1895.] 



COLOTJB-VAEIATIOlSrS OF A BEETLE. 



Table II. — Darro Valley, 1895. 



859 



MALES. 



Undersides dark. 



Spotted : ground-colour red 



„ „ duller red 



Spotted and striped, tend- ] , , , „ , 



ing towards black : | ground-colour duller red . . . 



Spotted: ground-colour buff 



„ „ yellow to greenish grey 



Black all over 



Unconformable 



Undersides light. 



Striped: ground-colour greenish grey 



No black: „ red 



Total captured 



FEMALES. 



Undersides dark. 



Spotted : ground-colour red 



Spotted andstriped: ground-colourred 



Spotted: ground-colour buff 



» 11 yellow to greenish grey 



Black all over 



Undersides light. 



Striped : grouud-colour greenish grey 



•> ■) yellow 



Total captured 



fc 

 w 



341 

 41 



37 



5 



17 



3 



3 



447 



270 

 1 



271 



718 



28 



164 

 3 



167 



195 



9) 

 60 



a 



Ph 



58-3 



62-3 



37-7 



14-4 



85'6 



very opiniou. On the question how it ia that the colour of 

 C, septempunctata is so important, and the colour of 0. decem- 

 punctata unimportant to the animal, I do not find Mr. Wallace 

 offering evidence, and I am not aware that he has even hazarded a 

 guess. Meanwhile I wish to repeat, in regard to G. variaUUs 

 what I said before in the case of O. decempunctata, that its several 

 varieties exhibit that kind of definiteness and constancy to their 

 respective types that we associate with the idea of species ; but 

 for supposing that this constancy is in any way dependent on 

 adaptation to environment, we have no warrant. 



