1887.] 



VALUE OF COLOUR AND MARKINGS IN INSECTS. 



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Table B (continued). 



III. Spots (continued). 



Spots few — 



Seven black spots 



Two black spots 



Spots so minute as to pro 



duce little effect. 

 Spots so minute as to pro 



duce little effect. 

 Six spots 



Larva of A. filipendulm 



Imago of Coacinella septem- 



fuiwtata. 

 Imago of CoccineUa bipunc- 



tata. 

 Larva oi V. io 



Larva of V. urticcs (normal 



form). 

 Imago of A. filipenixi'cB (as 



seen at rest). 



Ground. 



Yellow. 

 Eed. 



Red. 



Black. 



Black. 



Black. 



Spots. 



Black. 

 Black. 



Black. 



White. 



Yellow. 



Red. 



IV. Combination op Ring and Stripe. 



Few small white spots also Larva of E. lanestris. 

 present ; rings due to 

 hair-bearing tubercles. 



Black, with incomplete 

 reddish rings and narrow 

 white stripe on each side 



V. Combination or Ring and Spot. 



Spots on the yellow rings.. 



Larva of C. verhasci 



Green, with incomplete 

 yellow rings and black 

 spots. 



VI. Combination of Stripe and Spot. 



Dots very minute and pro- 

 duce httle effect. 



Two spots and two stripes 

 on each fore wing. 



Larva of B. emphorhics 



Imago oi E.jacdbosoB (as seen 

 at rest). 



Black, with red blotches and 

 stripes and white or yel- 

 low dots. 



Black, with red stripes and 



spots. 



VII. Not referablk to tub 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 B. galii 



Lar^a of 0. anfiqua . 



Imago of Chrysomela populi 



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. 



Large posterior part red, 

 small anterior part blue- 

 black, 



The patterns in flight in the im.igos would be different in many cases. In E. jacohfpa 

 and A. fil'vpendxdm a conspicuoiis but confused mixture of red and black is seen. The 

 slow flight of ^. ^'♦•OMMi'aWai'a permits its pattern to be seen almost as at rest. The 

 others are as above described alter Table A. 



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