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noise (which I described in my notes as like a small 
sneeze with a click in it) which I believed was made 
by the mantis, but could not see how. The poor 
mantis was eventually overpowered and eaten. 
Obs. 96. Sp.—.—The monkey then ate another 
Cyrtacanthacris. 
Obs. 97. Sp.—.—N. Another eaten. 
Obs. 98. Sp. 52.—Longicorn, Lamiid, Dirphya similis 
Gah. : while M. was on a branch there suddenly flew 
out this large beetle, with loud buzzing. On the wing 
it was very conspicuous and resembled a large Braconid. 
The long antennae black, the head, thorax and anterior 
half of the elytra bright orange, posterior half of 
elytra black. On the sides of the abdomen are 
glistening white marks. I caught the beetle, and put 
it on the ground in front of M., who merely looked at 
it. When I put it on my finger (which it bit very 
hard), stridulating loudly, M. would not go near it 
and backed away if I approached it to him. 
Obs. 99. Sp. 52.—Next morning, early, before M. 
had had anything at all to eat, I offered this beetle 
again. Being very hungry he took it, smelt it, and 
rather doubtfully bit its head off, and ate it slowly. 
(Note.—These two observations are very instructive 
in showing the difference made to a monkey by hunger. 
It is extremely likely that in the evening he had 
actually seen the beetle and passed it by, for it is large 
and does not hide itself.) 
From this point the observations have only been 
quoted in cases of particular interest. 
Series Q. Obs. 100-114. Jan. 2.—At 10.30 a.m. M. was 
taken out on the lead. He had had very little insect 
food, and was hungry. 
Obs. 113. Sp. 58.—[The Acridians Tanita sp. and 
T. semlikiana Rehn bear this number. Both have 
red wings and tegmina either grey or green.—E.B.P.] 
A very procryptic, stone-grey, small Acridian got up 
in front of me as [ walked, and I let M. get down to 
catch it where it had settled. He failed to find it, 
and saw its conspicuous red wings as it flew away. 
He then caught it, but did not eat it at once, looking 
at it as if to see where the red wings had gone to. 
