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 330
302 THE COLOUKS OF ANIMALS last the female, either won by his beauty or worn out by his persistence, accepts his addresses.' In the … Fig. 6b.—Astia vittata ; position of red variety Astia vittata is es- of male approaching female (from Peckham). pecially interesting, because there are two well marked varieties of male, one red like the female, and the other black, with three tufts of hair on the cephalo- thorax. The two forms…
Animals · Insects
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