Australian Museum Journal On a case of presumed protective imitation
- Shortform:
- Skuse, 1895, Rec. Aust. Mus. 2(6): 91–92
- Author(s):
- Skuse, F. A. A.
- Year published:
- 1895
- Title:
- On a case of presumed protective imitation
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 6
- Start page:
- 91
- End page:
- 92
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.2.1895.1205
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate xxii
- Date published:
- 30 September 1895
- Cover date:
- 30 September 1895
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 11 September 2009
- Reference number:
- 1205
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (116kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (730kb PDF)
Abstract
That wonderful Hepialid, Leto stacyi, Scott, seems to claim a. place among those famous examples of a similar nature advanced by Bates, Wallace, and others. The protective resemblances among animals is an established fact, and it is unnecessary to quote classical instances. But I cannot find any reference to such a protective feature as that of a moth which resembles in situ an approach to the head of a reptile known to possess an appetite for birds. In the case under notice it may fairly be claimed that such an example exists in nature.