518 Rev. K. St. Aubyn Rogers' Bioiwmic Notes on 



to the primary model than the other female Papilios, 

 and, were it not for the characteristic habit of hovering 

 nervously over a flower, it would be very difficult to dis- 

 tinguish it from the Amauris. This close resemblance is 

 especially remarkable when it is remembered that the 

 under surface is mimetic of a very different model — 

 Plancma aganicc. 



I have never met with the ccnca form of the $ of 

 P. dardanus sub-species tihidh's at all frequently, although 

 I have taken it at Taveta, e. g. on August 4, 1905. Further- 

 more, three specimens were brought me from Kilimanjaro, 

 where it is probably common. Two of these are dis- 

 tinguished by the yellow colour of the disc of the hind- 

 wing and some of the fore-wing spots, sufrgesting affinity 

 with the primitive trimcni-\ike cenca female forms of 

 Papilio 'j)olytro2)hvs from the Kikuyu escarpment. 



1 have also received males of Papilio echerioides from 

 the same locality and have taken them at Taveta and in 

 Taita. 



[Mo7nhasa, April 5, 1905. 



On Dabida [Taita] I have only taken Papilio echerioides 

 above 8000 ft.] 



It would be of great interest to obtain the female from 

 these localities, but there can be no doubt that it is the 

 same form as that captured in the Kikuyu country. Dr. 

 Karl Jordan, who has seen the specimens, informs me that 

 they are not quite the same as typical echerioides from 

 Natal, Gazaland, etc., but are transitional between this 

 and the Abyssinian sub-species, oscari, Rothsch. and Jord. 



5. Moth Mimics. — Aletis monteironis, Druce, is an abun- 

 dant species in North Kikuyu and, owing to its slow 

 flight, a most conspicuous insect. It frequents more open 

 country than the Amavris, but they may often be seen 

 flying together. The resemblance is not strong on the 

 wing, as the large pale areas of the moth are very pro- 

 minent, and it is probable that it is itself a protected 

 species, and has been but little modified by its association 

 with the Danaine model. 



(a) Further Notes on Moth Mimics. E. B. P. 



The day-flying moth, Aletis monteironis, Druce, which 

 looks so entirely different from the Amcmris in the 

 cabinet, is, Mr. Marshall informs me, quite a good mimic 



