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 329
-tum splendens theabdomen is of amagnificent pur-plish red, and heassumes an atti-tude which displaysthis beauty verycompletely (seefig. 64). The case ofAstia vittata is es-pecially interesting,because there aretwo well markedvarieties of male,one red like thefemale, and theother black, withthree… … Fig. GG.—Astia vittata, var. niger; position ofblack variety of male approaching female (fromPeckham). COLOURS PRODUCED BY COURTSHIP 303 two varieties (compare figs. 65 and 66) : * the nigerform, evidently a later development, is much the morelively of the two, and whenever the two varieties…
Color of animals · Color of insects
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