MAYEK : COLOR AXD COLOR-PATTERNS. 



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TABLE OF CONTEXTS. 



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PART A. 



Gkxeuai. Piiexomeva ok Cot.oi; ix Li:rii>< 

 I. Classification oi- Colors. 



Pigmental Color.s ...... 



Structural Color.s ...... 



Combination Color.s ...... 



Quantitative Determination of Pigmental Colors 

 Spectrum Analysis of Colors of Lepidoptera 

 Summary of Results ..... 



II. The essential Xatire of Piumextal Color ix Lepidoptera. 



Pigments of Larvae .......... 



Pigments of Imagines ......... 



III. Development of the varioits Colors in the Ptpal Wixos 



Historical Account of previoas Researches ..... 



Development of Color in the Pupal Wings of Callosamia promethea 



Development of Color in the Pupal Wings of Danais plexii)pu.s 



(archippus) . 



The Laws which govern the Color-Patterns of Bitterflies and 



Moths. 



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Historical Account of previous Researches 



Laws of Color-Patterns 



Detailed Discussion of the Laws of Color-Patterns . 



Origin of Color- Variations 



Bibliography of Color-Aberrations 

 Climate and Melanism ...... 



Relation between Climate and Colors of Papilios 



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The Caises which have led to the Development ani> Preservation- 

 op THE Scales of the Lepidoptera. 



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Experiments and Theory 

 Summary of Conclusions 



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PART B. 



Color- Variations in the Heliconidae. 



General Causes which determine Coloration in the Heliconidae. 



II. Methods pitrsited in studying the Color-Patterns of the 

 Heliconidae. 



(1) The Two Types of Coloration in the Danaoid Heliconidae 204 



(2) Detailed Description of the Melinaea 'I^P^ ^^ Coloration 205 



