lower median nervules, two distal aeries, the innermost constating of five r the outermost of six spots, and 

 a marginal series of spots, the lowermost duplex ; posterior wings with a costal and abdominal marginal 

 streak, a streak in and a streak above cell, a small spot in and near end of cell, two short streaks 

 beneath cell divided by the second median nervate, a double series of discal spots and a marginal series 

 of suhlunuhite spots. Body above fuscous, margined on each side with greyish, beneath with the thorax 

 spotted with greyish, and with a central abdominal greyish fascia. 

 Esp. wings, 75 millim. 



Had. — Continental India ; Silhet (Brit. Mus.). — Tenas&eriui ; Hongduran source (Limborg— Moore).— 

 Malay Peninsula; Perak (Goodrich — coll. I)ist.)« 



This species possesses one of those remarkable resemblances to a Danaid which is best 

 expressed by the term — used in its biological sense— ** mimicry," and it no doubt possesses 

 protection from its enemies by the close resemblance to an inedible species.* 



31. Papilio agetes. (Tab. XLIL, fig, 8.) 



Pajnlio Atjetis, Westwood, Arc. Ent. ii. t. 56, f. 1. 2 ; Gray. Cat. Lep, Papil. p. 31, n. 145 (185^1 ; 



Horsf. & Moore, Cat, Lep. Mus. E.LC. vol. i. p. 116, n. 233 (1857 1; Oberth. £tudes d'Ent. Quutr. 

 Livr. p. 67, n. 185 (1879}. 



Wings alwve pale stramineous, with a greenish tinge; anterior wings with the following hlack 

 markings: — three transverse fascia: crossing eell of which the basal is narrowest, a triangular discocellular 

 spot at end of cell, an oblique fascia commencing on costal margin a little beyond end of cell and 

 terminating on outer margin a little above outer angle, the outer margin somewhat broadly black ; 

 posterior wings with the outer margin blackish, containing some linear greenish -grey spots and with an 

 oblique red fascia more or less margined with blackish at anal angle ; caudato appendages blackish with 

 a central obscure greyish line, and their apices greyish-white. Anterior wings beneath as above, but the 

 central cellular fascia extending a short distance beneath median nenrarc; posterior wings as above, but 

 with two black fascial crossing wing, the first commencing near base of costal margin and terminating m ar 

 anal angle, the second crossing wing a little before end of cell, spotted with red above cell, and terminating 

 jointly with the other fascia near anal angle, beneath the cell are two minute red spots placed a little beyond 

 the o'utflr fascia, llead and anterior portion of pronotum chirk ochraceous, with a central and a lateral 

 fascia on each side black, remainder of pronotum greenish with a central black fascia ; thorax beneath 

 gret*nisb-grey, with a lateral black fascia on each side ; abdomen pale stramineous, with a blackish dorsal 

 fascia. 



Exp. wings, 78 millim. 



IUb.— Continental India; Silhet (coll. Oljurthj; DarjeeLiug (Horsf. it Moore).— Malay Peninsula; 

 Perak {E pert on— coil. Dist.). 



* The search for evidences of evolution is only another form of the energy formerly displayed in the study of what 

 were t-Jilli'd '-murks of design."' The teleolog^t of that time is the evolutionist of to-day Tho" processes are the same, 

 ihv results un- --imply euili-d hy anoihn name. As ttmst Krause has truly remarked, " hi the nn morons works of the lust 

 century which treat of physico-theology, and especially in those on iusecto-theology, in which the existence of a purpose 

 in till tlie ttrrangouiety of Nature waft discussed in all sens™, tln tf iuv pivhubly nnnn rnus examples «>f phenomena pei mining 

 to 'mimicry/ Thus Bosel van ItoKenhof, in his * Insokten-Iiehistigiingen 1 (N(irnl>erg t 1746}, describes the resemblance which 

 the eaterpilhiru of geometric moths, mid also certain moths win n m repose, present to dry twigs, and thus conceal themselves, 

 hut this group of Idnl.tgital pheu.imeiui seems to have been first regarded from ei more general point of view by l>r. Darwin" 

 C Life of Eno-mus Darwin,' p. n»te). 



It seems singular that with all the current literature cn mimicry, which i» altogether based on the disguises wh:eh 

 different hying organisms have acquired to protect themsohes from ever-present enemies, — 



* l The grub eats up the pine, 

 The finch the grub, the hawk the silly (inch,"— 

 no reflections are ever made on the difference in view which tints has effected in tliu philosophical conclusions as to what was 

 wont to be called the 11 moral order of the univtrno." 



Skpt. 30, 188(>. 6 d 



