General principles of zoology . Fie. 13.—Grasshopper mimicry, a, Acanthoderus Wallace; ? . b, Pkylliii Scythed,. FIG. 13.—Methane fsidii, a bad-tasting Heliconid^ copied by the Pierid, Leptalis orist, (After Wallace.) til STORY OF ZOOLOGY. 59 taste bad, and yet are not eaten, because in flight,in outline, and in marking of the wings they imitate theHcliconia so closely that even a systematist might beeasily deceived as to the systematic position (Fig. 13).In a similar way bees and wasps, feared on account oftheir sting, are imitated by other insects. In Borneo therelives a large black wasp, wh

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General principles of zoology . Fie. 13.—Grasshopper mimicry, a, Acanthoderus Wallace; ? . b, Pkylliii Scythed,. FIG. 13.—Methane fsidii, a bad-tasting Heliconid^ copied by the Pierid, Leptalis orist, (After Wallace.) til STORY OF ZOOLOGY. 59 taste bad, and yet are not eaten, because in flight,in outline, and in marking of the wings they imitate theHcliconia so closely that even a systematist might beeasily deceived as to the systematic position (Fig. 13).In a similar way bees and wasps, feared on account oftheir sting, are imitated by other insects. In Borneo therelives a large black wasp, whose wings have a broad white

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