﻿Roland 
  Trirnen. 
  

  

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  location 
  in 
  collections 
  of 
  a 
  raimicker 
  with 
  the 
  family 
  or 
  genus, 
  or 
  even 
  some- 
  

   times 
  the 
  actual 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  mimicked 
  form. 
  He 
  was 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  disposed 
  

   to 
  admit 
  this 
  ; 
  so 
  I 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  noted 
  a 
  case 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  collection 
  — 
  

   not 
  of 
  such 
  great 
  exactness 
  as 
  those 
  above 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  so 
  near 
  in 
  the 
  

   common 
  likeness 
  that 
  what 
  was 
  unquestionably 
  a 
  Lycsenid 
  had 
  been 
  placed 
  

   among 
  the 
  Pierinse 
  and 
  labelled 
  " 
  Pieris 
  " 
  erastus* 
  He 
  showed 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   annoyance 
  at 
  this, 
  declaring 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  absolutely 
  mistaken, 
  nor 
  would 
  he 
  

   allow 
  me 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  to 
  him 
  the 
  Lycsenid 
  structure 
  of 
  erastus. 
  When 
  I 
  

   a 
  little 
  pressed 
  him 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  feet 
  of 
  this 
  butterfly, 
  he 
  rose 
  from 
  his 
  

   drawing-table, 
  came 
  across 
  to 
  the 
  cabinet 
  I 
  was 
  inspecting, 
  and 
  quite 
  

   indignantly 
  put 
  an 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  discussion 
  by 
  pushing 
  the 
  drawer 
  back 
  into 
  its 
  

   place 
  ! 
  

  

  " 
  All 
  the 
  same, 
  we 
  had 
  quite 
  a 
  friendly 
  parting 
  ; 
  and, 
  six 
  years 
  later, 
  in 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  his 
  'Exotic 
  Butterflies,' 
  published 
  in 
  October, 
  1873, 
  he 
  quietly 
  removed 
  

   to 
  the 
  Lyceenid 
  genus 
  Liptena 
  the 
  erst 
  misplaced 
  ' 
  Pieris 
  ' 
  erastus, 
  later 
  on 
  

   referred 
  by 
  Kirby 
  to 
  his 
  genus 
  Citrinophila. 
  — 
  E. 
  T., 
  28-vi-1912." 
  

  

  Trimen's 
  youth 
  lay 
  in 
  days 
  when, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  told, 
  one 
  met 
  the 
  scent 
  of 
  

   the 
  Hampstead 
  hayfields 
  in 
  Gower 
  Street, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  fitting 
  that, 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  

   setting, 
  in 
  an 
  atmosphere 
  so 
  remote, 
  he 
  once 
  saw, 
  and 
  ever 
  afterwards 
  

   preserved 
  the 
  memory 
  of, 
  that 
  aloof, 
  secretive 
  figure, 
  "William 
  John 
  Burchell, 
  

   greatest 
  of 
  African 
  travellers 
  and 
  writers. 
  And 
  so, 
  about 
  fifty 
  years 
  later, 
  he 
  

   drew 
  for 
  me 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  few 
  pictures 
  of 
  that 
  great 
  man 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  After 
  dwelling 
  in 
  admiration 
  upon 
  the 
  " 
  singular 
  distinction 
  " 
  of 
  Burchell's 
  

   ' 
  Travels 
  in 
  the 
  Interior 
  of 
  South 
  Africa,' 
  its 
  " 
  comprehensive 
  and 
  many-sided 
  

   record 
  of 
  faithful 
  observation 
  in 
  every 
  branch 
  of 
  natural 
  history," 
  its 
  "rare 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  sagacity, 
  insight, 
  and 
  width 
  of 
  grasp," 
  and 
  its 
  " 
  style 
  of 
  sustained 
  

   dignity 
  and 
  lucidity," 
  Trirnen 
  continued 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  When 
  I 
  first 
  visited 
  South 
  Africa, 
  in 
  1858, 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  stranger 
  to 
  this 
  

   notable 
  book, 
  having 
  consulted 
  it 
  before 
  leaving 
  England 
  ; 
  and 
  during 
  my 
  

   long 
  residence 
  at 
  the 
  Cape 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  value. 
  My 
  dear 
  friend, 
  

   the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Eairbridge 
  — 
  a 
  founder 
  and 
  trustee 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  African 
  

   Museum, 
  possessor 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  private 
  library 
  in 
  South 
  Africa, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  

   wide 
  and 
  critical 
  knowledge 
  of 
  English 
  literature 
  — 
  was 
  an 
  absolute 
  enthusiast 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  Burchell, 
  whom 
  he 
  pronounced 
  to 
  stand 
  alone 
  in 
  the 
  

   combination 
  of 
  scientific 
  and 
  literary 
  merit. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  was 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  have 
  seen 
  Burchell 
  on 
  one 
  occasion. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  

   the 
  Insect 
  Boom 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  

   where 
  (towards 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1857) 
  I 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  noting 
  what 
  

   Lepidoptera 
  were 
  then 
  known 
  to 
  inhabit 
  South 
  Africa, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  have 
  some 
  

   guide 
  respecting 
  the 
  species 
  I 
  might 
  look 
  out 
  for 
  on 
  my 
  approaching 
  visit 
  to 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  mimic 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  type 
  of 
  pattern 
  in 
  the 
  African 
  Pierine 
  

   genus 
  Mylothris. 
  The 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  of 
  both 
  model 
  and 
  mimic 
  is 
  white 
  

   or 
  creamy, 
  with 
  a 
  marginal 
  black 
  beading, 
  and 
  an 
  orange 
  flush 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  — 
  just 
  where 
  

   it 
  would 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  resting 
  position. 
  

  

  