. Fkt. 11. Lower and upper surface respectively of Aiuca phiailc (autlior" specimen), a tropical butterfly of the color of a dead leaf it is close in a general wa\'. and the writer has often studied tor some minutes \o lind the specimen and make inii the outlines even when he had seen the creature in the ver\- act o{ lighting. Mimicry in structure is illustrated bv another butterH\-, which, with its wings folded together, exhibits a venation quite like that of a small leaf of the beech or similar tree. Being of a brown cokn-. its resemblance to a dead leaf is close. It has twc^ veiy diffe
. Fkt. 11. Lower and upper surface respectively of Aiuca phiailc (autlior" specimen), a tropical butterfly of the color of a dead leaf it is close in a general wa\'. and the writer has often studied tor some minutes \o lind the specimen and make inii the outlines even when he had seen the creature in the ver\- act o{ lighting. Mimicry in structure is illustrated bv another butterH\-, which, with its wings folded together, exhibits a venation quite like that of a small leaf of the beech or similar tree. Being of a brown cokn-. its resemblance to a dead leaf is close. It has twc^ veiy different methods of lighting. Commonlv it folds its wings not after lighting but before, in which case it flutters to the ground not unlike a dead leaf falling from the tree. In other cases it lights directly ujion twigs or stems, in whicli instance it
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