AFRICAN 



MIMETIC BUTTERFLIES 



BEING DESCRIPTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL 

 KNOWN INSTANCES OF MIMETIC RESEMBLANCE IN THE 

 RHOPALOCERA OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION, TOGETHER 

 WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE MULLERIAN AND 

 BATESIAN THEORIES OF MIMICRY, AND SOME 

 ACCOUNT OF THE EVIDENCES ON WHICH 

 THESE THEORIES ARE BASED 



BY 



H. ELTRINGHAM, M.A. Cantab., M.A. Oxon., F.E.S. 



FELLOW OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON ; MEMBER OF THE 

 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND 



WITH TEN COLOURED PLATES AND A MAP 



OXFORD 

 AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 



MCMX 



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