LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIGURE 



1. Group of various races of domestic pigeons 



2. Longitudinally striped caterpillar of a Satyrid 



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



4. Full-grown caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk- moth (Chaerocampa 



elpenor) ........... 



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



6. Under surface of the wings of Ccdigo 



7. Caterpillar of a North American Darapsa 



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



9. Hebomoja glaucippe, from India ; under surface .... 



10. Xylina vetnsta, in flight and at rest ...... 



11. Tropidoderus childreni, in flying pose ...... 



12. Notodonta camelina, in flight and at rest ..... 



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



rest ............ 



14. Coenophlebia archidona, from Bolivia, in its resting attitude 



15. Ccerois chorinceus, from the lower Amazon, in its resting attitude 



16. Phyllodes omata, from Assam ..... 



17. Caterpillar of Selenia tetralunaria, seated on a birch twig 



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



boisdavalii ...... 



19. Barbed bristles of Opuntia rafinesquii . 



20. Vertical section through a piece of a leaf of 



( Urtica dioica) ...... 



21. A piece of a twig of Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) 



22. Tragacanth {Astragalus tragacantha) . 



23. Bladderwort (Utricularia grafiana) 



24. Pitcher of Nepenthes villosa .... 



25. Butterwort (Pingaicula vulgaris) . 



26. The Sundew (Drosera rotundi folia) 



27. A leaf of the Sundew 



28. Leaf of Venus Fly-trap 



29. Aldrovandia vesiculosa . . . . . 



30. Aldrovandia, its trap apparatus . 



31. Sea-cucumber (Cucumaria) .... 



32. Metamorphosis of Sitaris humeralis, an oil-beetle 



33. Cocoon of the Emperor Moth (Saturnia carpini) 



34. Hermit-crab 



35. Hydra viridis, the Green Freshwater Polyp . 



36. Amoeba viridis ...... 



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



the 



Stinging-nettle 



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