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INDEX 



Caduga tytia, 24, 51, II- 2 

 Callamesia pieridoides, 56 

 Calotes ophiomachus, 107 ; C. versi- 

 color, 107 

 Carpenter, on intermediates in 

 Psevdacraea eurytus, 126; on 

 breeding experiments with 

 Pseudacraea eurytus, 128 

 Castnia, as mimic, 39, XII. 4; 



scales of, 41, XV. 5 

 Catopsilia, 121; C. florella. 111; 



C. pyranthe. 111 



Cerchneis rupicoloides, 118; C. 



naumanni, 117 

 Cercopithecus pygerythrus, 121 

 Char axes athamas, 110 

 Citronophila similis, 35 

 Classification of butterflies, 18-21 

 Colaenis telesiphe, 38, XI. 4 

 Cyclosia hestinioides, III. 3 

 Cymatopkora or, establishment of 



melanic sport in, 102 note 

 Cyrestis ihyodamas, 110 



Danainae, characteristics of, 22 ; 

 as models for Oriental butter- 

 flies, 23 ; as models for African 

 butterflies, 28 



Danais, 111, 145; D. archippus, 

 48 ; eaten by lizard, 108 ; 

 rejected by bird, 113, XVI. 8; 



D. berenice, 48, XVI. 9 ; D. 

 ehrysippus, 23, 28 ; flight of, 

 55 ; in mimicry ring, 65 ; eaten 

 by lizards, 108 ; eaten by Bee- 

 eater, 111; eaten by Brown 

 Shrike, 117; rejected by Kes- 

 trel, 118; rejected by baboon, 

 122; local variation in, 132; 

 patterns overlapping with those 

 of Acraea encedon, 144 ; alcip- 

 pus form, IX. b; dorippus 

 form, IX. C; typical form, 

 IV. 1, Vni. 5; D. plexippus, 

 as model for Argynnis hyper - 

 bius, 52 ; in mimicry ring, 65 ; 

 eaten by Liothrix, 115 note, 

 IV. 2 ; D. petiverana, 29, VI. 1 ; 

 D. septentrionis, 23, 111, 112, 

 I. 3 ; D. vulgaris, 150 



Darwin, on natural selection, 1 ; 

 on adaptation, 5; on initial 

 variation in mimetic resem- 

 blance, 63 ; on a difficulty of 

 the mimicry theory, 65 



Defence in butterflies, 54 



Delias cathara, 56 ; D. eucharis, 

 28, 115, 116, II. 1 



de Meijere, on breeding Papilio 

 memnon, 89 



de Vries, 3 



Distnorphia, as mimics of Itho- 

 miinae, 38, 42 ; restricted 

 range of many forms, 5 1 ; 

 diversity of pattern in genus, 

 58; as Batesian mimics, 135; 

 patterns parallel with those of 

 Ithomiinae, 145; D. astynome, 

 151; D. avonia, 151; D. 

 cretacea, 5, 8, 62, X. 1; D. orise, 

 as mimic, 39, XII. 2 ; scales of, 

 40, XIV. 2; D. praxinoe, as 

 mimic, 57, 62, X. 2, 3; as 

 member of mimicry ring, 134 



Distasteful groups, characteristics 

 of, 55 



Eltringham, 17 note, 32 note, 

 36 note 



Elymnias, patterns in genus com- 

 pared with those of Danaidae, 

 59, 144; E. malelas, 24, II. 6, 

 7 ; E. phegea, 35, VII. 9 ; 

 E. singhala, 25, I. 9 ; E. undu- 

 laris, in mimicry ring, 66, 115 

 note, 116, IV. 5, 6 



Epicopeia polydora, 27, in. 5 



Equilibrium, conditions of in 

 mixed population, 93 



Eresia, 134, 135 



Eugonia californica, 114 



Euphaedra ruspina, 36 



Euploea core, 25, 108, 110, 112, 



I. 10; E. mulciber, 24, 51, 



II. 4, 5; E. rhadamanilius, 24, 

 51, II. 8; E. rafflesii, 110 



Euploeinae, characteristics of, 22 ; 

 as models for Oriental butter- 

 flies, 24 ; in relation to birds, 



III. 112, 115 note 



