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THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



ABR 



J BR AX AS GROSSULARI- 

 -^ ATA, Warning Colours of 



larva of, 168, 169 ; of pupa of, 



174, 186; of imago of, 174, 

 • 175 



Absorption of light, 1 

 Acidalia subsericeata, probable 



Mimicry of, 244 

 Acrcea horta, unpleasant smell of, 



227 



— violcB, refused by Mantis, 230 

 AcrcsidcB, similarity of Warning 



Colours of, 193 ; as models for 

 Mimicry, 226, 230 

 Acronycta leporina, larva of, 43-45 



— psi, 315 



— triclens, 315 



Adamsia palliata, associated with 

 Pagurus Prideauxii, 202, 203 



— Ronddetii associated with 

 PaguriLS hernhardus, 203 



Adventitious Colouring, 79, 80 



— Protective Eesemblance, 202 



— Protection, 76-79 



— Warning Colours, 202-204 

 Esthetic preferences of females, 



insufficient evidence for, 286 ; 

 reasons for lack of evidence, 286 

 -287 ; only to be expected in 

 wild animals, 287-291 ; present 

 in plainly-coloured as well as 

 ornamental species, 304 



— sense of man largely created by 

 insects, 317, 318 



Affinity Isetween mimicking and 



mimicked species, 225 

 Agapetes amblyornithis, collected 



by Gardener Bower-bird, 322 



ANT 



Aggressive Mimicry, 266-268 



— Ptesemblances, and Protective, 

 19, 20, 24-158, 336, 338; rela- 

 tion between Protective and 

 Aggressive, 24, 26 ; in spiders, 

 69, 75 ; ' Alluring Colouration,' 

 an extreme example of, 20, 

 72-76 ; Variable Eesemblance is 

 often Aggressive, 109 



Aglia tau. Mimicry of larva of, 

 263, 264 ; courtship of, when 

 wild and in captivity, 289 



Albinos, 16 



Albino birds, 329 note 



Alluring Colouration, 20, 72-76, 

 336, 337, 338 



Ainblyornis inornata, habits of, 

 321, 322 



American Hare, winter change of 

 colour of, 95-100, 103, ]06 



Amphibia, Variable Protective 

 Eesemblance in, 83 ; Warning 

 Colours in, 164, 165 



Amphidasis betularia, larva of, 28 ; 

 experiments on colours of larva 

 of, 152, 153 



Anaea sp. ? larva of, 36, 37 



Angle-shades, Protective Eesem- 

 blance of moth, 56 ; larva of, 

 coloured by its food, 79 



Angler, lure of, 73 



Annulet Moth, probable Variable 

 Protective Eesemblance in, 157, 

 158 



Anolis pursued by snake, 262 



Anticryptic Colours, 336, 337, 338 



Antler Moth, assembling of males 

 of, 292, 304 



