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Obs. 55. Sp. 38.—Cassidid, Aspidomorpha hybrida 
Boh. : a medium-sized, dull-bronze “ tortoise-beetle.”’ 
It was offered on my finger; M. at first ignored it, 
then tasted and dropped it. 
Obs. 56. Sp. 39. Reduviid: an elegant, grey bug 
with reddish patch at tip of tegmina. Eaten with no 
sign of dislike. 
Obs. 57. Sp. 40.—Pentatomid larva : a flat, grey bug 
with enormously long rostrum, quite procryptic, bark- 
like. A young specimen, as tegmina not developed. 
Katen, but slowly and without relish. 
Obs. 58. Sp. 41.—Pentatomid, Callidea bohemani 
Stal: a large, bright green and gold bug. M. looked 
at it disappointedly when I took it out of the box, 
but took it, smelt it, and dropped it with an air of 
finality. 
Obs. 59. Sp. 38.—Cassidid, Aspidomorpha hybrida : 
another specimen of this tortoise-beetle was pulled to 
pieces, uneaten. 
Obs. 60. Sp.——A large Cyrtacanthacris  grass- 
hopper was eaten with great eagerness. 
Obs. 61. Sp. 42.—Coreid, Anoplocneniis curvipes 
F.: a large, plant-feeding bug, black, with the hind 
femora much thickened in the male. Quite con- 
spicuous, as it sits among green leaves, preferably on 
tips of young shoots, but takes to the wing more 
readily than a typically aposematic species. M, 
appeared to recognise that this might be formidable— 
it was vigorously rubbed on the ground, then eaten, 
but not with gusto. 
Obs. 62. Sp. 43.—Buprestid, Sternocera pulchra 
Waterh.: a very large, conspicuous beetle. Thorax 
covered with orange pubescence, elytra blue-green. 
Flies very conspicuously with loud hum, and sits on 
twigs freely exposed. I quite expected M. to refuse 
this beetle. He looked at it, patted it, smelt it, and 
then backed away from it; and I could not induce 
him to taste it. The beetle opened widely the gap 
between posterior edge of thorax and anterior margin 
of elytra, but I could detect no odour. 
Obs. 63. Sp—.—A small, procryptic Acridian 
then eaten with great zest. 
Series [. Dec. 31.—In the afternoon— 
Obs. 64. Sp. 44.—Pentatomid, Aspongopus viduatus 
