INSECTS. 



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Leaf-Butterflies (Kal/ima). When on the wing the 

 East Indian Kallima paralekta presents a brilliant purple 

 color, but when it alights it seems to disappear from view, 



FIG. 170. The protective resemblance of the leaf-butterfly (Kallima). (Af- 

 ter Wallace.) 



so exactly resembling a leaf (Fig. 170) that persons fail to 

 see it when within a few inches. The tail of the hind- 



