Production of Mimetic RcsemUances among Butterflies. 353 



the inaccuracy of this dogmatic statement. — G. A. 

 K. M.] — {(j) " My assistant Dr. Kuhn saw a small 

 bird (?) seize a Vanessa C-album on the wing" (Freiburg 

 im Breisgau) : Prof. Aug. Weismann (letter to Prof. 

 Poulton, dated 14, ii, 1909). 



The following list gives a summary of those butterflies 

 which have been exactly or approximately identified, 

 together with the birds which have pursued or eaten 

 them — 



Palaearctic Butterflies. 



Satyrinae. 



Melanargia galatea, L. — Falco tinnunculns (33, a, h). 

 EpinciJliele janira, L. — Passer domesticus (4, h, q) ; Acro- 



cephalus schaenobaenus (15); Muscicapa grisola (24, 



Jc, I, o); Hirundo rustica (28, i,j, n) . 

 E. tithonus, L.— Bird (35,/). 

 ' E.jurtina, L. — Muscicapa grisola (24, e). 

 Hipparchia semele, L. — Falco tinnunculus (33, h, e). 

 Pararge egeria, L. — Muse, grisola (24, h). 



Nymphalinae. 



Argynnis sp. — Passer domesticus (4, q). 



A. adippe, L.- — Passer domesticus (4, e) ; Bird (35, a). 



A. aglaia, L. — Falco tinnunculus (33, a, h). 



Melitaea sp. — Hirundo rustica (28, c). 



Pyrameis atalanta, L. — Erithacus rubecula (12, h) ; 

 Hirundo rustica (28, m). 



P. cardui, L. — Hirundo rustica (28, n). 



Vanessa io, L. — Passer domesticus (4, p) ; Phoenicurus 

 phoeuicurus (10, e); Hirundo rustica (28, n). 



V. antiopia, lu. — Acanthis cannabina (5) ; Hirundo 

 rustica (28, e). 



V. polychloros, L. — Passer domesticus (4, h, /). 



V. nrticae, L. — Passer domesticus (4, a, d, n, q) ; Motacilla, 

 sp. (8, a); Phoenicurus phoenicurus {10, cj: Sylvia 

 hortensis (16) ; Troglodytes troglodytes (20) ; Musci- 

 capa grisola (24, i) ; Hirundo rustica (28, n). 



Polygonia C-alhum, L. — Passer domesticus (4,/); Bird 



Vanessidi. — Pass, domesticus (4, g)\ Phoenicurus phoeni- 

 curus (10, d) ; Bird (25, I). 

 Apatura iris, L. — Hirundo rustica (28, e). 



