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Page 76
Diagrams showing the coincident disruptive pattern : 1 Wings opened to show
the arrangement of the disruptive elements ; 2 Diagram showing the position of
the wings in the natural attitude of rest ; 3 Appearance of the moth at rest have ...
Diagrams showing the coincident disruptive pattern : 1 Wings opened to show
the arrangement of the disruptive elements ; 2 Diagram showing the position of
the wings in the natural attitude of rest ; 3 Appearance of the moth at rest have ...
Page 100
The dark diagonal disruptive markings are well correlated with the oblique
carriage of the wings , so that in the natural resting posture they form an
approximately parallel series . The moth instinctively settles with its body in a
vertical position ...
The dark diagonal disruptive markings are well correlated with the oblique
carriage of the wings , so that in the natural resting posture they form an
approximately parallel series . The moth instinctively settles with its body in a
vertical position ...
Page 334
It will be seen that in D . leuconotus the effect of a fractured end is produced by
hair - like scales on the head and thorax , and is therefore anterior in position : in
P . bucephala an analogous effect is reproduced by the incurved extremities of
the ...
It will be seen that in D . leuconotus the effect of a fractured end is produced by
hair - like scales on the head and thorax , and is therefore anterior in position : in
P . bucephala an analogous effect is reproduced by the incurved extremities of
the ...
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