the Relative Bdsbility: of Insects. 
s HYMENOPTERA. 
57 
| Colour. | 
Edi- 
8 Name. "bitty. Remarks, 
onidae. 
dns These three ‘ Ichneu- 
' mon-flies’’ were all 
eee aposematic 
Eon aoe : a 2 but were readily 
eaten one after 
247 502 ? AA wt another. 
Further experiments 
are neeaed, 
Apidae. 
125 284° | Apis mellifica L., var.| A © 
adansoni Latr. Both these stinging in- 
sects were rubbed on 
Vespidae. the ground. 
124 282 Rhynchium sp.,unnamed| AA © 
in Br. Mus. 
Formicidae. M.’s fear of these power- 
fully stinging, large, 
black ants is shown 
53 | 100, 249 | Megaponera foetens F. GD eo by his leaping across 
a column on the 
march, 
22 @) + |The winged adults of a 
4 Le gk j a small black ant which 
M. caught for himself in 
the air and ate, 
280 ? ? + |f In neither case could I 
; 365 ? ? + |\ — see the insect plainly, 
1didae. 
: 278 585 ag AA + |M. ate this and escaped 
) being stung. 
; Scoliidae. f t 
179 368 Elis donaldsoni Fox. AA + |M. ate this, which he 
7 found when hunting. 
: 
3 The results with these 
> aposematic, power- 
fully stinging insects 
seem contradictory, 
The first that M. ate 
- stung him in spite of 
| Mute. usenet 
8 14 | Mutilla, not in Br. Mus. | AA | @ iddiately atteracdie 
9} 15 4 be BA | he refused another 
84 | 172,174 | Mutilla, not in Br. Mus. AA | species; the next 
atin cs 152 327 ; ne : _| AA ae one was absolutely 
257 529 Dolichomutilla guineensis| AA 3 refused; some time 
B, afterwards another 
was eaten readily, 
and again another 
which he persisted in 
eating in spite of 
having been stung, 
although he had just 
eaten a number of 
\ insects. 
Immature stages. 
161 342 Larvae and pupae of a ++ |A large number eaten 
large solitary wasp. with relish, to repletion. 
53 | 369, 383, | Cocoons of Megaponera, +-+ | Always eaten with relish. 
425 
lil 241 ‘| Parasitic cocoons. AA |———| A cluster of minute shin- 
ing white cocoons was 
absolutely ignored. 
