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itself. The alternating cross lines of yellow and black break the 5;
outline, as do those of the zebra and tiger among mammals, {fi 
and this perhaps more than anything else is what renders the  
beetles inconspicuous. The black ground color also represents  I
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in a way the dusky recesses between the small liowers, and thus  
the insect is, in the situation in which it is generally to be found,  
less conspicuous than it would be if of a uniform yellow color. I 
It is, in short, a case of "camouflage" or deceptive coloration  
and denotes a very complete adaptation of insect to plant.  
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ITS NIOUTHPARTS AND MANNER OF TAKKNG FOOD  
» Adults have several times been kept. confined in jars with  *
only the llowers of Noliduyo (IHI.SSI·HI(l- for food. They go 0V01`  1
these {lowers induslriously as long as they are fresh, and, upO11  ’_