632 Dr. G. B. Longstaff s Bionomic Notes on Butterflies. 



actually been deceived (at any rate momentarily) by 

 Mimics in the field.* 



Benares, 30 November, 1903. When I first captured 

 Hjjpolimnas misijjpns, $, I believed it to be a variety 

 of Danaida chrijsippns, and I think it probable that 

 other specimens were passed over, as ^ were very 

 common.f 



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

 " Several times saw the $ 11. 'misi2-)pns, reconnoitring 

 D. ehrysippus, as if in doubt as to its identity." J 



Malakand, 29 October, 1903. The $ Argj/miis 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. § 



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

 watched a $ of Argynnis niphe, under the impression 

 that it was Limnas chrysippus ! The resemblance on 

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



Horton Plains, Ceylon, 23 March, 1904. ''Argynnis niplic 

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

 chrysippus." ^ 



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 chrysij^j^ns." 

 " 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. 



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

 iindularis, Dru., is a very fair mimic oi Danaida gemttia 

 but its flight is weaker." ** 



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

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

 sippus. 



* 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 part capable of correction by 

 optical means. 



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



X Loc.cit. p. 109. § Loc. cit. p. 74. || Loc. cit. p. 113. 



1 Loc. cit. p. 132. ** Loc. cit. p. 89. 



