LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIGURE 



PAGE 



1. Group of various races of domestic pigeons 35 



2. Longitudinally striped caterpillar of a Satyrid 67 



3. Full-grown caterpillar of tlie Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellatus) 67 



4. Full-grown caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-moth {Chcerocampa 



. elpenor) ............ 68 



5. The Eyed Hawk-moth in its ' terrifying attitude ' .... 69 



6. Under surface of the wings of Caligo 70 



7. Caterpillar of a North American Darapsa 71 



8. Caterpillar of the Buckthorn Hawk-moth (Deilephila hippophaSs) . 73 



9. Hebomoja glaucippe, from India ; under surface 76 



10. Xylina vetusta, in flight and at rest 77 



11. Tropidoderus childreni, in &ymg -j^ose 79 



12. Notodonta camelina, in flight and at rest 80 



13. Kallima paralecta, from India, right under side of the butterfly at 



rest 83, 357 



14. Ccenophlebia archidona, from Bolivia, in its resting attitude . . 85 



15. Co5ms c/iocmoeMs, from the lower Amazon, in its resting attitude . 86 



16. Phyllodes omata, from Assam . 87 



17. Caterpillar of Sefewio Mra^Mwart'a, seated on a birch twig . . . 90,360 



18. Upper surfaces of Acrcea egina, Papilio ridleyanus, and Pseudacrcea 



hoisduvalU .......... . 102 



19. Barbed bristles of Opuntia rafinesguii 123 



20. Vertical section through a piece of a leaf of the Stinging-nettle 



( XJrtica dioica) 123 



21. A piece of a twig of Barberry (5er6em wrfj'ans) 124 



22. Tragacanth (Astragalus tragacantha) 125 



23. Bladderwort (Utricularia grafiana) 133 



24. Pitcher of Nepenthes villosa 134 



25. Butterwort {Pinguicula vulgaris) 136 



26. The Sundew [Drosera rotundifoUa) I37 



27. A leaf of the Sundew I37 



28. Leaf of Venus Fly-trap 138 



29. Aldrovandia vesiculosa .......... 138 



30. Aldrovandia, its trap apparatus I39 



31. Sea-cucumber {Cuctimaria) _ 148 



32. Metamorphosis of Sitaris humeralis, an oil-beetle .... 150 



33. Cocoon of the Emperor Moth {Saturnia carpini) 158 



34. Hermit-crab j^gg 



35. Hydra viridis, the Green Freshwater Polyp 169 



36. Amoeba viridis ■■•••...... 170 



37. Twig of an Imbauba-tree, showing hair-cushions .... 172 



