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and simple patterns which are in this case especially adapted for the 

 respective stages of the various nauseous or dangerous insects. 



Rirtg-patterns. — Especially suited to the cylindrical body-form, 

 such as that of larvae, pu])8e, or of images with colourless wings 

 (Hymenoptera &c.). Accordingly we find this pattern developed in 

 such stages, and it is also often suggested on the visible part of the 

 body of other forms. 



Longitudinal Stripes. — Also especially suited to the cylindrical 

 bodv-form, and accordingly it is entirely found in larvae and in the 

 attenuated imagos of the genus Telephorus. 



Spots. — Especially suited to a wide coloured expanse, such as 

 that provided by the wings of Lepidoptera or the elytra of many 

 Coleoptera, but also fairly adapted to the cylindrical body-form, and 

 accordingly it is characteristic of conspicuous Lepidopterous and 

 Coleopterous imagos, only two of the four included larvae possessing 



