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leaf, tin -inly deceives experi 



! rntonio 1 im.ihlv dud' md <>lli. 



me;in let eptix c i nloratinn. 



Some <l" the trnpiral I'ha-mida- Counterfeit 

 dead leaves with minute ;i< < lira, y. ' )ur COmmOD ph.. l*i>i />/irn> 



\$. Munomera blatchleyi, on a twig. 

 Natural size. 



FIG. 244. Catocala lacrymosa; A, upper sur- 

 face; B, with wings closed, and resting on bark. 

 Reduced. 



mcra fcmorata and Manomera blatchleyi (Fig. 243), are well known as 



k insects;" indeed, it is not necessary to go beyond the temperate 



zone to find plenty of examples of protective resemblance. Geometrid 



caterpillars imitate twigs, holding the body stiffly from a branch and 



frequently reproducing the form and coloration of a twig with striking 



i Uule; and the moths of the same family are often colored like the 



bark against which they spread their wings. Even more perfectly do the 



Ciitociilii moths resemble the bark upon which they rest (Fig. 244), with 



their conspicuous and usually showy hind wings concealed under the pro- 



