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



Ornithoj^tera darsius, Gray, ^. Long narrow symmetrical 

 injury to hind-wings : ?by bird. 



Paijilio agamcvinon, Linn. Symmetrical injury to hind- 

 wings : ? by lizard. 



Algeria, 1905. 



Euchloe helia, Linn. ^ , Very sharply cut snip out of 

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



Ganoris hrassicee, 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. 



Pajpilio paris, Linn. Almost symmetrical injury to all 

 four wings, large pieces gone. 



I 5. Experimental Evidence as to the Palatahility of 

 Biitterjlics. 



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 {Sturnidie). 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 

 Imticus, Loxiira arcuata, Neptis varmona, Telchitiia 

 violm. The bird gave the Loxura a few pecks and 

 then let it alone. The tough integument of the 

 2^c/c7mim 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, Pt. ii, 1897, pp. 528, 613, 667-8 ; quoted by 

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

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



