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" and not vegetable productions." In Mr, Wallace's, 

 " Tropical Nature " we read of a very remarkable 

 case of mimicry in a certain class of the South Ame- 

 rican butterflies, of the genus Leptalis, butterflies 

 which are eatable by birds and other insectivorous 

 creatures, Wallace mentions also a number of 

 species of Leptalis which are brilliantly red, yellow 

 and black and which band for band, spot for spot 

 resemble some of the Danaidae or Heliconidae which 

 inhabit the same district and which are nauseous and 

 uneatable. Many instances of mimicry in Nature are 

 met with either as animal or plant Mimicry : situated 

 as we are in the Tropics, our own gardens, our own 

 fields and we may say our own seacoast afford us with 

 numerous specimens. 



In Madagascar we read of cases of labiate plants 

 mimicking orchids " in almost all outward appearan- 

 " ces in height, and in the size, colour and shape of 

 " flowers." In such cases of Plant Mimicry we see 

 the excellency of the wisdom of the Creator as in 

 Animal Mimicry, in granting to the former some better 

 means no doubt to ensure fertilization and thus to 

 beautify the vegetable world, and in the latter to 

 afford to various insects and other members of the 

 Animal world a means of defence and protection 

 against the attack of enemies. 



Jas. Forrester Anderson, p.r.g.s, 



M. HoRNE signale, a ce propos, la curieuse ap- 

 parence de I'insecte appele aux Seychelles, mouche- 

 fouille. 



Lb Secretaire dit qu'il y a de nombreux cas de 

 mimique chez les animaux et les plantes. II fait voir 

 un cameleon qui prend la couleur des objeta sur les- 

 quels il se trouve, ainsi que differents crustacees qui 



