Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 36
... appearance of roundness in the chrysalis of the Purple Emperor Butterfly ( Apatura iris ) , was obliterated by the presence of white spots which - in a manner precisely analogous to the stippling of an artist - exactly neutralized the ...
... appearance of roundness in the chrysalis of the Purple Emperor Butterfly ( Apatura iris ) , was obliterated by the presence of white spots which - in a manner precisely analogous to the stippling of an artist - exactly neutralized the ...
Page 400
... APPEARANCE One inevitable result of mimetic relations between distantly connected organisms is the departure of the mimic from the usual appearance of the group to which it belongs ; and the assumption of alien characters suggestive of ...
... APPEARANCE One inevitable result of mimetic relations between distantly connected organisms is the departure of the mimic from the usual appearance of the group to which it belongs ; and the assumption of alien characters suggestive of ...
Page 405
... appearances being produced in spite of ( one might almost say in defiance of ) fundamental differences in structure . Everywhere we see the same story : the superficial nature of the appearance ; and the independent manner of its ...
... appearances being produced in spite of ( one might almost say in defiance of ) fundamental differences in structure . Everywhere we see the same story : the superficial nature of the appearance ; and the independent manner of its ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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