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Color And Color-Pattern Mechanism Of Tiger Beetles, Victor E. Shelford Jun 1917

Color And Color-Pattern Mechanism Of Tiger Beetles, Victor E. Shelford

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

In 1903 the writer undertook a study of variation of the tiger beetles. The work here presented is the outgrowth of this beginning, and indeed includes some small portions regarding color patterns that were written in that year. The work has been prolonged for many reasons, but chief of these was the very large number of species in the group and the fact that an adequate understanding of the material could not be attained without consulting many large collections. Further, the experimental results obtained in 1906 demanded a firsthand study of the variations of the species concerned and their natural …