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 328
PRODUCED BY COURTSHIP 301 When the males possess any special adornmentsthey make a point of displaying them as fully as pos-sible. The male of Synageles picata (see fig. 63, page256) has the first pair of legs especially thickened : these are flattened on the anterior surface, and are ofa brightly… … Fig. ^i.—Habrocestum splendens; position of male approaching female(from Peckham); x about 8 or 9 times. have chosen a better position than the one he took tomake a display. In fact, his attitude appears to havefirst directed the attention of the authors to his pecu-liar beauty. The male of…
Color of animals · Color of insects
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