. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. INSECTA 119 sects, according to Poulton. The apical portion of the fore- wing and the hind portion of the posterior wing are especially marked with borders or eye-like spots, and are often prolonged, as in the swallow-tail butterfly, into antennse-like processes or tails. These, resembling the head with eyes and antennae, direct the stroke of the enemy to this part. The insect thus escapes with the loss of the tip or a scrap of the wing, thus saving its head or its soft Fig. 92.—a, Monarch hntteT&y(Ano'sia plexip'pus), distastefu
. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. INSECTA 119 sects, according to Poulton. The apical portion of the fore- wing and the hind portion of the posterior wing are especially marked with borders or eye-like spots, and are often prolonged, as in the swallow-tail butterfly, into antennse-like processes or tails. These, resembling the head with eyes and antennae, direct the stroke of the enemy to this part. The insect thus escapes with the loss of the tip or a scrap of the wing, thus saving its head or its soft Fig. 92.—a, Monarch hntteT&y(Ano'sia plexip'pus), distasteful to birds. 6, Viceroy (Basilar'chia archip'pus), whicli mimics it. (From Kcllogg's •'Zoology," Henry Holt & Co., Publishers.) Mimicry.—The viceroy butterfly (Fig. 92, b) imitates, uncon- sciously, of course, the common " monarch" or milkweed butterfly, since the latter is seldom eaten by birds, owing to a disagreeable taste or odor. Many bees are mimicked by flies, and distasteful beetles by other beetles. Muscular System and Locomotion.—Locomotion may be in any one or all of three ways—running, jumping, or flying. The. 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 Daugherty, Lewis Sylvester, 1857-; Daugherty, L. S. , Mrs. , 1859-. Philadelphia, London, W. B. Saunders
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