The colours of animals : their meaning and use, especially considered in the case of insects (1890)
Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir, 1856-1943 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 291
in tropical larvae Lord Walsingliam has shown me some beautiful specimens of an Indian caterpillar in which the terrify- ing ' eyes ' are placed further back than in the Elephant Hawks ; in fact, so far back that the appearance of a head cannot be produced by telescoping the front part into that… … Fig. 57.— Indian larva (Ophideres) in the terrifying attitude ; full-fed ; natural size. latter are brought into an appropriate position at the anterior end, while the real head is of course concealed under the body (see fig. 57). The eflect is not equal to that produced by Chcerocampa, but it must…
Animals · Insects
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