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the other hand, the resemblance of insects to flowers may 

 conceivably be of use to them in various ways. The flower- 

 like Mantis — HymeMopua bicornis — has been referred to on 

 p. 187 as an example of what has been termed alluring 

 coloration. Mr. T. W. Wood has figured, in the Intellectual 

 Observer, the Orange-tip butterfly when at rest on an 

 umbelliferous plant, its favourite resort. The scattered green 

 spots upon the under surface of the wings (see fig. 3) might 



Fig. 3.— Oi-ange-tip. 



have been intended for a rough sketch of the small flowerets 

 of the plant, so close is their mutual resemblance. An 

 American entomologist, Mr. C. M. "Weed, has called attention 

 to a small white Geometrid moth (Tetrads lorata), which he 

 found adhering to the stamens of the '' May Apple," its wings 

 giving the imjJression of petals ; two were found in the same 

 position. The Lappet moth (flg. 4) looks like a bunch of dry 

 leaves, owing to the peculiar way in which it carries its wings. 

 It is among insects, indeed, in correlation with their im- 

 mense numbers and diversity of form, that we meet with the 



