Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 76
... position of the pattern and the mutual position of the wings in the resting insect . Two examples will suffice to make this point clear . The Blood - vein Moth ( Timandra amata ) has the upper surfaces of its wings broken by two narrow ...
... position of the pattern and the mutual position of the wings in the resting insect . Two examples will suffice to make this point clear . The Blood - vein Moth ( Timandra amata ) has the upper surfaces of its wings broken by two narrow ...
Page 100
... position . I remember one chilly morning on the Pilcomayo river being quite startled by suddenly becoming aware that the still dew - laden grass all round was peopled by thousands of these butterflies clinging to the grass stems , the ...
... position . I remember one chilly morning on the Pilcomayo river being quite startled by suddenly becoming aware that the still dew - laden grass all round was peopled by thousands of these butterflies clinging to the grass stems , the ...
Page 356
... position . When I forced it away from the cocoon it came back after five minutes , crawled down again to the lower end of the cocoon and took up the stick - like position once more ' ( 265 ) . Again , this is what Hingston says of a ...
... position . When I forced it away from the cocoon it came back after five minutes , crawled down again to the lower end of the cocoon and took up the stick - like position once more ' ( 265 ) . Again , this is what Hingston says of a ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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