A 'LEAF' INSECT AT REST. 23 1 



a measure of almost extreme protective value. One of 

 these insects, K. paralckta, is seen in the attitude of repose 

 in Fig. 30. 



Fig. 30. KalUina payalehta, at rest on twig'. 



Most of the subjects illustrated and described above 

 are selected from amongst the tropical fauna, as being 

 comparatively little known ; but the British insecta include 

 amongst their numbers, in all stages, larvae, pupae 

 and matura;, many varied and beautiful examples of 

 the interesting and attractive subject of Protective 

 Resemblance. 



(Three additional plates are inserted here in further 

 illustration of the resemblances between edible and inedible 

 butterflies, viz., Plates VII., VIII., and IX. ; also a plate 

 giving additional illustrations of differences in the shape, 

 size, and arrangement of the scales of some butterflies having 

 superficial resemblances to each other, viz., Plate X.) 



