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Lampyridse were "invariably rejected by the monkey, and my 

 fowls would not touch them") p. 317). 



A red and blue frog was not touched by fowls and ducks, but one 

 of the latter tricked into taking one rejected it (p. 321). 



We may add also those of Haase: 62 



Erithacus rubecula had to be starved into eating Zygoma trifolii 

 (p. 20). 



Fowls always rejected Danais chrysippus, but eagerly ate Papilio 

 pammon. Captive monkeys also rejected Danais (p. 23). 



Attempts to feed species of Danais, Pharmacophagus, Delias, and 

 Euschema to tame chickens were unsuccessful (p. 99). 



Danais septentrionalis was rejected by caged lizards (Calotes 

 mystaceus) (p. 99). 



The following, appended in bibliographic form, are self-explana- 

 tory: 



Donisthorpe, H. St. J. K. Cases of Protective Resemblance, 

 Mimicry, etc., in the British Coleoptera. Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., 1901. 

 Three species of lizards were found to reject the Telephorid, 



Psilothrix nobilis (p. 362). 

 Specimens of Melasoma populi " were pecked at, but finally refused, 

 though killed, by Shama, Pied Mynah, Laughing Jackass and 

 Brambling. The Drongo and Graculipica nigrirostris ate 

 several." The author says: "It appears to me that their 

 refusal by so many insect-eaters in confinement conclusively 

 proves their distastefulness" (p. 368). It proves nothing of 

 the sort. Moreover, "distastefulness" of the kind here claimed 

 seems to be no protection at all. Specimens of Cassida equestris 

 were eaten by all the birds to which they were offered (p. 369). 



Shelford, Pi. Observations on some Mimetic Insects and Spiders 

 from Borneo. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902, pp. 230-284, 

 pis. 19-23. 

 Two tame monkeys (Macacus cynomolgus) manifested disgust 

 after tasting specimens of the Reduviid (Eulyes amcena), but 

 ate its mimic, the mantis (Htjmenopus bicornis) (p. 232). The 

 writer says he has proved the distastefulness of Lycidse, by 

 repeated trials with various small mammals and birds (p. 244). 

 "All the Lycidse are strongly distasteful .... A strong vitality 

 is correlated with this distastefulness: I have seen a Lycid 

 beetle walk away apparently uninjured after it had been well 

 pecked by two or three fowls" (p. 267). 



Titchener, E. B., and F. Finn. Comparative Palatabilitv of 

 Insects, etc. Nature, Vol. 42, No. 1,093, October 9, 1890, 

 pp. 571, 572. 



Haase, E., Researches on Mimicry, Part II, Stuttgart, 1896. 



