X CONTENTS 



III. PROTECTrVT RESEMBLANCE, WITH EXAMPLES 



PAGES 



Darwin's theory of protective: resembl.^nce — the colors of ani- 

 mals ANALYZED ACTION OF NATURAL SELECTION IN PRESERVATION OF 



COLORS THE TREE-TOAD THE HABITS OF THE WALKING-STICK AN 



ILLUSIVE BUTTERFLY AND ITS FLOWER PROTECTOR THE ANIMATED 



ROLLED LEAF THE TWIG IMPERSONATOR HOW THE ACONTL\ AND 



STENOMA MOTHS ARE PROTECTED PROTECTIVE RESEMBL-^^NCE TO 



BARK IN CATOCALA LARVA THE WEEVIL BARK IMITATOR THE ARBO- 

 REAL KATYDID THE INVISIBLE OR THREAD-LEGGED BUG QUAINT 



VISITORS TO THE SAP FOUNTAINS ON THE OAK ^— THE PROTECTED SCHIZITIA 

 CATERPILL.\R 65-11-1 



IV. MIMICRY, WITH EXAMPLES 



bates' THEORY OF MIMICRY GADOW's CHEMICAL THEORY OF ANIMAL 



COLORATION MULLERIAN MIMICRY THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND 



ITS MIMIC THE BUMBLEBEE's MIMIC FLOWER-FREQUENTING 



FLIES llJ-133 



V. WARNING COLORS, TERRIFYING MARKINGS. AND 

 OTHER PROTECTEE DEVICES, WITH EXAMPLES 



Wallace's theory of w.\rning colors — action of birds towards 

 cateupillar.s, testi.ng their edibleness significance of color- 

 ing in butterflies and moths the painted lady butterfly and 



its world-wide distribution the saddle-back larva the 



swallow-tail butterflies and their curious larv.e the dis- 

 guises of the cresphontes caterpillar — the curious puss- 

 moth caterpillar — the achemon sphinx and its tailed larva 

 — is it protective resemblance and mimicry combined in auto- 

 MERIS lO? . 135-164 



VI. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WITH EXAMPLES 



BOHN's CONCEPTION OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR — THE DISPOSITION OF THE 

 SPECIAL SENSE ORGANS IN INSECTS — THE ASSASSINS IN LACE -LIKE 

 FLOWERS OF WILD CARROT — THE TENANTS OF AN ACORN — THE 

 "woolly bear" CATERPILL.\^r's F.\TE THE ANT-LION THE EVEN- 

 ING PRIMROSE SPIDER TRAP THE C.\STLE-BUILDING SPIDER THE 



BEHAVIOR OF A JUMPING SPIDER — THE GOLDEN SPHEX AS THE GRASS- 

 HOPPER'S ENEMY — THE HABITS OF THE GREEN MEADOW GRASSHOPPER 

 THE JUG-MAKING WASP THE H.\BIT8 OF THE WHITE-FOOTED MUD- 

 DAUBER AND ITS ALLIES THE TABANID FLY AS AN AERIAL PERFORMER 



THE HUNTED CICADA THE ROSE-CHAFER AN AI'GIST HAILSTORM, 



WITH ITS SEQUENCE THE MARYL.\ND YELLOW-THROAT THE MORN- 

 ING TROUBADOR OR GOLDFINCH BIRDS AND BLUE RACERS THE 



