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MR. TRIMEN ON MIMETIC ANALOGIES AMONG AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



as a rule*, present, with equal exactness, the appearance of the butterflies imitated. It 

 would almost appear from this that the Nymphalide imitators stood in need of a more 



complete protection than the mimicking Papiliones; and I find that 

 are comparatively fewer in individuals than the latter* 



al, they 



The following Table exhibits a view of the more striking cases of mimicry that have 

 come under ray notice, and also indicates the localities in which each model and its 

 copies are known to occur together : 



»/ the most remarkable Mimetic Analogies among African Rhopalocera, wit 



several Species concerned in each case are known to co-exist. 



I>.\XAnxx. 



Nymphalidje. 



Dani Damocl 



Angola. 



Da&iain Kgialea . . 

 Sierra Leon* 

 Ashanti. 



Danaia Echeria . 



J Vl 



Kriysna, ( 'ape Colony. 



liashee River, Kaffraria. 



Port Natal. 



Diadema Damoclina, n. 



Angola. 

 Diadema dubia. 



Sierra Leone. 



Ashanti. 



s. 



\ ar 



Knysna. 



Poi N !. 



I mis Niavius . . 





8 'ira Learn 



Ashanti. 



Var. auatr. 

 Porl N tl. 



I oa I hrvsippu 

 Tv 



Sierra Leone, 

 Ashanti. 

 St. IM^na. 



Damara-land. 

 B huana-land 

 Trans n! | Pot 



' tope 1 wn 



Knysna 



Diadema mima, n.s 



Port Natal. 



Diadema Anthedon 



i\nysna ^S^P 8 



P' -erg Bay I C<Am S 



I Ri 



' ibaaba 



'" lrban , Natal. 



■* * uaritzbuig J 



Rt. Li ia Bay. 



Madagascar. " 

 i irk » n . 



ritins. 



Zamb i . 



SomanH-land. 



**i ; Ci 



rippm, Kl 

 Ul ' ital. 



T yP e 



Sierra Leone. 



Ashanti. 



Var. austr 



Port Natal. 



Hadema Bolina $ 

 Type. 



ierra Leone. 

 Vshanti. 



St. Helena. 

 Damara-land. 

 Bechuana-land QUuuuii. 



Transvaal (Potehefstroom). 

 Cape Town 



r 





Km 



Plettenberg I 



Bashee River 



I mq uabaaba 



IVUrban 



Pietermaritzburg.J 

 . Lucia Bay. 



Madagascar. 



Bourbon. 

 Mauritius. 



Zambesi. 



Somauli-land. 

 Var. 



Sierra Leone. 

 Var. Znarim, Cr. 

 1 I 'rban, Natal. 



Natal. 



Papilionid^e. 



Papilio Merope $ (1st form 



Cenea, Stoll). 

 Type 



Knysna, Cape Colony. 



Bashee River, Kaffraria. 

 Port Natal. 



Papilio echerioides, 2 

 Var. 



Var 



Port Natal. 



Papilio Merope $ (2nd 



form Hippocoon, Fab.). 

 Type. 



Sierra Leone. 

 Ashanti. 

 Var. austr. 



Port Natal. 

 Papilio Merope $ (3rd 



form, TrophoniitSyWest- 



wood). 



Knvsna. 



i «. 



Plettenberg Bay, 



Bawbee River. 



Diadema 



Tsomo River, Kaf- 

 fraria. 



Type 



Tsomo Riv 

 Natal. 



/A * 



Papilio Leonid 



V ar. auatr. (Bm- 



sidas. Fel 



Bashee Kn 



Port .Natal. 



