390 



THE INFLUENCE OF LIVING SUHROUNDINGS. 



glands, and here again there are cei'tain species of these 

 famihes which ai'e imitated by the defenceless species of Papilio 

 and Diadema. In North America, Danais arcliipfua, a very 

 common butterfly, is closely copied by Linienitis archippns ; 



Fig. 103. — a, Dollops sp. mimics h, PacJnji-Iivnehus orbifer; c, Doliops curculionoidesTniznics d, 

 FachyrJnjmlms sp. ; e, Scepfisl//.'! pachprhynchotiles (a. grasshopper) mimics /, Apocvr- 

 tit.^ ; g, Doliops sp. mimics /?, Pochyi-hynch us sp. ; i, Phoraspis sp. (a grasshopper) mimics 

 i", a Coccinella. All from tlie Philippines, oF nat. size. It is evident that the great simi- 

 larity of the creatures to those they mimic is less conspicuous in the engraving than 

 in real life, since the exact correspondence in the colouring cannot be given here. 



species of Sesia and of jEjeriidea so closely resemble small 

 "vvasjis that every one fears to handle them, but they have no 

 sting like wasps, and are in every respect perfectly harmless. 

 Among beetles, the Hispidce and EuriiorpJiidce, which are pro- 



