TRIMEN ON MIMETIC 



AMONG 



BUTTERFLIES. 



5 2 1 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



The Plates partially illustrate the most striking cases of Mimicry among South- Africa 

 Butterflies,— Plate I. consisting chiefly of the species of Danaidce and Acrmdcr flint ai 

 the objects of imitation, and Plate II. of the imitating forms belonging to other familiei 









Plate I. 



Plate IT. 



Fig. 1. Papilio Meriones, Felder, 2, from Mada- Fig. 1. Papilio Merope, Cramer, c?,from Knysna, 



gascar. 



The black costal bar in the fore wings indicates 



how the extreme disparity between the sexes of 



the very closely allied Papilio Merope of the 



African continent may have originated. 



Fig. 2. Acrcea Aganice, Hewitson, S , from D'Ur- 



ban, Natal. 

 This species is mimicked by the following, a 



member of the Family Nymphalidre, viz. : 



Fig. 4. Panopea Tarquinia, Trimen, 6, from 



D' Urban, Natal. 



Fig. 3. Danais Echeria, Stoll, <$ , from Knysna, 



Cape Colony. 



The type-form, prevalent in the Cape Colony, 



but scarcer to the eastward of it, and rare in 

 Natal. 



Cape Colony. 



apilio Merope, Cramer, 1st form of $ , 

 from Knysna, Cape Colony. (P. Cenea. 



Stoll) 



M 



Merop 



from D'Urban, Natal. (P. Cenea, Stoll.. 



var.) 

 Mimics the Natalian variety of Danais Echeria 



Fig. 7. Danais Echeria, Stoll, var., $, from D'Ur- Fig. 7. Diadema mima, Trimen, n. sp., J, from 



ban, Natal. 

 This variety prevails in Natal, almost to the 

 exclusion of the type-form. 



jyilrban, Natal. 

 Also mimics the prevalent variety of Danais 



Echeria in Natal. 

 Fig. 2. Papilio Merop 



Cramer, $, variation, 



from Tsomo River, Kaffraria. 



2 (/'■ 



Hippocoon 



L,enea, ow^.j ■ • -- 



Fab.), and indicative of the yet unstable cha- 



$ Mero] 



^g- 6. Danais Niavius, Linn., var., J, from 



D'Urban, Natal. 



A Southern form, differing from the Tropical 

 West-Afric 

 8 Pace of its hind * i 



Merop 



from Graham's Town, Cape Colom 



Hipp 



an type in the much larger white 



ings. 



Mimics the Southern form of Danni* Ntmm 

 and like the latter, differs from the Wat- African 



Hippocoon : 

 hind wings. 



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