486 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 



seeking to escape its enemies and to a predatory animal seeking to 

 approach its prey. Warning coloration is believed to be of value to the 

 animal because of the immunity it affords from the attacks of enemies. 

 Recognition colors are those possessed by an animal which enable it to 

 be recognized by others of its race or by the other sex. Mimicry (Fig. 

 304) involves both color and form but the resemblance is to some other 

 animal and not to features in the environment, which is termed 'pro- 

 tective resemblance (Fig. 305). Many edible insects are believed to mimic 

 those which are inedible and in that way secure immunity from the 

 attacks of enemies. Caution must be used, however, in the citation of 

 cases of mimicry and protective resemblance and in the drawing of con- 

 clusions as to the significance of the resemblance. 



