96 
There is therefore reason for supposing that the mimetic 
resemblance of these flies to Hymenoptera is not Miillerian 
nal 
Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter’s Experiments on 
(Synaposematic), but Batesian (Pseudaposematic). 
HEMIPTERA, 
s | Edi- | Edi- | 
P- | Obs. No. Name. | Colour.) bility. bility. Remarks, 
No. | M M 
a $ | 2 4 
Heteroptera. | 
Pentatomidae. 
41 634 Callidea bohemani AA fb —— | Marked difference be- 
Stal. tween M, and M,. 
339 | 744,798, | ? same as 41. AA | + Blue and gold. 
847 | 
44 616 Aspongopus viduatus| <A —— | —— | M, agreed with M,. 
F. | 
295 642 ? same as 44, A + | Shows red abdomen 
in flight: very odori- 
ferous. 
310 | 675, 850,| Anoplogonius aulicus) AA --— | Shining dark blue and 
863 Germ., var. uniformis red, 
Dist. 
349 762 a a lautus, PP + | Colour of dead grass. 
Stal. 
363 | 795, 858, | Sphaerocorisannulusl.,, P - Convex, rotund, odori- 
873 var. ocellata Klug. ferous, black and 
H yellow-green. 
375 | 829, 844,| Caura rufiventris C © Dark brown 
882 Germ. | 
389 907 Nezara viridula L. Tele) -- ‘| Grass-green, odorifer- 
| ous. 
322 |- 697 i A oh Grey-black dappled 
with orange. 
343 752 Larvae, AA + | Dark blue, spotted 
| | with orange. 
367 803 ? } P j———| Small, grey. 
M, was less definite about this family than was M,, and 
the results from him are irregular: procryptic species were 
discarded and aposematic specimens eaten. 
Remarks on the PENTATOMIDAE. 
whole the family was classed as more or less distasteful. 
Coreidae. 
42 | 655, 737, | Anoplocnemis curtipes F. 
813, 887 
65 792 
87 619 
222 632 
305 664 
341 750 
318 691 
346 758 
Lygaeidae. 
Lygaeus sp., not in Br. 
Mus. 
Oncopeltus famelicus F. 
Pyrrhocoridae. 
Roscius illustris Gerst. 
Reduviidae. 
Phonolibes bimaculatus 
Dist., or near it. 
Vitumnus scenicus 
Stal., typical form. 
? 
? Family, 
? 
A 
iS) 
© 
M, agreed with M,. 
It is remarkable that 
both pawed this 
odoriferous bug on 
the ground, but ate 
it with relish. 
| Classed as distasteful 
by both monkeys. 
Classed as distasteful 
by both monkeys. 
| M, differed markedly 
| from M,. 
Dull black and rose. 
Orange, with dark 
| background. 
Black, speckled with 
| yellow. 
Black and scarlet. 
But on the 
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