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Many Geometrid¿ , like the Oak Beauty ( Pachys strataria ) , bear in the larval
form a wonderful similarity , exact to the smallest detail , to twigs of the food plant
on which they rest ; as pup¿ , occurring in and wearing the colour of the soil ;
while ...
Many Geometrid¿ , like the Oak Beauty ( Pachys strataria ) , bear in the larval
form a wonderful similarity , exact to the smallest detail , to twigs of the food plant
on which they rest ; as pup¿ , occurring in and wearing the colour of the soil ;
while ...
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( 1 ) Adjustable Resemblances among Lepidopterous Larv¿ and Pup¿ In a
classical series of experiments conducted many years ago , Poulton proved that
certain Lepidopterous larv¿ and pup¿ possess the power of acquiring the
coloration ...
( 1 ) Adjustable Resemblances among Lepidopterous Larv¿ and Pup¿ In a
classical series of experiments conducted many years ago , Poulton proved that
certain Lepidopterous larv¿ and pup¿ possess the power of acquiring the
coloration ...
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EVIDENCE FROM EXPERIMENTS WITH WILD PREDATORS ( 1 ) Birds and
Lepidopterous Pup¿— The importance of the sense of sight to enemies in
discovering prey , and the danger of conspicuousness to the latter , has been
clearly ...
EVIDENCE FROM EXPERIMENTS WITH WILD PREDATORS ( 1 ) Birds and
Lepidopterous Pup¿— The importance of the sense of sight to enemies in
discovering prey , and the danger of conspicuousness to the latter , has been
clearly ...
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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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