300 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [June, 



Lepidoptera: 



Arctiid.e — Hyphantria cunea 1. (yellow, brown, and 



black, very hairy) .. A 2 R2 



Liparid.e — Orgyia leucostigma 1. (red, black, white, 



and yellow, hairy, tufted) R 2 



Diptera: 



Muscidje — Calliphora erythrocephala (metallic blue) D 



Sceloporus floridanus and S. undulatus are very close relatives; 



hence so far as the lizards are concerned, comparsions between the 



two sets of experiments are not far-fetched. Unfortunately, the 



insects offered have nothing more than the genus in common, and 



that in only a few cases. However, the comparisons possible on 



this basis are given: 



Pritchett. Judd. 



Brochymena D R 



Chauliognathus A 24 R 2 R 



Harpalus A 3 D 4 A 



Gryllus A 5+ A3 



Summing up Judd's experiments, we have the following results: 



A. 



"Protected " group 39 4 



" Non-protected " group 8 



Evidently these Sceloporus were hard to please, accepting barely 

 more than a third of all the insects offered; 66 per cent, of the 

 individuals of "protected" species were refused and 52 per cent, of 

 the "non-protected" group. 



Dr. S. Lockwood briefly records 40 the food habits of the Florida 

 chameleon (Anolis principalis) in captivity. The lizards ate flies 

 and spiders, but would not take the potato beetle (Leptinotarsa 

 decemlineata) , and, in fact, were not fond of beetles at all.' Dr. Lock- 

 wood cites an observation by Bell, that a pet Anolis, catching an 

 Epeira diadema by the leg, was bitten by its captive and death soon 

 ensued. 



MAMMALS. 



Finn records 41 brief experiments with an East African mongoose 

 (Crossarchus fasciatus). This animal refused one specimen of a 

 frog (Xenopus Icevis) and ate and vomited another. It ate and 



39 That is those "warninglv" colored or otherwise "specially defended." 



40 Am. Nat., 10, 1876, pp. 7, 8. 



41 Natural Science, I, No. 10, December, 4892, pp. 746-747. 



