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necessary in order to give a true idea of the close resemblance 

 between mimics and models. 



Breeding experiments carried out by Mr. G. F. Leigh with the 

 subspecies cenea of Papilio dardanus have shown that the eggs 

 laid by one and the same butterfly may give rise to at least 



FIG. 178. Male and Female of an Australian Lyre-Bird (Menura superld). 

 (Photographed from specimens in the British Museum, Natural History.) 



three different forms of mimetic female, as well as, of course, the 

 male. 



It is obvious that we have here the very opposite of a 

 synaposematic group, for, instead of concentrating upon a single 

 warning pattern, different individuals, even of the same species, 

 adopt totally different patterns in imitation of totally different 

 models. This case still requires a great deal of explanation, but 

 concerning the facts there can be no doubt. 



