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A Walking-Leaf Insect. 



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7hP 1^,,!k !? 1 "alkiiig-kaf Insects, whose home is m India and adjacent countries. The example photographed is a female, and shows 



thatof nL^nr/K^'T"'" *° * '-' ^""g-covers. which present a startling resemblance to a leaf. These wing-covers ser%'e no purpose beyond 

 Aill? iii^lvin? the Insect appear to be what it is not, for there are no wings beneath to be protected, and the covers themselv. are usele^sfor 

 mgnt. ! le photographis nearly one and a half times the actual size of the Insect. 



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