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Page 148
When one considers the overwhelming variety of form and colour and pattern
exhibited by the innumerable species of animals living in different surroundings ,
it would be more embarrassing to have to explain the absence of such chance ...
When one considers the overwhelming variety of form and colour and pattern
exhibited by the innumerable species of animals living in different surroundings ,
it would be more embarrassing to have to explain the absence of such chance ...
Page 272
... occurrence of aposematic coloration among insects of lowest acceptability . Of
the 31 species , belonging to 3 different orders , included in Section III , 19 were
conspicuously marked with yellow , orange , or red , 4 more exhibited the same ...
... occurrence of aposematic coloration among insects of lowest acceptability . Of
the 31 species , belonging to 3 different orders , included in Section III , 19 were
conspicuously marked with yellow , orange , or red , 4 more exhibited the same ...
Page 430
PATTERN AND ANATOMY In the course of this work I have repeatedly stressed
the apparent independence of underlying anatomy exhibited by systems of
adaptive coloration . On the one hand , we have seen that related animals which
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PATTERN AND ANATOMY In the course of this work I have repeatedly stressed
the apparent independence of underlying anatomy exhibited by systems of
adaptive coloration . On the one hand , we have seen that related animals which
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