Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 76
... wings . Species which rest with the four wings spread out flat frequently 2 3 FIG . 25. Scalloped Oak ( Crocallis elinguaria ) . Diagrams showing the coincident disruptive pattern : I Wings opened to show the arrangement of the ...
... wings . Species which rest with the four wings spread out flat frequently 2 3 FIG . 25. Scalloped Oak ( Crocallis elinguaria ) . Diagrams showing the coincident disruptive pattern : I Wings opened to show the arrangement of the ...
Page 376
... wings quite transparent and colourless , but in the present species the innermost , or proximal , portion of each hind - wing is decorated with a vivid splash of vermilion which extends nearly half - way along the wing . This colour ...
... wings quite transparent and colourless , but in the present species the innermost , or proximal , portion of each hind - wing is decorated with a vivid splash of vermilion which extends nearly half - way along the wing . This colour ...
Page 378
... wings , but on the upper surface of the broad abdomen , where they are covered by wings and tegmina in the resting insect , but conspicuously exposed in flight — an arrangement which occurs , for instance , in the genus Mictis ( Coreida ) ...
... wings , but on the upper surface of the broad abdomen , where they are covered by wings and tegmina in the resting insect , but conspicuously exposed in flight — an arrangement which occurs , for instance , in the genus Mictis ( Coreida ) ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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