Python
molurus , Gastropyxis smaragdina , Agkistrodon blomhoff , and Vipera russellii ,
this type ...
Page 96
This advertising appearance is reffected in the brighriy coloured hind wings of
moths ezhibiting flash coloration , as seen for instance , in Catocala electa ,
Triphana pronuba , and I sognathus scyton . The same device is reproduced
among ...
This advertising appearance is reffected in the brighriy coloured hind wings of
moths ezhibiting flash coloration , as seen for instance , in Catocala electa ,
Triphana pronuba , and I sognathus scyton . The same device is reproduced
among ...
Page 355
In composition and design these devices vary enormously . They may consist ...
One point to which I wish to draw attention here is the remarkable correlation
between the colour of the protective device and that of the spider which
constructs it .
In composition and design these devices vary enormously . They may consist ...
One point to which I wish to draw attention here is the remarkable correlation
between the colour of the protective device and that of the spider which
constructs it .
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