Dr. G. B. Longstaff' s Bionomic Notes on Butterflies. 629 



Ornithoptera darsius, Gray, $. Long narrow symmetrical 

 injury to hind-wings: ?by bird. 



Papilio agamemnon, Linn. Symmetrical injury to hind- 

 wings : ? by lizard. 



Algeria, 1905. 



EucMoe hclia, Linn. $ . Very sharply cut snip out of 

 each hind-wing, larger on left: ?by bird. 



Ganoris Irassic^, Linn. Caught fluttering about flower- 

 bed close to the ground, had been nearly done for by a 

 (?)bird; nearly the whole of both hind-wings and three- 

 fourths of the fore-wings gone. 



Hong-Kong, 1904. 



Papilio paris, Linn. Almost symmetrical injury to all 

 four wings, large pieces gone. 



§ 5. Experimental Evidence as to the Palatahility of 

 Butterjlies. 



The following experiments, conducted at the suggestion 

 of Prof. Poulton, are a small contribution to the mass of 

 facts accumulated by Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall and Mr. 

 Frank Finn.* 



At our hotel at Kandy were two Mainas (Gracula), 

 talking birds of the Starling family {Stumidx). These 

 birds, which were very tame, were confined in two fairly- 

 roomy cages three or four yards apart. I will call the 

 birds A and B. 



19 January, 1908. Bird A was given 5 dead butterflies 

 in the following order : — Atella phalanta, Polyommatus 

 Iseticus, Loxura arcuata, Neptis varmona, Telchinia 

 violx. The bird gave the Loxura a few pecks and 

 then let it alone. The tough integument of the 

 Telchinia seemed to give the Maina much trouble, but 

 it showed no evidence of disgust. The other three 

 butterflies were taken greedily, the bird, like Oliver 

 Twist, obviously asking for more. It shook the 

 butterflies as a dog shakes a rat. 



* Marshall, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1902, pp. 297-397 ; Finn, 

 Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, LXIV, Pt. ii, 1895, p. 344 ; LXV, Pt. ii, 

 1896, pp. 42 ; LXVI, Vt. ii, 1897, pp. 528, 613, 667-8 ; quoted by 

 Poulton, "Essays on Evolution," 1898, pp. 269, 317. See also 

 Marshall, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1908, pp. 137-142. 



