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INSECTS ABUOAD. 



remarkable for the manner in wliicli the cohDuring, as well a.«? 

 the shape of the closed wmgs, resembles that of a leaf. The 

 upper surface of the Kallima Inachis is mostly brown, the tips 

 of the upper wings being black, and orange-dun bands running 

 diagonally across them. 



The following extract is taken from Mr. Wallace's work : — 

 " This species was not uncommon in dry woods and thickets, 

 a,nd I often endeavoured to capture it without success, for after 



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The leffc-liaud figure represents the under 

 t rest. (Brown, Ijlaek, and orange.) 



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Hying a short distance it would enter a bush among dry or dead 

 leaves, and however carefully I crept up to the spot, I could 

 never discover it till it would suddenly start out again, and then 

 disappear in a similar place. At length I was fortunate enough 

 to see the exact spot where the butterfly settled, and though I lost 

 sight of it for some time, I at length discovered that it was close 

 before my eyes, but that in its position of repose it so closely 



