PROTECTIVE COLORATION. Qi 



the other hand, the resemblance of insects to flowers may 

 conceivably be of use to them in various ways. The flower- 

 like Mantis Hyuteitojius birontis has been referred to on 

 p. 187 as an example of what has been termed alluring 

 coloration. Mr. T. W. Wood has figured, in the Intellectual 

 Observer, the Orange-tip butterfly when at rest on an 

 umbelliferous plant, its favourite resort. The scattered green 

 spots upon the under surface of the wings (see fig. 3) might 



Fig. :3. Orange-tip. 



have been intended for a rough sketch of the small flowerets 

 of the plant, so close is their mutual resemblance. An 

 American entomologist, Mr. C. M. Weed, has called attention 

 to a small white Geometric! moth {Tetrads lorata), which he 

 found adhering to the stamens of the u May Apple," its wings 

 giving the impression of petals ; two were found in the same 

 position. The Lappet moth (fig. 4) looks like a bunch of dry 

 leaves, owing to the peculiar way in which it carries its wings. 

 It is among insects, indeed, in correlation with their im- 

 mense numbers and diversity of form, that we meet with the 



