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reacliing the thorax rejected it, the but- 

 terfly havhig still .sufficient vitality to 

 flutter about. 

 Sept. 4. Iq the uioruing gave him an 31. sajU'M, which 

 he ate at once. In the afternoon put in 

 an AcTxa encedon, which he seized twice, 

 but on eating a bit of the wing rejected ; 

 however, towards evening it was eaten. 



,, 5. Gave hiai an AcrcVa scrcna ; he seemed 

 frightened at first and avoided it, but ate 

 it about an hour afterward.s. Put in 

 another later, which remained untouched. 



„ G. The scrcncc of yesterday was left uneaten all 

 the morning, I therefore removed it and 

 put in an A. cahira, which was also 

 refused. 



„ 7. In the morning removed the cahira, and put 

 in another serena. As the Psnidocreohotra 

 had not eaten it towards evening, I gave 

 him an M. safUza in addition. He seemed 

 to detect the difference, watching it im- 

 mediately it was put in, and as soon as it 

 came within striking distance, he seized 

 and ate it, but still paid no attention to 

 the scrcna. 



„ (S. The scrcna remained uneaten all day, though 

 from its appearance it had evidently been 

 seized. In the afternoon put in a Neptis 

 ayatha. The Mantis avoided it at first 

 just like the Acra^a, but about an hour 

 later I found it had been eaten. 



„ 9-11. Wet days and no Acr/eas procurable. 



„ 12. Gave Mantis an M. sa/ilm and an A. scrcna 

 at the same time; he seemed very fright- 

 ened of both, avoiding them, or else strik- 

 ing at them in order to drive them away. 

 Some hours later I found the safitza had 

 been eaten entirely and a small piece out 

 of the abdomen of the Acnva, which, how- 

 ever, was still ([uite lively. 



„ 13. Gave Mantis two A. scrcna during the day, 

 both of which were seized at once and 

 eaten entirely from head to tail without 

 any sign of distaste. 



