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MR. TRIMEN ON MIMETIC ANALOGIES AMONG AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



Plate I. 



l"i_ r 5. Danais Chrysippus, Linn., 2, from Cape 



Town, Cape Colony. 



Kg. 8. Acrasa Zetes, hum., var., <j, from Pieter- 



maritzlmrg, Natal. 

 Southern form, A. Acara of Hewitson, 



A 



West 



in the bright, imsufl'usod colour 



surface of the fore wings. 



% . 9. Acrtea Zetes, Linn., var., 2 



Natal 

 The 2 of the Southern fom 



itson. 



Plate II. 



Fig. 5 . Papilio Merope, Cramer, 4th form of $ , 



from Knysna, Cape Colony. (P. Tro- 

 phonius, Westwood.) 

 Mimics Danais Chrysippus, which is abun- 

 dant at Knysna and throughout the Colony. 

 Fig. 8. Panopea Boisduvalii, E. Doubleday, var., 



c?, from D'Urban, Natal. 

 Mimics the s of the Southern form ofAcraa 

 Zetes, and, like that insect, differs from the 



West 



Fi 



ing of the fore wings. 



2 , from D'Urban, Natal 



Mimics the 2 



Zetes. 



