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Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals (1892)

Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925 · London, S. Sonnenschein & co.; New York, Macmillan & co. · leaf 290

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Fig. 34.—Male and Female of Winter Moth. degenerate. Figs. 34, 35, represent the males and the wing-less females of two Geometers ; it can hardly be said thatthese two moths are conspicuously inferior in their colorationto some of their immediate allies which have a winged female. … m vV . :* Fig. 35.—Male and Wingless Female of Winter Moth. The antennas of the female Vapourer moth are thread-like, andnot pectinated, as in the male; they are doubtless, therefore,as Mr. Poulton remarks, less efficient as sense organs ; butit must be noted that we have no evidence that the eyes…

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