The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 95
... species of Crax there is a complete gradation from a species in which the sexes scarcely differ , through others in which they differ more and more , until in Crax globicera they are quite dis- tinctly coloured , and have been described ...
... species of Crax there is a complete gradation from a species in which the sexes scarcely differ , through others in which they differ more and more , until in Crax globicera they are quite dis- tinctly coloured , and have been described ...
Page 176
... species , and I shall confine my remarks to one whose habits I was able to observe with some minuteness . The papaw trees growing in my garden were infested by a small brown species of Membracis - one of the leaf - hoppers - that laid ...
... species , and I shall confine my remarks to one whose habits I was able to observe with some minuteness . The papaw trees growing in my garden were infested by a small brown species of Membracis - one of the leaf - hoppers - that laid ...
Page 243
... species , as in C. basalis ( Klug ) , the wing - covers are widened out behind in a peculiar manner . This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and markings by other families of beetles , but also in ...
... species , as in C. basalis ( Klug ) , the wing - covers are widened out behind in a peculiar manner . This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and markings by other families of beetles , but also in ...
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