. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 38 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY they contain bad-tasting fat bodies. Another species of butterfly accom- panies them (Pieridffi), which does not taste bad, and yet is not eaten, because in flight, in cut, and marl^ing of the wings it imitates the Helic- onia so closely that even a systematist might easily be confused (fig. 13). In a similar way bees and wasps, feared on account of their sting, are imitated by other insects. In Borneo there is a large black wasp, whose. Fig. II.—Leaf-butterflies. A, Kallima parahcta, fljans;: a, at rest (after Wallace). B, Sider
. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 38 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY they contain bad-tasting fat bodies. Another species of butterfly accom- panies them (Pieridffi), which does not taste bad, and yet is not eaten, because in flight, in cut, and marl^ing of the wings it imitates the Helic- onia so closely that even a systematist might easily be confused (fig. 13). In a similar way bees and wasps, feared on account of their sting, are imitated by other insects. In Borneo there is a large black wasp, whose. Fig. II.—Leaf-butterflies. A, Kallima parahcta, fljans;: a, at rest (after Wallace). B, Siderone slrigosus, ilying; b, at rest (after C. Sterne). wings have a broad white spot near the tip (Mygnimia avkuhts). Its imitator is a heteromerous beetle {Coloborliomhus J'asciatipennis), which, contrary to the habit of beetles, keeps its hinder wings extended, showing the white spot at their tips, while the wing-covers have become small oval scales (fig. 14). With many species the mimicry occurs only in dre. 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 Hertwig, Richard, 1850-1937; Kingsley, J. S. (John Sterling), 1854-1929, ed. and tr. New York, H. Holt
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