Cases of Protective Resemblance, Mimicry, etc. 



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I. Apatetic Colours. 



Colours resembling some part of the environment 

 or the appearance of another species. 



1. Procryptic Colour? 

 (continued). 



2. Pseudosematic Colours 

 (continued). 



I. Apatetic Colours. 



Colours resembling some part of the 

 environment or the appearance of 

 another species. 



1. Procryptic Colours (continued). 



Rhagium inquisi- 

 tor, and R. bifas- 

 datum, and R. 

 indagator. 



Acctnthocinus cedilis 



Leiopus nebulosus. 



Mesosa nubila. 



Pogonochcerus. 



Saperda carcharias, 

 S. scalaris and S. 

 populnea. 



Hylobius abietis. 



Pissodes pini and 

 P. notatus. 



Laccophilus. 

 Agabus nebulosus. 

 Agabus conspcrsu, 

 Dytiscus. 

 Acilius. 



)i: 



CD as 



% o 



§& 



Broscus cephalotes. 



" Feigning death. " 

 Geotrupes. " Feignin 



death." 

 Monotonia formice- 



torum. 

 Monotonia conici 



collis. 

 Mater (brown spe 



cies). )S 



Lacon murinus. a 



Corymbites tessel- o I 



latus. 

 Corymbites holoseri- 



ceus. 

 Hop! ia philanthus. 

 Homaloplia ruri- 



cola. 

 Serrica brunnea. 

 A nomala frisckii. 

 Oncomera femorata. 

 Tkroscus. 

 Crepidodera ferru- & 



ginea. \ p, 



Otiorrhynchus fus- ( rr 



cipes. % 



Orobitis cyaneus. ) ' 



Polydrusus tereticollis. 



Bud-like. 

 Acalles. Bud-like. 

 Cetonia aurata and C. 

 Jloricola. Useful white 



pollen flake-like marks. 

 Gnorimus nobilis and G. 



variabilis. Ditto ditto. 

 Metigethes. Stamen-like 

 Cassida. Green forms on 



green leaves. 

 Obcrea oculata. On sal- 

 low bushes. 

 Omosita. On bones. 

 Thymalus limbatus. On 



boleti. 

 Dermestes murinus. On 



fur. 



Splueridium scarabs- 



oides and S. bipustu- 



latum. 

 Silpha 4 punctata. 

 Hister 4 maculatus, 



H. purpurascens and 



H. bimaculatus. 

 Scaphidium 4 macu- 



latum. 

 Cyrtotriplax bipustu- 



lata. 

 Ips. 

 Mycetopkagus 4 pus- 



tulatu,s. 

 Clythra 4 punctata. 

 Phytodecta. 

 Phijllobrotica ivuwu- 



lata. 

 Cassida murrcea, red 



form. 

 Apoderus coryli. 

 Attelabus curculioni- 



des. 

 Campylus linearis. 

 Lyviexylon navale. 

 Hylotrupes bajulus. 

 Callidium variabile. 

 Grammopteraprasusta 

 Tetrops preeusta. 

 Osphia bipunctata. 

 Nacevdes melanura. 

 Mater, red species, 



rochroa-li'ke. 

 Alexia pilifera. 

 Bruchus ater. [ ~ W 



Lixus paraplecti- ( o> oq 



cus. J ' ,- 



A nthaxia nitidula. Chry- 



sis-like. 

 Niptus hololeucvs\ 



and N. crenatns. K £? 

 Mezium affine. ; ^ Si 



Gihbium scotias. J ^ 3 



Ptinus. I 



J 



2. Pseudepisematic Col- 

 ours. Aggressive Mi- 

 micry and Alluring 

 Colours. 



Micralymma brevipenne 

 and the Thysanura it 

 feeds on ? 



By 



2. Allocryptic Colours = Adventitious 



Colours. 

 Georyssus pygmwus. With coat of mud. 

 Opatrum sabulosum. With dirt on 



rough dorsal surface. 

 Plintlms caliginosus. With dirt on rough 



dorsal surface. 



September 30, 1901, 



