. Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals. Color of animals. 134 ANIMAL COLORATION. sharply. But we have not yet clone with the defensive weapons of the Puss Moth : two pink lashes can be protruded from the bifurcate tail which the creature lashes about ; these are believed by Messrs Kirby and Spence to be rather a protection against ichneumon flies ; but they terrified Rusel, who, when he first saw the caterpillar darting forth these menacing cata- pults, in addition to its grim attitude, was afraid to touch it- Mr. Pou
. Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals. Color of animals. 134 ANIMAL COLORATION. sharply. But we have not yet clone with the defensive weapons of the Puss Moth : two pink lashes can be protruded from the bifurcate tail which the creature lashes about ; these are believed by Messrs Kirby and Spence to be rather a protection against ichneumon flies ; but they terrified Rusel, who, when he first saw the caterpillar darting forth these menacing cata- pults, in addition to its grim attitude, was afraid to touch it- Mr. Poulton found that a marmoset was evidently terrified ; but Weismann found that Lacerta viridis would eat it. An interesting case of a combination of several mode&. Fig. 11.—Puss Moth and Caterpillar. of defence is given by Dr. Adalbert Seitz in his very read- able paper already referred to. The " Eyed Hawk ' moth, common enough in some districts where willows abound, appears, from the red eye-like markings upon the blue under wings, to be a conspicuous insect. Such, at least, would pro- bably be the opinion of a person who had only seen the insect in the cabinet with its wings " ; Under natural circumstances it rests with the brightly coloured lower wings covered by the brown upper wings ; in this attitude it comes to resemble a withered leaf. When not too roughly disturbed, or when about to take flight, it elevates. 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 Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925. London, S. Sonnenschein & co. ; New York, Macmillan & co.
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