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 290
tic resemblance in tropical larvae Lord Walsingham has shown me some beautifulspecimens of an Indian caterpillar in which the terrify-ing eyes are placed further back than in the ElephantHawks; in fact, so far back that the appearance of ahead cannot be produced by telescoping the front partinto… … Fig. 57.—Indian larva (Ophideres) in the terrifying attitude ; full-fed; natural size. latter are brought into an appropriate position at theanterior end, while the real head is of course concealedunder the body (see fig. 57). The effect is notequal to that produced by Chcerocampay but it must…
Color of animals · Color of insects
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