laceratus

Nor can I see any force in Mr. Mivart’s difficulty with respect to “the last touches of perfection in the mimicry”; as in the case given by Mr. Wallace, of a walking-stick insect (Ceroxylus laceratus), which resembles “a stick grown over by a creeping moss or jungermannia.

VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection 1909

Thus the _Ceroxylus laceratus_ of Borneo has assumed so perfectly the disguise of a moss-covered branch as to evade the attack of insectivorous birds; and others of the walking-stick insects and leaf-butterflies practice similar deceptions with great effrontery and success.

Natural Law in the Spiritual World Henry Drummond 1874

The final step, therefore, consists in the production of that extraordinary actor, the _Xeroxylus laceratus_, whose formidable name means no more than 'ragged dry-stick,' and which really mimics down to the minutest particular a broken twig, overgrown with mosses, liverworts, and lichens.

Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873

One of these creatures obtained by myself in Borneo (Ceroxylus laceratus) was covered over with foliaceous excrescences of a clear olive green colour, so as exactly to resemble a stick grown over by a creeping moss or jungermannia.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

_Ceroxylus laceratus_, imitates a moss-covered stick, 64.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

'One of these creatures obtained by myself in Borneo (ceroxylus laceratus) was covered over with foliaceous excrescences of a clear olive green colour, so as exactly to resemble a stick grown over by a creeping moss or jungermannia.

Life and Habit Samuel Butler 1868

Item vj pannae lineae operis elaboratae ad cooperiendnm altare quorum unus est debilis et laceratus.

Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770

Thus, speaking of one of the walking-stick insects, Mr. Wallace says: [32] "One of these creatures obtained by myself in Borneo (_Ceroxylus laceratus_) was covered over with foliaceous excrescences of a clear olive-green colour, so as exactly to resemble a stick grown over by a creeping moss or jungermannia.

On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart