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they are mimics—the species of Elymnias and of Melynias, agreeing with certain 
species of Limnaina and Huploeina—those of Bruasa also with certain Elplocina— 
those of Mimadelias with certain Pierina—those of Agrusia with certain Nymphaline, 
and the typical species of the Malayan genus, Dyctis, with certain Morphine. 
Foop prants or Carerpintar.—So far as yet known, the caterpillar of only two 
of the genera, here described, have been discovered, and these are recorded as 
feeding upon plants of different Orders, namely—the caterpillar of Elymnias 
(undularis, etc.), upon Patmacnm, and those of Mimadelias (Godferyi) upon 
ORCHIDACER. 
Hasrts or Imaco.— The Elmniine are forest-loving insects, with a weak flight, 
frequenting dense undergrowth or bush jungle, and usually avoiding the open 
sunshine ; they are all tropical or subtropical insects”? (Butt. of India, 264). 
Tur Spectres or Enymnunm® aru att Mimeric.—The species of this sub-family 
possess a highly mimetic character, and are, I believe, without exception, mimics, 
both in general form of their wings, and in the colowrs and markings of the 
upperside, of certain ‘ protected’ or ‘inedible’ species of butterflies common to the 
district they inhabit. 
Of the commonly known species, the female of Hlymnias undularis, and of its 
immediate allies, the species which they mimic is the Limnaine butterfly, Salatura 
genutia, the Malayan Hlym. discrepans, in both sexes, mimic the Hupleine 
butterfly, Calliplea Ledereri, and the Hlym. panthera (Dusara Horsf.), the Euploeine 
butterfly, Vadebra sepulchralis. In the genus Melynias (limandra, and its Malayan 
allies, Lais, Ceryx, etc., both sexes mimic the Limnaine genera Parantica,? and 
Caduga; the Melynias Malelas, in both sexes, mimic the corresponding differently- 
marked sexes of the Euploeine butterfly, Zrepsichrois Linnei,*’ and in the allied 
Melynias Saueri the male mimics the same sex of Trepsichrois, but the female 
mimics quite a different butterfly, namely the Limnaine genus Hestia (probably 
H. Agamarschana,* or H. Donovani); the Melynias Patna, both sexes mimic the 
Eupleine butterfly, Stictoplea binotata® or Isamia splendens; and the Melynias 
Singala probably mimics the Huplceine butterfly, Pademma Sinhala.® In the genus 
Bruasa, the male of B. Penanga and probably also that of B. Chelensis mimics the 
Euploeine butterfly, Calliplwa Ledereri.’ In the genus Mimadelias, the M. Vasudeva, 
in both sexes, mimic the Pierine butterfly, Delias pasithow, and the allied Malayan 
M. Godferyi the Delias Dione. In the genus Agrusia, the A. Andersonii, A. Hsaca, 
and its allies, the males are excellent mimics of the ‘protected’ section of the 

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1 See vol. i. pl. 10, figs. 1, b, c. See vol. i. plates 13 and 14. 
3 See vol. i. pl. 35. 4 See vol. i. pl. 4, fig. 1. 
> See vol. i. pl. 53, figs. 2, 2a. 6 See vol. i. pl. 47, figs. 3, 3a. 
7 See vol. i. pl, 36, figs, 1, la. 
