Leaf-like Butterfly. 141 



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 resembled a dead leaf attached to a twig as almost 



LEAF BUTTERFLY IN FLIGHT AND REPOSE. 



certainly to deceive the eye even when gazing full upon it. 

 I captured several specimens on the wing, and was able fully 

 to understand the way in which this wonderful resemblance 

 is produced. 



