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Bankasoon, S. Tenasserim, nest of 

 Microhierax at, 290, 291. 



Barbet, Microhierax nesting in 

 hole made by, 291 n. i. 



Bark, cocoons formed of, 158, 159 ; 

 protective resemblance of moths to, 

 298, 301 : see also 322 ; colour adjust- 

 ment of larvae to, 306, 307 ; syn- 

 cryptic resemblance to, 312. 



Barker, C. N., on mimicry of 

 Nitocris nigricornis, 363. 



Barnacles (Cirrhipedes), C. Darwin 

 on systematic work on, xv, 59, 60, 67. 



Basilarckia, see Limenitis. 



Bates, H. W., on the wings of 

 butterflies as registers of evolution, 5 1 , 

 51 n. i; on preferential mating of 

 butterflies, 85-7 ; letters from Darwin 

 to, 86 ; theory of mimicry of and 

 transmission of acquired characters, 

 167; theory of mimicry of, 211-15 : see 

 also 85, 86 ; publication of theory of 

 mimicry by (1862), 220-2 ; inter- 

 pretation of mimicry between models 

 by, 222, 327, 327 n. i ; rejection of 

 Miillerian mimicry by, 223 ; stimulus 

 to investigation due to theory of, 224 ; 

 place in scheme of bionomic uses of 

 colour of theory of (Pseudaposematic 

 colours), 226 ; use of term Helico- 

 #/V/a<?by, 213, 234, 235 n. I ; theory of, 

 consistent with facts, 268 ; objections 

 to theory of, 269, 270 ; probably mis- 

 led by mimicry of Ithomiinae by 

 Heliconinae, 327 ; on different flight 

 of Ithomiines and Heliconines, 331 

 n. i ; theory of, one of the first 

 great results of Natural Selection, 

 361. 



BATESIAN (OR PROTECTIVE) 

 MIMICRY, 361-76. For sections and 

 sub-sections included under, see 296, 

 297 : see also 348-56. 



Batesian Mimicry, see Mimicry, 

 Protective, &c. 



Bateson, W., exaggerated estimate 

 of importance for evolution of On 

 Variation by, xiii, xiv, xl ; on Con- 

 tinuity and Discontinuity, xiv ; on the 

 dominance of Discontinuity, xv, xv 

 n. i ; on the sole chance of progress 

 in evolution, xvi n. I ; on the imminent 

 completion of systematic work, xvi 

 n. i ; on variation as evolution, xvi ; on 

 Natural Selection necessary, but its 

 investigation unnecessary, xviii, xviii 

 n. i, xix ; on phenomena of hybridiza- 



tion perhaps exhibited by Oenothera 

 lamarckiana, xx ; on Natural Selection 

 not creative, xxii, xxii n. 3 ; Darwin's 

 work on the primrose compared with 

 that of Gregory and, xxvii-xxxiv ; on 

 the thrum-eyed primrose, xxix n. 4 ; 

 statement of the problem of evolution 

 by, xxxiii, xxxiv ; on Panmixia, xxxvii 

 n. 2 ; exaggerated estimate of effect 

 of Mendelism by, xxxvii n. 2 ; erro- 

 neous statement of Darwin's teaching 

 by, xl ; unreasonable disparagement 

 of Embryology by, xlii, xliii ; on pet 

 saltum evolution, 4 ; on absence 

 of struggle during pupal stage of 

 V. urticae, 306. 



Bauhin, Kaspar, and fixity of 

 species, 56. 



Bayzand, P. J., drawings of larvae 

 by, 254. 



Beagle, Darwin's experiences on 

 the voyage of, 193. 



Beddard, F. E., on Eristalis and 

 hive-bee, 243, 244 ; on accidental 

 resemblances between insects, 247. 



Bees (see also classification of 

 examples of mimicry, 389, 391-2 : see 

 also humble-bees, 221, 251, 365, 378), 

 attacked by bee-eaters, 287 ; larvae 

 of mimic contrasted as regards food, 

 &c., with larvae of, 244 ; effects of 

 castration by Styhps of, 380. 



Bee-eaters capturing Pierinae in 

 Ceylon, 285, 286; systematically 

 capturing butterflies, 287, 288. 



Bee Orchis, self-fertilization of 

 the, 64, 92. 



Beetles (see also Anthribidae, 

 Brenthidae, Longicorn, Lycidae, 

 Phytophagous, weevils : see also 

 classification of examples of mimicry, 

 389-93), often wingless in Madeira, 

 18; late evolution of, 38; protective 

 instincts of, 155 ; 'sham death' of, 

 323 ; colour adjustment probable in, 

 307 ; mimicked by distasteful moths, 

 &c., 231, 276; predominant mimicry 

 in S. American, 248 ; diurnal groups 

 of, mimicked by diurnal members of 

 nocturnal groups, 250 ; mimetic like- 

 ness attained in various ways by, 251, 

 252, 255, 256, 257 n. i, 261, 262; 

 mimicry in, independent of affinity, 

 237; mimicry in Lepidoptera parallel 

 with that in, 236, 237 ; hardness as 

 a special protection in, 369; head 

 of shrew-like animal resembled by, 



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