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  Obituary 
  Notices 
  of 
  Fellows 
  deceased. 
  

  

  see 
  this 
  repeated 
  in 
  far 
  distant 
  localities 
  where 
  the 
  forms 
  differed 
  in 
  corre- 
  

   spondence 
  with 
  their 
  local 
  models. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  years 
  before 
  his 
  death 
  Trimen 
  was 
  persuaded 
  to 
  write 
  the 
  following 
  

   hitherto 
  unpublished 
  memories 
  of 
  his 
  investigations 
  and 
  the 
  impatience 
  with 
  

   which 
  they 
  were 
  received 
  by 
  a 
  naturalist 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  school 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1867 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  London, 
  working 
  at 
  a 
  paper* 
  which 
  

   I 
  had 
  in 
  preparation 
  ' 
  On 
  Mimetic 
  Analogies 
  among 
  African 
  Butterflies.'' 
  

   Earlier 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  I 
  had 
  enjoyed 
  some 
  delightful 
  months 
  of 
  collecting 
  

   and 
  observing 
  in 
  Natal, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  thus 
  obtained 
  that 
  

   I 
  was 
  comparing 
  with 
  the 
  tropical 
  African 
  forms 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  

   the 
  Oxford 
  University 
  Museum, 
  and 
  various 
  private 
  collections. 
  I 
  was 
  

   therefore 
  only 
  too 
  glad 
  to 
  accept 
  a 
  very 
  kind 
  invitation 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  

   Hewitson 
  to 
  stay 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  with 
  him 
  at 
  Oatlands, 
  and 
  inspect 
  his 
  celebrated 
  

   collection 
  of 
  the 
  butterflies 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  " 
  Most 
  hospitably 
  was 
  I 
  entertained, 
  and 
  unlimited 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  cabinets 
  

   was 
  accorded 
  me. 
  My 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  African 
  species, 
  after 
  eight 
  

   years' 
  collecting 
  and 
  study 
  of 
  them, 
  was 
  of 
  service 
  to 
  my 
  host 
  in 
  the 
  deter- 
  

   mination 
  of 
  various 
  little 
  known 
  or 
  closely-allied 
  forms 
  — 
  and 
  this 
  he 
  

   recognised 
  and 
  welcomed. 
  

  

  " 
  But 
  my 
  mind 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  the 
  mimetic 
  relations 
  of 
  butterflies, 
  and 
  of 
  my 
  

   quite 
  recent 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  them 
  in 
  life 
  ; 
  I 
  was 
  ardent 
  and 
  enthusiastic 
  

   on 
  this 
  fascinating 
  theme 
  ; 
  and 
  although 
  I 
  had 
  gathered 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson's 
  

   publications 
  — 
  and, 
  indeed, 
  had 
  been 
  told 
  by 
  several 
  entomologists 
  — 
  that 
  he 
  

   took 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  ' 
  mere 
  collector's 
  ' 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  which 
  he 
  amassed 
  

   and 
  illustrated 
  so 
  assiduously, 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  refrain 
  from 
  every 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  

   pointing 
  out 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  striking 
  instances 
  as 
  I 
  came 
  across 
  them 
  in 
  

   his 
  cabinet 
  drawers. 
  Though 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson 
  repeatedly 
  scouted 
  and 
  even 
  

   ridiculed 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  mimicry, 
  he 
  was 
  not, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  remember, 
  really 
  

   much 
  moved 
  until 
  I 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  all 
  different 
  Danaine-imitating 
  females 
  

   of 
  the 
  southern 
  form 
  of 
  Pap. 
  dardanus, 
  then 
  known 
  as 
  P. 
  merope. 
  What 
  

   seemed 
  actually 
  to 
  disturb 
  him 
  most 
  was 
  my 
  venturing 
  to 
  suggest 
  that, 
  

   although 
  the 
  species-identity 
  of 
  all 
  four 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  absolutely 
  proved, 
  this 
  

   was 
  so 
  sure 
  a 
  case 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  safe 
  in 
  at 
  once 
  placing 
  the 
  three 
  

   females 
  cenea, 
  trophonius, 
  and 
  hippocoon 
  — 
  then 
  widely 
  separated 
  from 
  their 
  

   proper 
  mate 
  by 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  drawers 
  full 
  of 
  other 
  Papilios 
  — 
  with 
  P. 
  merope. 
  

   This 
  was 
  too 
  much 
  for 
  his 
  equanimity 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  very 
  decidedly 
  expressed 
  his 
  

   opinion 
  that 
  my 
  notion 
  was 
  altogether 
  fantastic 
  and 
  nonsensical. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  was 
  anxious 
  to 
  avoid 
  occasioning 
  any 
  irritation 
  to 
  one 
  so 
  much 
  my 
  

   senior, 
  and 
  so 
  truly 
  devoted 
  to 
  artistic 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  Khopalocera, 
  and 
  

   accordingly 
  said 
  no 
  more 
  just 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  But, 
  before 
  leaving, 
  I 
  took 
  an 
  

   opportunity 
  of 
  remarking 
  how 
  often 
  the 
  accurate 
  mimicry 
  of 
  a 
  Danaine 
  or 
  

   Acrasine 
  by 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  entirely 
  distinct 
  groups 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  erroneous 
  

  

  * 
  Read 
  March 
  5, 
  1868, 
  published 
  in 
  1869 
  in 
  Part 
  III 
  of 
  'Trans. 
  Linn. 
  Soc.,' 
  vol. 
  26, 
  

   p. 
  497. 
  The 
  volume 
  was 
  not 
  completed 
  till 
  the 
  following 
  year, 
  and 
  is 
  therefore 
  dated 
  

   1870. 
  

  

  