The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page xvii
... Leaf Insect " and a " Moss Insect are illustrated on pages 292 and 293. But the classic example is the butterfly from the East Indies so graphically described by Mr. Wallace , Kallima paralekta , which always rests among dead or dry leaves ...
... Leaf Insect " and a " Moss Insect are illustrated on pages 292 and 293. But the classic example is the butterfly from the East Indies so graphically described by Mr. Wallace , Kallima paralekta , which always rests among dead or dry leaves ...
Page 176
... leaf - hoppers - species , I think , of Membracis -were attended by ants . These leaf - hoppers live in little clusters on shoots of plants and beneath leaves , in which are . hoppers in every stage of development - eggs , larvæ , and ...
... leaf - hoppers - species , I think , of Membracis -were attended by ants . These leaf - hoppers live in little clusters on shoots of plants and beneath leaves , in which are . hoppers in every stage of development - eggs , larvæ , and ...
Page 177
... leaf from ants that were already in full possession of a cluster of leaf - hoppers . It would sometimes have to strike three or four times at an ant before it made it quit its hold and fall . At other times one ant after the other would ...
... leaf from ants that were already in full possession of a cluster of leaf - hoppers . It would sometimes have to strike three or four times at an ant before it made it quit its hold and fall . At other times one ant after the other would ...
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