the Relative Edibility of Insects. 101 
and the resemblanceis equally striking. In order to test the 
monkey with this fly, it was necessary to stupefy it so that 
it was not too ready to take wing, although it would buzz 
and crawl. Obs. 117, 216, 259 show that M, was so much 
afraid of this fly that on each oceasion when, after some 
doubt, he took it in his hand, he suddenly let it go or threw 
it down precisely as if it had stung him. It was extremely 
amusing to see, and suggested that his doubt was so great 
that when the fly buzzed in his hand he was obliged to let 
it go for fear of being stung: and Obs. 216 shows that he 
rubbed it on the ground precisely as he did the model 
