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Show LOOKS LIKE A ROSE THORN. South American Insect Thus Protected by Nriture from Us Enemies. l'rotectlve resoiitblancc, protective coloration, or whatever name mav be given to the deception which Is pran tlcrd by one branch of noolciRJ' upon another Is to tho naturalist at nil times a most fascinating study. The Steen cnterplllnr In the country hctlgea, the moth reposing on thotioe trunk, the flat flnh on the sandy bit tm ami the stlyk Insert 011 the bar rn twig provide In 'n lewi (jr greater great-er degree remarkable llliisijatlous by ono of the wl-at of Dame Nature's provisions against .the rlak of extermination. exter-mination. r In some casos tho pioteitivo r$se;n-bianco r$se;n-bianco serves a doiibloburiHisai It Is protective in that It affords eqncenl-ment eqncenl-ment from the enemy and nggresslvo because per cuntra the victim caii ap- I proarh without fear. I . One of the most remarkable, jior-hap3, jior-hap3, is the .little South American in- 1 .sect whlfh bears so striking a ro-semblance ro-semblance to the ordinal y rose thorn at often to deceive the most practiced eyo. How it discovered In tho first instance Its similarity .to n prickly them, or how, having mado tho discovery, dis-covery, it decided to use It aa 11 means of protection against Its natural enemies ene-mies Is one of nature's profoundest riddles.- ' r. |