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The inheritance of wing colour in lepidoptera

I.Abraxas grossulariata var.lutea (Cockerell)

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  1. F. G. Hopkins,Phil. Trans. Vol. 186, Part II. p. 661, 1895.

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  1. Further details for the use of this instrument for other purposes are to be found inMeasurement of Light and Colour Sensations (George Gill and Sons) andLight and Colour Theories (E. & F. N. Spoil, Ltd.) by J. W. Lovibond, the inventor.

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  1. This method has been suggested for anthropological studies by Eug. Dubois (Man, Vol. VIII. June, 1908).

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  1. “ Notes onAbraxas Grossulariata and how to rear it,”Entomologist’s Record, Vol. XIV. p. 321, 1902 and Vol. XV. p. 8, 1903.

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  1. An excellent coloured illustration of var.varleyata (Porritt) is given by W. Bowater, Plate XXVII, No. 45,Journal of Genetics, Vol. III. 1914, p. 299.

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  1. Compare the insect illustrated by Bowater (see note p. 221).

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Onslow, H. The inheritance of wing colour in lepidoptera. Journ. of Gen. 8, 209–258 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02983266

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