Explanation of Plates. 565 



Fig. 24. Anthia sexgnttata 9- Collected by Maj.-Gen. Hearsey, 

 India. 



25. Anthia nimrod $ . West Africa. 



26. „ omoplata, var. mcUiji, Nov. 1898 to Jan. 1899. 



Explanation of Plate XVIII. 



Mimicry in Mashonaland Insects. 



Mashonaland insects of many Orders with Lycoid pattern and 

 colouring : small groups probably mimetic of Iclineumonids. 



All the figures are of the natural size. 



All the specimens were captured by Guy A. K. Marshall, at the 

 times mentioned, and imless otherwise described, at Salisbury, 

 Mashonaland, 5000 feet. 



Figs. 1 to 52 show a large and complex group, including species 

 of the genus Lyens and insects of various Orders and numerous 

 families mimetic of, or converging towards, the orange and black 

 coloration of this abundant and distasteful genus. 

 Fig. 1. Lycus {Mewlycns) rostratus (J, Jan. 1899. 



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3. „ {Acaniholycus) condridus (^ , Jan. 1899. 



4. „ ampliatun (^ , June 1900. 



5. „ „ ? , Jan. 1899. 



6. „ (Lopholycus) zonatiis ^, Jan. 1899. 



7. „ {Lopholycus) haagi (^ „ ,, 

 8- „ „ ' „ ? „ „ 



9. „ (GhUimydolycKn) snhtrabeatvs (^'i J'^^^- 18i^9- 



10. „ _,", „ ? „ „ 



11. Lycocerus mimidis (J, Nov. 1899, 



12. „ „ ? , Jan. 1899. 



13. Prio7iocerns diniidiatus, Jan. 1899. 



14. Poecilomorpha fasciaticollis, Nov. 1900. 



15. Peploptera zamhesiana, Jan. 1899. 



16. Dia^canthn conifera 5 , Nov. 1898. 



17. „ „ (J, Jan. 1899. 



18. Aphodius holnbi, Feb. 1899. 



19. Eutrapela sp., Dec. 1901. Mt. Chirinda, Gazaland. 



20. Eletka rufa ^, Nov. 1898. 



21. „ „ $ Jan. 1899. 



22. Myhdiris palliata „ ,, 



