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Poulton from Kambove in the S.E. of the Congo State, 

 Nov. 1 1, HHJ7 : " 1 .still think P. poggei the best mimic of 

 Danaida (Limnas) chrysippus, even better than misippus its 

 flight is so extraordinarily Like that of the model. It is rat bier, 

 1 think, a significant fact that of all the Pseudacraeas 1 have 

 met with (5 spp.) poggei is by far the most abundant; while 

 it is bold, and not afraid to expose itself on the wing " (Proc. 

 Ent. Soc., 1908, p. xv). 



Mr. Neave had written on Jan. 15, 1918 : " That is most 

 exciting about a new form of P. poggei, mimicking dorippus. 

 It is suggestive that, from the description of the locality, it 

 must be decidedly more lightly wooded and therefore pre- 

 sumably drier, than those in which the type form occurs in 

 N.E.R. and Katanga. The haunting of 'circumscribed areas 

 On the top of a kopje ' is of course a habit of many butterflies, 

 but the only Pseudacraea 1 have seen do it is P. boisduvali." 



A little later Mr. Neave wrote, after seeing Capt. Carpenter's 

 letter: ' l I return herewith Carpenter's letter, which 1 have 

 read with the greatest interest. I myself took poggei chiefly 

 at medium elevations, viz. from about 2500-3500 ft., but it 

 occurred up to 4500 ft. on the high plateau S. of Tanganyika. 

 It was most numerous in the valleys of the larger rivers, 

 such as the Lualaba and Luapula in Katanga and the Kalu- 

 ngwisi and Chambezi in N.E. Rhodesia. It is on the wing all 

 the year, but is most abundant toward the end of the wet 

 season, at which time it is to be found in woodland country 

 among comparatively small trees, much as Carpenter describes. 

 At the height of the dry season, I only found it in patches of 

 denser forest with larger timber.* I have not observed any 

 special association of this species with the tops of small hills 

 and kopjes, but there is little of this type of country within 

 the area it frequents in Rhodesia and Katanga. 



"With regard to its flight and appearance on the wing 1 

 fully endorse Carpenter's statements. At very close quarters 

 one would be perhaps inclined to mistake it for a female of 

 //. misippus, hut at a little distance, especially when on the 

 wing, I myself found it almost impossible to distinguish 



* The habits were also recorded by Mr. Neave, together with the 

 exact resemblance to the model, in Proc. Zool. .Sue, 1910, p. 35. 



