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Table B (continued). 



III. Spots {continued). 



Spots few 



Seven black spots 



Two black spots 



Spots so minute as to pro 



duee little effect. 

 Spots so minute as to pro 



cluce little effect. 

 Six spots 



Larva of A. filipeiidults... 

 Imago of Coccinella septem- 



functcda. 

 Imago of Coccinella hipunc- 



tata. 

 Larva of F. to 



Ground. 



Larva of V. urticce (normal 



form). 

 Imago of A. filipendu^m (as 



seen at rest). 



Yellow. 

 Red. 



Red. 



Black. 



Black. 



Black. 



Spots. 



Black. 

 Black. 



Black. 



White. 



Yellow. 



Red. 



IV. COMBINATIOS OF RlNQ AND StRIPK. 



Few small white spots alsO; Larva of E. lanestris. 

 pre.seiit ; rings due to' 

 hair-bearing tubercles. 



Black, with incomplete 

 reddish rings and narrow 

 white stripe on each side. 



V. Combination of Ring and Spot. 



Spots on the yellow rings. . 



Larva of C. verbasci 



Green, with incomplete 

 yellow rings and black 

 spots. 



VI. Combination of Stripe and Spot. 



Dots very minute and pro- 

 duce little effect. 



Two spots and two stripes 

 on each fore wing. 



Larva of D. euphorbia 



Imago oi E.jacob<e<e (as seen 

 at rest). 



Black, with red blotches and 

 stripes and white or yel- 

 low dots. 



Black, with red stripes and 

 spots. 



YII. Not referable to the above Types. 



One blotch on each seg 

 ment. Perhaps referable 

 to the spot-pattern III. 



The pink colour is scattered 

 in a kind of spot and 

 stripe system. 



Two unequal areas with op- 

 posite colours. 



Larva of D. galii 



Larva of 0. antiqua . 



Variable ground-colour, 

 with a row of black 

 blotches, each containing 

 a pale area. 



The effect chiefly made up 

 by the dark- and light- 

 coloured tufts of hair. 

 Imago of Chrysomela populi Large posterior part red, 



small anterior part blue- 

 black. 



The patterns in flight in the im.-jgos would be different in many cases. In E. jacoh(P(B 

 and A. flipendul<s a conspicuous but confused mixture of red and black is seen. The 

 slow flight of A. grossnlariata permits its pattern to be seen almost as at rest. The 

 others are as above described after Table A. 



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