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CHARLES DARWIN. 



criticised, even Bates being adverse to it. Subseque nt 

 wo^ has abundantly jusi inecTTras by^far the"mp st 

 important addition to^ The subject since Bates's 

 original paper. In fact, many cases which have 

 b een upj to the present explained under the theory 

 of tru e (Batesian) mimicry are now believed to 

 co me un der that which we owe to F. Miiller — viz. 

 .c onverg ence between specially protected forms for 

 mutuaTbehefit. 



AS-J^^teresti ng paper by Dr. F. A. Dixey. pu b- 

 lis hed in the _ Transactions of the Entomologic al 

 S ociety for the present year (1896\ contains convin c- 

 in g arguments in favour of this ^'^f^y «« rft^arrla 

 S ome of the Pieridce of South Ainerica in relat ion 

 t o the HeliconidcB and Fa pilionidce which th^y 

 resemble. --...-,— ,^ '"^ 



It is of the highest interest to lear n thatthe.fir&Lin- 

 troduction o f this new and most suggestive hypoth esis 

 into this country was due to the direct influence of 

 Darwin himself, who brought it before the notice of 

 the one man who was likely to appreciate it at its 

 true value and to find the means for its presentation 

 to English naturalists. 



In the next year Meldola wished to translate 

 further papers of Fritz Miiller's, and received the 

 following letter on the subject : — 



"Nov. 25/80. "Down. 



" My dear Sir, — I can well believe that your labour must 

 have been great, and everyone is bound to aid you in any way. 

 "No. I. of F. Miiller's paper is in the August no. for 1877. 



