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leaf - like appearance has been attained in the present genus . ... indeed ,
somewhat suggestive of the leaf butterfly Kallima , and like the butterfly , the fish
bears on its surface lines of pigment and spots like those found in decaying
leaves .
leaf - like appearance has been attained in the present genus . ... indeed ,
somewhat suggestive of the leaf butterfly Kallima , and like the butterfly , the fish
bears on its surface lines of pigment and spots like those found in decaying
leaves .
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would nevertheless render it conspicuous among such thin , flat objects as
leaves , were it not for a special structural modification , found both in the nymph
and the adult insect , in the form of a prominent laterally compressed ridge
extending ...
would nevertheless render it conspicuous among such thin , flat objects as
leaves , were it not for a special structural modification , found both in the nymph
and the adult insect , in the form of a prominent laterally compressed ridge
extending ...
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Certain of the latter , for instance , bear the most extraordinary likeness to fresh or
dead leaves , both linear and broad in form , and to grasses . Among Acridiid¿
adaptive radiation of form and appearance is more striking . There are short ...
Certain of the latter , for instance , bear the most extraordinary likeness to fresh or
dead leaves , both linear and broad in form , and to grasses . Among Acridiid¿
adaptive radiation of form and appearance is more striking . There are short ...
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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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