302 Mr. G. A. K. Marshall on 



reaching the thorax rejected it, the but- 

 terfly having still sufficient vitality to 

 flutter about. 

 Sept. 4. Iq the morning gave him an M. sajitza, which 

 he ate at once. In the afternoon put in 

 an AcTcva cnccdon, which he seized twice, 

 but on eating a bit of the wing rejected ; 

 however, towards evening it was eaten. 



,, 5, Gave him an AcrcVa scrcna ; he seemed 

 frightened at first and avoided it, but ate 

 it about an hour" afterwards. Put in 

 another later, which remained untouched. 



„ 6. The scrrnct of yesterday was left uneaten all 

 the morning. I therefore removed it and 

 put in an A. calira, which was also 

 refused. 



,, 7. In the morning removed the cahira, and put 

 in another sercna. As the Fscudocrcohotra 

 had not eaten it towards evening, I gave 

 him an M. safitza in addition. He seemed 

 to detect the difference, watching it im- 

 mediately it was put in, and as soon as it 

 came within striking distance, he seized 

 and ate it, but still jDaid no attention to 

 the sercna. 



„ 8. The sercna remained uneaten all day, though 

 from its appearance it had evidently been 

 seized. In the afternoon put in a Ncptis 

 cKjatlia. The Mantis avoided it at first 

 just like the Acrxa, but about an hour 

 later I found it had been eaten. 



„ 9-11. Wet days and no Acrxas procurable. 



„ 12. Gave Mantis an M. safitza and an A. sercna 

 at the same time; he seemed very fright- 

 ened of both, avoiding them, or else strik- 

 ing at them in order to drive them away. 

 Some hours later I found the safitza had 

 been eaten entirely and a small piece out 

 of the abdomen of the Acrxa, which, how- 

 ever, was still quite lively. 



„ 13. Gave Mantis two A. sercna during the day, 

 both of which were seized at once and 

 eaten entirely from head to tail without 

 any sign of distaste. 



