INSECT INTRUDERS. 



times corrugated and ridged and painted 

 with the most brilliant of red and orange 

 or yellow pigments. 



Almost diabolically wicked is the 

 aspect some of these creatures present as 

 they cling to the stem of a tall succulent 

 grass and glare out at you from their 

 glassy cold fishy eyes, as in the case of 

 the beauty shown overleaf. Often have 

 I thrilled coldly all down the spine as 

 one of these appalling apparitions has 

 suddenly, at the end of some fabulous 

 leap, alighted on the green sleeve of my 

 shikar coat in the hopes of finding a 

 most delectable feeding ground. 



Another common insect of the forest 

 in my part of India which has simulated 

 leaves as a method of protection is the red 

 brown Kallima or Leaf Butterfly. Many 

 of my readers who have any acquaintance 

 with the jungles will have noticed at 

 times an insect resembling in its method 

 of flight a moth more than a butterfly. 

 It gets up suddenly at one's feet, one sees 

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