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Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter’s Bxperiments on 
Obs. 306. Sp. 58.—Acridiid, Tanita sp.: M. found 
a pair of these small grasshoppers in copula. The 9 
is green with integument roughened by papillae: 
the short tegmina do not entirely cover the imperfect 
red wings. M. ate them both slowly and hesitatingly. 
Obs. 307. Sp. 42.—Coreid, Anoplocnemis curvipes : 
M. found one of these bugs on a bush and ate it in his 
usual hasty manner. 
Obs. 308. Sp. 34.—Acridiid, Humbe tenwicornis : 
M. saw this grasshopper on a bush from a long way 
off and chased it, but it escaped. 
Obs. 309. Sp. 58.—Acridiid, Tanita sp.: another 
pair found in copula. M. went for the larger Q first, 
but this time he only bit off the head and dropped the 
rest, which was kept for record. He then began to 
eat the J, but mouthed it a good deal and rejected 
some parts. 
Obs. 310. Sp. ——He then ate a large Cyrlacan- 
thacris grasshopper, and some leaves. 
Series Ap. Obs. 315-317. Jan. 17. 
Series Aq. Obs. 318-328. Jan. 17.—M. very hungry. 
Obs. 319. Sp. 144. Mantid: I offered M. a half- 
grown specimen of a large species; leaf-green with 
some white marks on the sides of the fat abdomen. 
M. looked at these marks with a little doubt before 
devouring the mantis with zest. 
(Note.—It is interesting that M. took particular 
notice of these white marks which, when the insect 
is seen away from its surroundings, seem conspicuous. 
Doubtless among grass-stems the white marks aid 
concealment by breaking up the large area of uniform 
green.) 
Obs. 322. Sp. 147.—Papilio leonidas: a blue and 
black tailless ‘ swallowtail,” mimicking the Danaine 
M. petiverana, M. held it a long time in his hand 
and looked at it very thoroughly, then, having tasted 
it gingerly, ate it without any sign of dislike. 
(Note.—Though I had never offered him the Danaine 
model and he probably had never seen it, his behaviour 
was suggestive of an instinctive hesitation to eat a 
butterfly of this scheme of colour.) 
Obs. 327. Sp. 152. Mutillid: a small species. 
Offered in a box with the next one. To my surprise 
M. took out and ate the Mutillid. 
