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the Relative Edibility of Insects. SE 
‘ classed as inedible, and the two monkeys agreed about the 
distasteful qualities of these beetles. 
Sn Edi- | Edi- 
nels Obs. No. | Name. Colour, bility.| bility. Remarks, 
oe sage ba | M M 
2 1 
| Meloidae. 
316 | 686, 710, | Nemognatha Spee as -— Small : head and elytra 
773, 911 | coerulans Fairm, | green, thorax orange. 
328 | 705, 869 | Mylabris praestans AA © Very large, black and 
| Gerst. | lemon yellow. 
330 720 | Mylabris bipartita | AA -— Large, orange and 
Gerst. ‘| black. 
362 | 794,872, | Zonitis sp. AA - Active, slender, bright 
895 | red with black limbs, 
| synaposematie with 
| some Phytophaga. 
Remarks on the MELorDAE. 
M, agreed with M, about the qualities of these typically 
aposematic beetles, classing all as distasteful, though he 
was a little more ready to examine them than M,. No. 362 
belongs to a synaposematic group. 
Phytophaga. 
Sagridae. 
344 755 ? AA + Like 197, but smaller. 
? male, 
Megalopidae. 
195 640 Poecilomorpha apicata | AN —— |——-—) Treated as distasteful 
Fairm. by both monkeys. 
Crioceridae. 
292 | 625; 631, ? AA — Orange with black 
Sot limbs, one of a syn- 
. . aposematic group. 
Clytridae. 
271 | 670, 864, | Lituboca sansibarica A _ — | M, agreed with M,. 
866 Lefevr. 
272 855 Diapromorpha (Peplo- a — |——-—| Treated as distasteful 
plera) sp. nr. cur- by both monkeys. 
vilinea Jac. 
Eumolpidae, 
188 624 Luryope batesi Jac. AA —-— © | Treated as distasteful 
by both monkeys. 
193 754 Corynodes usambicus A — + | Treated as distasteful 
Kb, by both monkeys. 
a 216 | 627, 707 | Corynodes raffrayi AA — © Treated as, distasteful 
_Lefevr. by both monkeys. 
. 309 | 671, 784 | Pseudocolaspis sp. nr. P + Dull. bronze dusted 
sericata Marsh, with grey powder. 
Remarks on the EUMOLPIDAE. 
Like M,, M, treated these beetles as distasteful, except 
one species which was procryptic. 
