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Pigments of Lepidoptera

Nature volume 45, page 605 (1892)Cite this article

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THE appearance of Mr. F. Gowland Hopkins's letter on this subject in the last issue of NATURE (p. 581) demands a brief explanation from me—although it is not easy to reply satisfactorily within narrow limits—and the more so since Mr. Hopkins appears to have somewhat misunderstood my standpoint.

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COSTE, F. Pigments of Lepidoptera. Nature 45, 605 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/045605e0

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