632 Dr. G, B. Longstaff's Bionomic Notes on Butterjlies. 



actually been deceived (at any rate momentarily) by 

 Mimics in the field.* 



Benares, 30 November, 1903. When I first captured 

 Hypolimnas misippus, ^, I believed it to be a variety 

 of Danaida chrysippiis, and I think it probable that 

 other specimens were passed over, as $ were very 

 common. f 



Anantapur, February, 1904. This note was made : — 

 "Several times saw the $ H. tnisippus, reconnoitring 

 I), chrysipptts, as if in doubt as to its identity." J 



Malakand, 29 October, 1903. The $ Argynnis niphe 

 flying about flowers was noticed to resemble Danaida 

 genutia, which was in abundance at the same flowers, 

 though in this case there was no actual deception. | 



Koniir, Nilgiris, February, 1904. "On one occasion I 

 watched a ^ of Argynnis niphe, under the impression 

 that it was Limnas chrysippiis ! The resemblance on 

 the wing is greater than might be supposed." || 



Horton Plains, Ceylon, 23 March, 1904. "Argynnis niphe 

 . . . the $ on the wing looking very like Limnas 

 chrysippiis." fl 



Hatton, Ceylon, March, 1908. The following extracts 

 from my note-book point to the striking difference in 

 the general look of the two sexes of A. niphe when on 

 the wing : — 



" a $, captured as Limnas chrysip)pus." 

 " a ^, looked like a fritillary." 

 I would urge strongly that the resemblance of model 

 to mimic may be much closer in the field than in the 

 cabinet. 



Baliganj, Calcutta, 5 December, 1903. "The $ Elymnias 

 undiilaHs, Dru., is a very fair mimic oi Danaida gemdia 

 but its flight is weaker." ** 



Kandy, 9 February, 1908. A tattered $ of Elymnias fra- 

 terna, Butl., was taken for a tattered Danaida chry- 

 sippiis. 



* In addition to the disadvantages inseparable from the loss of 

 the sight of one eye, the writer is both myopic and astigmatic ; 

 his astigmatism being only in small x^art capable of correction by 

 optical means. 



t Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 84. 



t Loc.cii. p. 109. § Loc. cit.-p. 74. 1| Loc. cit. p. 113. 



IT Loc. cit. p. 132. ♦* Loc. cit. p. 89. 



