5 Go Explanation of Plates. 



Explanation of Plate XIV. 



MiMlCKY IN MaSHONALAND BUTTERFLIES. 



Acrreine and Lycfonid mimics of LinDias chrys{ppti,s. Incipient. 

 ]nimicry of Acr;ieas by Lycaenidse and Hesperidee. 



All the figiu'es are al'out fV of the natural size. 



All the specimens figured on this plate were captured by Guy A. 

 K. Marshall in Mashonaland. 



Fig. 1. Limnas chrysippvs 9 , April 9, 1899. Captured together 

 with the specimens represented in Figs, la, 2, and 2a at 

 Salisbury (5000 feet). The specimen is rather small ; 

 the ground-colour is of the dark-brown shade char- 

 acteristic of the Ethiopian Region, 

 la. L. chnjsip2}}(s, uiider-side (^ . Tiie peculiar shade of 

 the apes of the fore-wing beyond the sub-afdcal white bar 

 much resembles the ground-colour of the hind-wing, but 

 is distinguished from it by a faint greenish-orange tinge. 

 It is seen to be mimicked in the under-side of Mimacrsea 

 marshalll (Fig. 2a), and less perfectly in that of Acr^a 

 encedon (Fig. 3a). 



2. Mimacrsa marshalli i^ . A beautiful mimic of chn/sippus 



(compare Fig. 1). Tlie shape of the sub-apical white bar 

 however more strongly suggests that of Acr^en encedon 

 (Fig. 3). 

 2a. M. martihalli, under-side ^. The spots at the base 

 of the hind- wing as well as the shape of the sub-apical 

 l:ar suggest encedon rather than chnisippns (compare 

 Fig. 3(/), although the mimicry of the latter is strong 

 and evident. 



3. Acrxa encedon (^ , Dec. 1900. Captured together with the 



specimens represented in Figs. 3a, 4, 6, and 7 at Umtali 

 (3700 feet). This, the typical form of the species, is seen 

 to be synaposematic with chiysijjpvs. 

 3a. A. encedon, under-side ^. The under-side is seen to be 

 synaposematic as well as the upper. 



4. Catochrysops pecnliaris, under- side (^ . The figure ♦ell 



sliows incipient mimicry of the black-spotted under-side 

 of an Acrsea. 



5. C. mashuna, under-side 9? Nov. 7, 1897. Capturecl 



at the Umcheki River (4200 feet). The resemblance 

 to an Acy^''' is closer in this species than in the 



