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19. ExPERiMKNTH ON Oaptive Baboons. (G. A. K. ^I.) 



Tj( i)i(h)ptcr(i liliopaloccra. 



REFUSEIl. 



A. halali, A. axina (recof:fuizecl 

 and refused iinta.sted), L. chri/sip- 

 pics (tastod and rejected), Protoparce 

 convolvuli (seized eagerly I)}- the 

 female, but on smellinf; it she 

 regarded it with suspicion ; she 

 ruhbed it aliout on the ground and 

 tlien pulled it to pieces, smelling 

 and rejecting each piece). 



P. cardui, R. forestan, ./. rebrcnc, 

 B. sererina, C. florella, T. achine 

 (apparently with doubt, the first 

 specimen being rejected at sight but 

 eaten immediately afterwards, 

 others eaten at <incc). 



One P. corinneus (taken witli 

 suspicion, pulled to pieces and 

 thrown away, then picked up, 

 smelt, and eaten). 



A P. scsamus^ was pulled to pieces and rejected by the 

 female, but the remains were eaten by the male ; each 

 subsequently ate another specimen, B. ilitliyia refused 

 by female but eaten by male ; female ate the second one 

 offered. G. Jlorclla eaten readily by both. A. halali 

 rejected by female at sight, tasted and rejected by male. 

 L. chrysiirims tasted and rejected by male. 



Colcopfera. 



Polijhinna mnigma (with doubt 

 at first) ; Pej)loptcra rmc/iora/i.i, Jac. 

 (rejected at first and rubbed on the 

 ground, but eaten immediately after- 

 wards) ; live Pie-da mamhalli (eaten 

 readily) ; Polycleia /oiu/icurnis and 

 P. cipicdris ; Adorelus fldveolii.'i ; 

 Oraphipterus mashunus ; Pie::ia 

 scloiisi ; Polyhinna honcardi and 

 P. semisnturata ; (iraphipterua 

 tibialis; Anomnla, n. sp. ; one 

 Anomaliims plrbcius; Prdc/ii/cerus 

 brcvieostatust ; Slernoccra fanrbris ; 

 I'silop/era chalroph oroides ; Pcplo- 

 plcra zamhcsiana ; Micran/ercus 

 carinatiis. 



Gi/mnopleurHs SDUiragdiniis ; 

 Onitis alexis ; Epilachna dregci ; 

 Anthia Ihorncica (evidently recog- 

 nized at once ; the baboon seized 

 and tlung it on the ground, rubbing 

 it violently, with averted hea<i, as 

 though to kill it) ; Clintrria infus- 

 cata ; Prowjaui f estiva ; Chiloinenes 

 lunata ; Pachnoda Jlaviventris ; 

 Ontho2yhagus gazella ; Mylnbris 

 palliata ; Diacantha conifera ; 

 Prutrrtia amakosa ; Zo-iiitis, sp. ; 

 Plagiodera thoracica ; Lyctis amplia- 

 tits ; L. subfrabratvs; L. conslrietus ; 

 L. rostratus. 



A MutiUa offered twice but 

 evidently recognized and refused 

 {Polyhinna amigma eaten im- 

 mediately afterwards with scarcely 

 any hesitation). EJctica riifa (with 

 evident disgust) ; Malacosoma dis- 

 coidalia, Jac. ; Prionoccrus dimidi- 

 aius ; JDecatoma lumtta and M. tet- 

 fcnsis ; Onitis innuus ; (Jnitieelhis 

 militaris; and Paehnoda rufa all 

 refused at sight. 



