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INSECTS ABBOAD. 



remarkable for the manner in which the colouring, as well a* 

 the shape of the closed wings, resembles that of a leaf. The 

 upper surface of the KaUvma Fnachis is mostly brown, the tips 

 of the upper wings being black, and orange-dun hands running 

 diagonally across them. 



The following extract is taken from Mr. Wallace's work : — 

 " This species was not uncommon in dry woods and thickets, 

 and I often endeavoured to capture it without success, for after 







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Fio. in.— Kallima paralekta. The left-hand figure represents the under surface <>f Hie butterfly 



at rest (Brown, black, and orange.) 



living a short distance it would enter a hush among dry or dead 

 leaves, and however carefully 1 crept up to the spot, I could 

 never discover it till it would suddenly start out again, and then 

 disappear in a similar place. At length 1 was fortunate enough 

 to see the exact spot where the butterfly settled, and though I lost 

 sight of it for sometime, I at length discovered that it was close 

 before my eyes, hut that in its position of repose it so closely 



