INDEX 



329 



Melipotia, absent from islands, 304 

 Melittophagus mendioimUs (see also Bee- 

 eater), 171-8, 237 

 Mendelian relationships, Punnctt on, 268-9 

 in Ps. eurytus, Poulton on, 263 

 and intermediate forms, 269-270 

 Merops supercilioxus (see also Bee-eater), 

 171-2 

 Bionomic relations with OlossiJia, 310 

 Mesoplatys ochroptera, 122 

 Meteorology, 76, 91 

 Methoca, 303 

 Mfumbiro Mts., 68 

 Millipede, 320 

 MiUogramma, 302 

 Milvus aegyptius, 162 

 Mimacraea poultoni, 103 

 Mimicry, 195, 225, 230 

 examnles of (see also Ps. eurytus), 227-8, 



231-3, 238, 307-11 

 and Natural Selection, 226, 231-5, 266, 



268 

 analogous to special procrypsis, 234 

 depends upon experimental tasting, 230 

 modifications caused by, 228 

 imaginary mammalian case, 229 

 Mimics, 225 



polymorphic, 242 



occur with models, 228, 250, 251 



numerical relation to models, 226, 229, 



265 

 variations in absence of model, 256-9, 



262, 273 

 pattern, not species, depends upon 



model, 262-3, 273-5 

 may retain ancestral appearance m 



parts not seen, 226-227 

 behaviour of, 102, 226, 243, 308 

 disregarded by wagtail, 238 

 origin by mutation or fluctuation, 241, 

 270, 271 

 Models, 225 

 numerical proportions to mimic, 226, 



266, 267 

 behaviour and habits of 226, 238 239, 

 243 

 Molluscs, 97, 103, 115, 184 321-2 



attacked by Dorylus, 279, 280, 321-2 

 Mombasa, Ps. eurytus at, 252-4 

 Mongoose, 168 



tricked by goose, 142 

 (Monitor) (see Varanus) 

 Monkey. 114, 117, 131-7 

 on Nkosi Isle, 92 

 language, 132-3 

 intelligence, 135 

 imitativeness, 135 

 and Tortoise, 135 



and grasshoppers, mantis, 136, 203 

 and alarming inse^^ts, 136, 221 

 Mononyx grandicollis, 204 

 Moorhen, 111, 117, 122, 153 

 Morgan, T. H., 272 

 Mosquitoes, 97, 119, 315 

 Moth, 196-9, 207, 213-4, 220, 222, 



232-3, 239 

 Mtiomu Islet, 121-2 

 Mud-flsh, 79, 193 



(" Mujolo ") (see Bee-eater, Kingfisher), 169 

 MuLLER, Fritz, 195 



on Common Warning Colours, 229-30 

 on Scent Scales, 222 

 Muscicapidae (see also Flycatcher), 173-5 

 Musophaga rossae, 119, 165 

 (Mutation) (see Variation) 

 Mutation theory, 239-40 

 diflaculties of, 198, 240 

 and Darwinism, 198, 262, 268-72 



Mutation, and intermediates, 269-71 

 mutations should not retrogress, 241 

 does not account for absence of pro- 

 cryptic mimics, 240 



Mutilla, 51, 287, 303 



Myriapoda, 319-20 



Myrmarachne Joenissex, 233, 227-8 



(" Nabubi ") (see spider), 318 

 " Nagana," 9, 14, 18, 20, 21 



compared with Sleeping Sickness, 24, 25 

 (" Nakibengeyi ") (see Fire), 77 

 " Namugoya," 190 

 Natal, Ps. eurytus in 245-6, 249, 254, 



259 262—3 

 Neave, Dr. sTa., 247-52 

 (Nectarhiiidae) (see Sun-bird) 

 Nepa cinerea, protozoal parasite of, patho- 

 genic to mouse, 16 

 Nephila, numbers of, on islands, 102, 103, 



105, 107, 109-23, 318 

 Neptidopsis, 114 

 NeiHis, 105-6, 114 

 Nest, Ant's, 227, 276, 282 



Birds', 107, 150, 158, 161, 174 



Crocodile's, 90, 98, 115, 122, 181-2 



Fish's, 194 



Fossor's,- 288-90, 294-7 



Varanus', 98, 118, 183 



Wasp's, 284-6 

 Nettopus auritus, 150 



Neuro-muscular system, modifications of, 

 in deceptive resemblance, 196-8, 

 226-8 

 Neuroptera, 309-11 

 Nga:\iba Isle, 99-100, 143, 180-1, 188 



Olossina on, 47, 100 



butterflies on, 125 



Ps. eurytus on, 273-5 



Situtunga on, 140 

 (Nightjar) (see Caprimulgus) 

 Nile, R., 67-8 

 Nkosi Isle, 90-92, 131 

 Noctuidae, 101, 207 

 {Notodontidae) (see Scalmicauda) 

 NSADZi Isle, 100-1, 204, 288, 307 



Olossina on, 44 



breeding places of, 56 



Situtunga on, 28-9 

 Nuptial flight of butterflies, 224-5 

 Nyasaland, Trypanosomiasis in, 9 



Ps. eurytus in, 246, 249, 254 

 Nymphalinae (see also Pseudacraea), 103-6, 

 110-2, 114, 116, 120, 125, 242 



as mimics, 233 



courtship and nuptial flight of, 223-5 



attacked by birds, 225 



(" Obuduli ") (see Shrimp), 320 



" Obusaji-saji," 100, 283-4 



(" Obutwa-twa ") (see Erlangea), 107 



Odynerus, 286 



Qir.ophylla smnragdina, 100, 283 



mimics of, 233, 227-8 

 (Oedicnemus) (see Stone Curlew) 

 " Oluzibaziba," 58, 70, 95, 117, 121, 122 



food of Situtunga, 99, 138 

 (" Oniugalati ") (see Chrysopkyllum), 98 

 " Omukene," 194 

 " Omukoba," 99 

 " Omukwakula," 105 

 " Omululu," 99 

 " Omusali," 95 



(" Omusenene ") (see Podo:arpus), 115 

 (" Omusoke ") (see Waterspout), 75 

 (" Omutimwa ") (see Stone Curlew), 150 

 " Omuvuvumye," 70, 122 

 " Omuziru," 99 



