. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. â 28i Marvels of Insect Life. confined tâ .h. Konus k^''"-', , ^ ;^ ^:;]: ,ncl throughout Malayu. Uuxton s Continental Incha anu the â¢'>«""'""".;' ' ,â,, Uselosed wings provichng a ⢠eal leaf-butterflv' i> a ;e example of ». *^ " ;. , ^^.-^^^ ,, , " three inches long, hlotehcl as though m de^a , n ^^ ^,^_^ ,^ ^^^^^ ,ââ,, in grolmd-eolour, suffused with blue^ whieh extends from a arge patch n that colour near the b
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. â 28i Marvels of Insect Life. confined tâ .h. Konus k^''"-', , ^ ;^ ^:;]: ,ncl throughout Malayu. Uuxton s Continental Incha anu the â¢'>«""'""".;' ' ,â,, Uselosed wings provichng a ⢠eal leaf-butterflv' i> a ;e example of ». *^ " ;. , ^^.-^^^ ,, , " three inches long, hlotehcl as though m de^a , n ^^ ^,^_^ ,^ ^^^^^ ,ââ,, in grolmd-eolour, suffused with blue^ whieh extends from a arge patch n that colour near the body. The tip ol â,. fore-xvings is black, and, if^"''' ,he wing is crossed by a broad band ..I didl scarlet. ,1,; 1),- \. K. Wallace has hi- .-spcncce of another ^pecies'^ he m. t with in Sumatra, which goes to Uiat this mimicry ol leaves is ol .. character to impose not ""'v "l"'" Ij, undiscerning, and not due to the skill 1 manipulation of museum curators. H- . we have a hardened naturalist used f. seuing upon minute points of ditterem^ and so not easily imposed upon b Nature Yet he admits to having b.'» constautlv deceived. He says. .,.- soccies was not uncommon in dr\ .nd thickets, and I often endeavouiv, to capture it without success ; for alt. Hving for a short distance it w-ouUl ,,nter a bush among dry or dead -. and however carefuUv 1 crept up to he ,pât, 1 could never >ee it til l ^f suddenly start out again, -"'' "⢠;^ appear in a similar place. M IcU Ixus fortunate enough to see the. xa potwherethebutterflysettled. a though 1 lost sight of It for some t .^^ Iatlengtl"l«-"^-^-"-^'"^^"""" c , ,, of repose it so resembled .i .1 â kI attached to a twig as almost - - ainlv to deceive the eye even « ,n the wing, and was abk UM^. '''"'"'" Indian 'LV.^ Th,. u.»ci.»
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