a ates 
, 
the Relative Edability of Insects. 93 
Remarks on the LONGICORNIA. 
With one exception the aposematic species were treated 
as inedible, the procryptic were eaten. The exception is 
a mimic of Braconids, and the resemblance may be pseud- 
aposematic, but the same species did not seem edible to 
M,. 
The common species 244, bright shining green, is rather 
difficult to class as regards its coloration (see notes on M,). 
Both monkeys found it edible in spite of its odour. 
eer } Hdi- |. Edi- | 
me | Obs. No. Name. Colour. | bility. bility. Remarks. 
; | M, M, 
Curculionidae. 
97 | 623, etc. | Zsaniris sp., probably 12 ++ | ++ | Used as staple food. 
new. 
221 729 Microcerus spiniger C aa ate 
Gerst. 
252 828 Blosyrus haroldi Hartm.| PP ++ | ++ | M, agreed with M,. 
306 665 Mitophorus sp. i Be ++ Dull black, dull yellow 
| lateral line. 
308 | 669, etc. | Lirus sp. | ++ Large, grey with yellow 
| bloom: used as 
staple food. 
319 | 6938, 731 | Livus gracilis Boh. aed ++ Like 3808, smaller, more 
slender. 
331 724 ? PP ++ Rough, stony grey. 
353 778 ? 121? ++ Large, dark brown, 
white network. 
356 781 ? PP | ++ Dark brown. 
364 796, ? PP | ++ Stony grey. 
377 838 Larinus sp. P | ++ General resemblance 
to 308, but smaller. 
Remarks on the CURCULIONIDAE. 
All the weevils offered to M, were procryptic except one, 
and all were greedily eaten. The two monkeys were quite 
in accord as to the edibility of this family. 
Rhopalocera. 
| Danaidae, 
286B = s«6 76 Danaida chrysippus .,| AA = +  M, treated this as more 
f. dorippus Klug. | distasteful than did 
| M,. , 
Acraeidae, 
104 886 Acraea caldarena AA —— | —— | M, agreed with M,. 
| Hew., f. neluska 
Oberth. ? 
141 682,819 | Acraea neobule AA -— —  M, treated this as more 
Dbl.-Hew. distasteful than did 
Mj. 
324 699, 878 | Acraea terpsichore L., | AA + : 
f. rougeti Guér. 
Remarks on the above butterflies. 
M, caused some surprise by finding No. 324 not un- 
pleasant, but agreed with M, as to the distastefulness of 
the other aposematic species offered him. 
