Color and Pattern and their Uses 



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vation while writing this chapter is the case of the larvx of Lycana sp., 

 abundant on the flower-heads of the just-blossoming (May) California 

 buckeye, /Esculiis calijornicus. The buds of the buckeye are green, or green 



Fig. 787. — The dead-leaf butterfly, Kallima sp., a remarkable case of special protective 



resemblance. (Natural size.) 



and rose, or even all rose externally. The quiet slug-like Lyca;nid larva? 

 lie longitudinally along the buds and their short stems, and are either green 



