10 Mr. W. J. Kaye on a few Observations in Mimicry. 
was so unusual that I stood gazing at it for a few minutes, 
when I suspected two of the beetles of being moths. After 
a little manceuvring I netted these two strangers, and they 
turned out to be Paraethria triseriata. That there was a 
very real resemblance when these insects were flying to- 
gether in the sunshine must be taken on trust, for from the 
figures of the dead specimens it seems almost impossible 
that any real resemblance could exist. The figure of the 
moth, however, is unable to show the shot metallic green 
abdomen which can be most obviously seen by holding the 
specimen in strong sunlight. The light-yellowish costa 
of the hind-wing, which shows through the fore-wing as 
the specimen is illustrated, can but be imagined to give 
the banded appearance that the beetle has got. The white 
spots on the abdomen certainly did not present themselves 
in rapid flight, and the wings in some lights, like so many of 
the Ithomiinae, are a strong blue. Confirmation of this 
observation is much to be desired, for it is furthest from 
the writer’s wishes to be considered an extremist. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 
[See Explanation facing the PLATE. ] 
