Table of Contents

1 Compound Eyes and the World of Vision Research.- 2 Autrum’s Impact on Compound Eye Research in Insects.- 3 Optics and Evolution of the Compound Eye.- 4 Photoreceptor Optics, Theory and Practice.- 5 Variations in the Structure and Design of Compound Eyes.- 6 Visual Pigments of Compound Eyes — Structure, Photochemistry, and Regeneration.- 7 Distribution of Insect Visual Chromophores: Functional and Phylogenetic Aspects.- 8 Pigments in Compound Eyes.- 9 Phototransduction in Limulus Ventral Photoreceptors: Roles of Calcium and Inositol Trisphosphate.- 10 The Retina-Lamina Pathway in Insects, Particularly Diptera, Viewed from an Evolutionary Perspective.- 11 Coding Efficiency and Design in Visual Processing.- 12 Neurotransmitters in Compound Eyes.- 13 Circadian Rhythms in the Invertebrate Retina.- 14 Color Vision in Honey Bees: Phenomena and Physiological Mechanisms.- 15 Polarization Sensitivity in Compound Eyes.- 16 Beneath the Compound Eye: Neuroanatomical Analysis and Physiological Correlates in the Study of Insect Vision.- 17 Directionally Selective Motion Detection by Insect Neurons.- 18 Neural Mechanisms of Visual Course Control in Insects.- 19 Size and Distance Perception in Compound Eyes.

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