the Relative Edibility of Insects. 53 
The Stick insects, most procryptic, were greedily eaten 
by M., as might be expected. It is noteworthy that on 
one occasion (Obs. 168) he seemed in some doubt as to 
whether a specimen was a living insect. 
Ds Obs. No. Name. | Colour. emit: Remarks, 
Acridiidae. 
5 | 7, 49,217, Zonocerus elegans Thunb. AA |——-—| Large, conspicuous, 
clumsy, black when 
young, when adult 
yellow and green with 
undeveloped wings. 
16 | 23, 27, | Phymateus viridipes St@l. | AA |———| Large, conspicuous, 
160, 273, sluggish, blue, green 
308 and red, flies heavily 
showing purple wings. 
17 24 Tryxalia, 1eAe +-+ | Large, green. 
35 45 a9 EE +-+ | Large, green and brown; 
shows mauve wings when 
flying. 
18 | 25, etc. | Cyrtacanthacris ruficornis | PP APA Brownish, with grey 
Burm, and yellow marks. 
Used as staple food. 
No. 23 much larger, 
23 | 33, ete. | Cyrtacanthacris cyanea| PP ++ has purple wings. 
Stoll. = 
22 | 32, 116, Dictyophorus productus| AA —— | Heavy-bodied, sluggish, 
186, 364,| Bol. aposematic, light yellow 
461, 490, striped with black when 
532 | younger, adults dark 
: grey with undeveloped 
red wings. 
_ 34 | 44,308, | Humbe tenuicornis| PP +-+ | Earth-brown ; yellow 
345 Schaum. wings bordered with 
black. 
58 | 118, 210,| Tanita sp.,notin Br. Mus.,) PP + Small, earth-coloured ; 
} 272, 306,| and 7’, semlikiana Rehn. wings red, 
309 
91 | 193, 592 | Lamarckiana lobosceTis P oe Huge, apterous, earth- 
Schaum, coloured female. 
155 335 Cardenius sp., not in Br. A — | Short, stout, dull pinkish- 
Mus. brown, sides of abdomen 
red spotted. 
186 | 387, etc. | Catantops decoratus P, ++ |Used as staple food. 
Gerst., and melanostictus Brown marked with 
Schaum, yellow, black and greyish 
tints, very abundant 
among grass. 
214 446 Penichrotes sp., A + | Wingless, green with 
purplish - black = ab- 
; dominal bands. Rather 
“unpleasant looking.” 
Found on tree. 
5 f BE ++ 
8 ty P eteiste 
13 ? 2 Sea 
17 ? Ae Stet 
50 ? BP: ear 
63 ? age ot 
71 ? P ++ 
91 ? 1B ++ 
107 ? We. ++ 
108 ? PP ++ 
110 n PE ++ 
131 ? . 1% ++ 
138 ? P 4255 
148 ? P +e 
