the Relative Edibility of Insects. 
71 
+ 
i 
| Edi- 
a Obs. No Name. Colour. pitty. Remarks. 
Papilionidae 
121 262 Papilio angolanus Goeze. A + Black and white with 
good deal of red at base. 
147 322 Papilio leonidas \. AA + | Mimetie of Melinda peti- 
verana Dbl.-Hew. 
Hesperidae. 
4 6 ? +-+ | One of the small black- 
and-white species. 
29 39 Rhopalocampta forestan Cr. + |The large white patch on 
the under-side of the 
dusky wings makes it 
uncertain how to classify 
this butterfly. 
265 547 Cyclopides willemt 1 + Frequents long grass; 
Wallgm. marked with radiating 
streaks. 
Heterocera. 
Zygaenidae. 
234 482 Neurosymploca  xantho- A —— |A dull greenish-black 
soma Jord. species. See below. 
262 | 541,543, | Neurosymploce  xantho- AA |——-—| Black, with bright yellow 
o74 soma Jord. abdomen which particu- 
larly attracted M.’s atten- 
tion. 
Agaristidae. 
209 441 Xanthospilopteryx superba) AA + Black, crimson, and dull 
Butl. yellow; flight typically 
e aposematic, 
Hypsidae. 
- 237 607 Argina amanda Bd. AA — | Bright orange speckled 
: with black, 
y Notodontidae. 
' 184 | 382, 414 | Anaphe ambrizia Butl. AA + | Creamy white with coarse 
brown pattern. Sits 
; freely exposed on leaves. 
Noctuidae. 
122 275 ? C + | Large dark brown moth 
; with conspicuous pale 
eye-like markings. M. 
endeavoured to catch 
this when hunting. 
General remarks on the Morus. 
All the aposematic species were treated as distasteful. 
The Hypsid was adjudged more distasteful than D. chrysvp- 
pus, which is of interest since some of the moths of this 
family enter into synaposematic relations with other 
species of Lepidoptera. 
LeprpopTERA—(continued). 
Larvae. 
| Sphingidae. 
Deilephila ? Pp 
Saturnidae. 
? AA 
? AA 
Lasiocampidae. 
? A 
Arctiidae. 
? A 
++ | An apple-green larva (see 
Note, Obs. 115). 
Large, conspicuous larva 
armed with stout spines. 
———| Yellow with black dots. 
———|Clothed with dense very 
long black hairs. 
