Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection (1905)
Macmillan and co. · leaf 289
260 DARWINISM CHAT, One of the characters by which some beetles are protected is excessive hardness of the elytra and integuments. Several genera of weevils (Curculionide) are thus saved from attack, and these are often mimicked by species of softer and more … a. Doliops sp. (rg corn) tuimies Dachyrhynehns orbific, (6) (a lard cureniio). & Doliops curcolionowes mimics (d) Pachyrhynchus ap. e Scepastas pachyrhynchowles (a grasshopper) mimics (f) Apocyrtus sp. (a hard cureul io) g- Doliops sp. mimics (A) Pachyrhynebes sp, i, Phoraspis (grasthopper) mimics…
Darwin’s theory · Variability of species · Natural selection · Colour perception · Mimicry · Evolution
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