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INDEX 



Mautids, as enemies of butterflies, 

 105 



Marshall, on MiiUeriau mimicry, 

 72; on feeding experiments 

 with Mautids, 105 ; on birds as 

 enemies of butterflies, 107 ; on 

 feeding experiments with S. 

 African birds, 117; with mon- 

 keys, 121 ; on birds attacking 

 Pierids, 150 



Mechanitis egaensis, XV. 9; M. 

 eUsa, XV. 6; M. lysimnia, 151, 

 XV. 8; M. methona, XV. 10; 

 M. saturata, as model for 

 Dismorphia praxinoe, 57, 62; 

 as member of mimicry ring, 

 134, XV. 7 



Melanic sports in moths, 101 



Melinaea, 135 



Melinda formosa, App. II 



MeUttophagus swinhoei, 110 



Merops viridis. 111 



Merrijfield, on seasonal dimorphism, 

 130 



Methona confusa, XII. 1, XIV. 1 



Migratory birds, suggested in- 

 fluence on mimicry of, 53 



Mimacraea, 35 



Mimetic resemblance, as induced 

 through gradual slight changes, 

 64 



Mimic, oocupj^g same station as 

 model, 51 ; occupying station 

 apart from model, 53 ; scarcer 

 than model, 56 ; pattern of in 

 relation to allies, 57 



Mimicry, Wallace's conditions of, 

 50 ; Batesian, 9 ; Miillerian, 14 



Mimicry rings, 65 ; in 8. American 

 butterflies, 134; and natural 

 selection, 136 



Mimicry theory, difficulties of, 139 



Monkeys, as enemies of buttenSies, 

 121 



Moths, mimicry in, 27, 36 



Moulton, on S. American mimicry 

 rings, 134 



Miifler, 14, 72 



Miillerian mimicry, 53, i57,"66; 

 difficulties of, 72 



Mutation, see Sports 

 Mylothris, 36 



Natural selection and mimicry^ 

 10-12, 61, 92, 152 



Neal, on monkeys as enemies of 

 butterflies, 123 



Nepheronia (=Pareronia) hippia, 

 116 



Neptis imitans, 24; N. nemetes, 

 54; N. kwmarwpa, 121 



North American butterflies, mimi- 

 cry among, 45 



Norton, on rapidity of changes 

 in mixed populations through 

 natural selection, 94, App. I 



Oriental butterflies, mimicry 

 among, 23 



Overlapping in patterns of dif- 

 ferent groups of butterflies, 

 144 



PapiUo aristolochiae, as model for 

 female of P. polytes, 13, 26, 

 52, 77 ; range of, 79 ; likeness 

 to P polytes, 80; character- 

 istics of, 81; flight of, 82 _ 

 eaten by lizards, 108 ; rejected 

 by certain birds, 116, 116 

 disliked by Tree-shrew, 121 

 V. 5, 5 a ; P. agestor, 24:, 51 

 n. 3; P. asterim, 46; P, 

 hachua, App. II ; P. bootes, 27 

 in. 6; P. brasidas, 29, VI. 4 

 P. chamissoma, 44, XIII. 2 

 P. clytia, 23, 25, 55, 1.7,8 

 P. coon, 26, 89 ; P. oynorta, 35 

 36, Vn. 10; P. dardamis, in 

 vestigated by Trimen, 14 

 naimicry in, 30; breeding ex 

 periments with, 90; poly 

 morphic forms of in relation to 

 models, 149 note; var. humr 

 bloti, 32; var. meriones, 32 

 $cewea, 31, Vni. 4; '^dionysus. 

 31, 33; 9 Mppocoon, 31 

 Vm. 3; ? miavioides, 32, 33 

 9 planemoides, 31 ; $ ruspina. 

 33; ¥ trimeni, 31, 32, 33 



