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been seen crawling on the ground like our English “ oil- 
beetle.” The others fly with a sonorous buzz. M. put 
them all in the most distasteful class, and on the only 
occasion when he bit one was in a frolicsome mood and 
had no idea of eating it; he made wry faces afterwards 
(Obs. 42). On only one occasion did he seem even to notice 
these common and very conspicuous beetles when out 
hunting (Obs. 271). 
The quality which protects these beetles, which seem 
to come very near absolute inedibility, is brought to its 
highest perfection in the “ oil-beetles ”’ and allied Cantha- 
ridae or blister-beetles. 
It is seen that the Heteromera given to or encountered 
by the monkey were all of them regarded as distasteful. 
ae Obs. No. | Name. Colour. bility. Remarks. 
Phytophaga. | 
Sagridae. 
197 | 413, 459 | Sagrasp., notin Br. Mus. AA j}—-——/ A large dull, blue-black 
| species. 
Megalopidae. | 
195 | 407, 509, | Poecilomorpha apicata: AA ——-—|-A “ Lycoid”’ species, 
588 Fairm. 
Clytridae. | 
2 | 2,4, 48, | Clytra wahlbergi Lac. 
52, 124 AA |——-—) Black and scarlet. 
271 567 Tituboca sansibarica 
Lefevr. A = Yellow-brown, four black 
272 568 Diapromor pha(Peploptera) dots. 
sp. nr, curvilinea Jac. a ——-—| Greenish-brown, black 
S lines, 
Cryptocephalidae. |- 
72 141 ? les HALAS + Black and searlet. 
116 253 Cryptocephalus sp., not in A —— | Black and lemon yellow. 
Br. Mus. 
Eumolpidae. | 
12 i9 Pseudocolaspis sp. C + | Dull bronze, pubescent, 
150 | 325, 411 | Colasposoma sp. | @ |.-+ | Dull bronze, rounded, 
| freely exposing itself, 
188 | 389, 402, | Huryope batesi Jac, | AA | © | Bright orange with black 
422, 456, limbs; extremely com- 
486, 617 ) mon and conspicuous, 
193 397, 514, | Corynodes usambicus Klb.) A + | Bronze green, thorax 
612 tinted with purple. 
216 | 453, 511, | Corynodes raffrayi Lefevr. | AA © | Very like 188, but dull red 
589, 616 } rather than orange, 
Chrysomelidae. | ; 
48 | 72, 208,| Prob. a Lygaria, not in Br.| A + | Pink a black, rather 
214 Mus. | like a ladybird. 
217 454 Chrysomela sp. a ——w—) Round, dull bronze, ex- 
poses itself freely. 
Halticidae. 
3 | 3,10, 155| Physodactyla gerstaeckeri | AA —— | Orange, ae black limbs, 
4 Jac, like 188. 
76 152 Prob. Blepharidasp.,notin  P -+_ | Speckled brown and grey. 
Br. Mus. | 
14 | 21,51, 78) Polyclada(Diamphidia)sp.,|. AA + | Orange head and thorax, 
not in Br, Mus. , black elytra. 
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