CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE 3 



INTRODUCTION 7 



I. Descriptions of Mimetic Associations in African Rhopalocera . , . .24 



II. On Objections which have been raised to the Theories of Mimicry, and the Evidence 



on which such Theories are based .......... 104 



III. On the Evidence that some Butterflies are more palatable than others . . . 109 



IV. On the Evidence that Butterflies are preyed upon by' Birds .... 120 



V. General Conclusions . 124 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 127 



INDEX 129 



PLATES I— X . I 



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MAP j 



