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 and Company · leaf 158
es, while the black and the gilt sur-faces were uppermost alternately. As soon as a larvawas suspended to a glass sheet, the boss of silk wascarefully scraped off and was pinned on the upper colourabove one of the holes, so that the head and first fivebody-rings passed through the hole on to the… … Fig. 30.—The larva of Small Tortoiseshell Butter-fly suspended in a tube of which the uppercompartment is lined with gilt, the lower withblack ; X 2. s. Boss of silk. b. Black, c. Card-board, g. Gilt. 132 THE COLOUES OP ANIMALS A careful comparison of all the pupae obtained inthe conflicting colour…
Color of animals · Color of insects
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