Explanation of Plate XXIII. 



Examples of the various mimetic forms of Papilio dardamis, 

 subsp. cenea, bred by Mr. G. F. Leigh in 1906 from a hippocoon 

 form of female, captured Aug. 3, 1906, near Durban, Natal. 

 The figures represent four of the female offsj^ring out of the family 

 of 16 males and 16 females bred by Mr. Leigh. The female parent 

 and the Danaine models are also represented. The specimens are in 

 the Hope Department, Oxford University Museum. 



All the figures are about | of the natural size. 

 Figs. 



1. The female parent (hippocoon, $ f. of P. dardanns, subsp. cenea) : 



captured Aug. 3, 1906, and laid 32 eggs Aug. 4-6, which 

 hatched Aug. 10-12. 

 2a. One of the three hippocoon offspring bred from the above. The 

 larva pupated Sept. 24, and the imago emerged Oct. 15. 



2. Danaine model of the above from the same locality, viz. Amauris 



niavius, subsp. dominicamis. The specimen, a female, was 

 captured by Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall at Durban, April 4th, 

 1896. 

 3a. One of the three trophonius offspring bred from the hippocoon 

 parent (Fig. 1). The larva pupated Sept. 21, and the imago 

 emerged Oct. 7. 



3. Danaine model of the above from the same locality, viz. Danaida 



(Limnus) chrysippus. The specimen, a male, was captured by 

 Mr. Marshall at Malvern, near Durban, Aug. 15, 1896. 

 4a. One of the three cenea offspring with all the spots in the fore- 

 wing white, bred from the hippocoon parent (Fig. 1), The 

 larva pupated Sept. 14, and the imago emerged Sept. 30. 



4. Danaine model of the above from the same locality, viz. Amatiris 



albimaculatci. The specimen, a female, was captured by Mr. 

 Marshall at Malvern, near Durban, Aug. 12, 1896. 

 5a. One of the five cenea offspring with the chief spot of the fore- 

 wing pale ochreous, bred from the hippocoon parent (Fig. 1), 

 The date of pupation unnoted. The imago emerged Oct. 24. 



5. Danaine model of the above (as regards the ochreous tint of the 



chief spot), from the same locality, viz. Amauris echeria. 

 The specimen, a male, was captured by Mr. Marshall at 

 Malvern, near Durban, Aug. 11, 1896. 



