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 57
PKOTECTIVE EESEMBLANCES IN LEPIDOPTERA 29 common for the crown to be deeply notched, thus producing two humps which make a very natural end to the apparent twig. In the caterpillar of the Small Emerald Moth {Hemithea thymiaria) there are two additional humps on the body-ring (prothorax) behind the… … The ridge continues the line of the Fig. 4.— The larva of Early Thorn Moth (Selenia illunaria) ; body, and is coloured like it, while adult ; natural size. the head and first rings are of a different colour. The whole effect is exceedingly un- caterpillar-like, and very suggestive of some eccentric…
Animals · Insects
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