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Fig. 24. Anthia sexgnUata ?. Collected by Maj.-Gen. Hearsey, 

 India. 



25. Anthia nimrod 9 . West Africa. 



26. „ omophffd, var. mclhji, Nov. 1898 to Jan. 1899. 



Explanation of Plate XVIII. 



Mimicry in Mashonaland Insects. 



Mashonaland insects of many Orders witli Lycoid pattern and 

 colouring : small groups probably mimetic of Ichiienmonids. 



All the figures are of tlie natural size. 



All the specimens were captured by Guy A. K. Marshall, at the 

 times mentioned, and unless otherwise descril3ed, at Salisbury, 

 Mashonaland, 5000 feet. 



Figs. 1 to 52 show a large and complex group, including species 

 of the genus LycKs and insects of various Orders and numerous 

 families mimetic of, or converging towards, the orange and black 

 coloration of this abundant and distasteful genus. 

 Fig. 1. Lycus {Merolycns) rostratm (J, Jan. 1899. 



■^- )) )) If V )) 5) 



3. „ {Acanfhulijriis) condnrtvs ,^ , Jan. 1899. 



4. ,, ampliatufi (^, June 1900. 



5. „ „ ?, Jan. 1899. 



6. „ (Lopholycus) zonatus 5, Jan. 1899. 



7. „ {Lopholiiais) haa<ji (^ „ „ 

 B. „ „ ' „ 9 ,, 



9. ,, {Chlmnydohjms) snhtraheatvs (^, Jan. 1899. 



^^- )) >> )) + 1-1 )) 



11. Lycocerns mimiciis (J, Nov. 1899. 



12. „ „ ?, Jan. 1899. 



13. Prionocerns dimidiatiis, Jan. 1899. 



14. Posciloviorpha fasciaticollis, Nov. 1900. 



15. Peploptera samhesiana, Jan. 1899. 



16. Diamntha conifera $ , Nov. 1898. 



17. „ „ <S, Jan. 1899. 



18. ApJwdius holvhi, Feb. 1899. 



19. Eutrapela sp., Dec. 1901. Mt. Chirinda, Gazaland. 



20. Eletica rufa $, Nov. 1898. 



21. „ „ $ Jan. 1899. 



22. Mylabris paUkUa „ „ 



