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Danaida chrysippus\ % are hippocoou, mimicking the conspicu- 

 ous black and white Danaine Amauris niavius dominicanus ; 

 2 are a remarkable unnamed form known to occur occasionally 

 in Natal and evidently representing \heplanemoides form which, 

 much further to the north, mimics the Acraeine butterflies 

 Planema poggei and the male of PL macarista. But in the ab- 

 sence of the models, which do not come within many hundreds 

 of miles of Pinetown, the pattern of the female form differs in 

 many respects from that of true planemoides. Another very 

 interesting feature in the family is the evident effect produced 

 by the trophonius parent upon offspring belonging to a different 

 form. Thus the pale hind-wing patch in several of the cenca 

 females is of an unusual fulvous tint — a clear effect of the 

 dominant colour of trophonius. This result compares in a 

 most interesting manner with another family bred in 1906 

 by the same keen naturalist and also in the Hope Department. 

 In this latter some of the cenea offspring similarly show the 

 effect of the white in the hind wing of the hippocoon parent 

 (Trans. Ent, Soc, Lond., 1908, p. 436). This recent accession 

 is the most remarkable of the 7 families of P. dardanus in the 

 Department. 



In addition to the above accessions, a few others of great 

 importance must be mentioned although not yet incorporated. 



The Royal Museum of Natural History of Brussels pre- 

 sented a fine representative series of butterflies from the Congo 

 State. The collection had been selected to exhibit to the 

 King of the Belgians, and the specimens are beautiful examples 

 of their species. They are a welcome addition to the African 

 collection from a part of the continent that is but poorly 

 represented here. 



A great deal of time has been devoted to the wonderful 

 mimetic series collected in 1909 and 1910 in the neighbour- 

 hood of Entebbe by C. A. Wiggins, Esq. (see p. 9). A great 

 part of the setting and labelling has been done and it is hoped 

 that, in collaboration with Mr. Wiggins, who is now in this 

 country, the whole of the material may be studied and 

 arranged in the course of the present year. 



The generous help to the University Collections which has 



