. In nature's workshop [microform]. Sciences de la vie; Natural history; Life sciences; Sciences naturelles. Masquerades and Disguises 95 a bright yellow band; the under wing being blue, with shot hues running through it. A very gallant gentleman indeed the male Kallima appears when thus flaunting his beauty in the tropical sun before the eyes of the ladies of his species. But let some enemy threaten, some bird pounce down upon him, and the Kallima butterfly has an easy refuge. He need but settle down quietly on a neighbouring bough, and hi, presto! all at once he seems to have put on the cap
. In nature's workshop [microform]. Sciences de la vie; Natural history; Life sciences; Sciences naturelles. Masquerades and Disguises 95 a bright yellow band; the under wing being blue, with shot hues running through it. A very gallant gentleman indeed the male Kallima appears when thus flaunting his beauty in the tropical sun before the eyes of the ladies of his species. But let some enemy threaten, some bird pounce down upon him, and the Kallima butterfly has an easy refuge. He need but settle down quietly on a neighbouring bough, and hi, presto! all at once he seems to have put on the cap of invisibility. If you are chasing one of these butterflies, and he alights on a tree, you imagine atlirst that he has dis- J^ appeared entirely. '^o. 5.âthe same kau,ima, settled And so he has, on a : puzzle, to kind the ' BUTTERFLY. though only from your vision. At rest, he is indiscoverable. No. 5, if you look close, contains the explanation of this " mysterious disappearance of a ; But you musi look close if you want to find him out in his excellent disguise. The branch, you see, has four leaves on it: well, the uppermost left-hand leaf is our vanishing butterfly. The under-sides of â ^H^ PROPER! ; OF ^CARBORO PUBLIC i.( i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. Toronto : W. Briggs
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