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Exp. 33. — May 30. Very hungry. Tasted and at once emphatically rejected 

 Nychitona medusa but readily ate, after tasting each, Mylothris yulei, Mylothris 

 rueppelli, and Mylothris agathina S ■ She then tasted thoroughly and finally 

 rejected Nyctemera leuconoe (with slight tomato-leaf smell), crushed and at once 

 threw away a second Nychitona mechhsa, but quite readily ate a Mylothris 

 yulei § . 



She now eagerly accepted, crushed, and swallowed a Charaxes candiope and a 

 Charaxes natalensis, and immediately afterwards a Mylothris agathina S with very 

 little smell. A Mylothris yulei S with very decided sweet-brier smell was now 

 tasted and dropped, perhaps accidentally, and eaten readily on being reoffered. 



Two Charaxes candiope were now eagerly eaten, and immediately afterwards a 

 Mylothris yulei (smelling of urine) readily. 



Two Charaxes natalensis were now eaten. I then offei-ed Mylothris agathina 5 , 

 little or no smell. It was at first persistently refused without tasting, but finally 

 well tasted and thrown away. The bird then readily ate, after tasting each, 

 Precis cebrene, Belenois severina (with honey-scent), and Neptis agatha. 



Then a Charaxes cithoiron and a Charaxes natalensis^ after which JSfeptis goochi 

 was persistently refused without tasting. On my now, however, substituting for it 

 a Neptis agatha the bird tasted this waveringly and dropped it, but crushed and ate 

 it on its being reoffered. Neptis goochi and Neptis saclava were now persistently 

 refused without tasting, Byhlia was tasted and dropped, M. campina tasted and at 

 once hastily thrown away, Leuceronia argia $ crushed and very readily eaten, 

 Henotesia (not of forest) oifered without wings cautiously and suspiciously tasted 

 and finally rejected. The bird now refused without tasting Phrissura isokani, 

 but on my continuing to hold it to her it was carefully tasted and swallowed. A 

 Eurytela dryope was then tasted somewhat suspiciously and dropped, but more 

 boldly tasted on being reoffered and this time readily eaten. The bird now 

 refused to toiich Tarucus plinius, but tasted and ate a Satyrine of the species 

 rejected shortly before (not the same individual). She then tasted and readily ate 

 a Gegenes (yellow) and an Atella phalantha. 



Two Charaxes brutus were now eaten, Cacyreus lingeus refused persistently 

 without tasting, Leuceronia thalassina S well tasted and thrown away, Catopsilia 

 Jlorella S at first refused without tasting but finally subjected to careful and 

 prolonged tasting and eaten without sign of dislike. Precis archesia was then 

 crushed and eaten with the greatest apparent relish, a Gegenes of previous species 

 was twice well tasted and rejected, an Atella phalantha was crushed and readily 

 eaten, but a Byhlia refused without tasting, as was also a Eurytela hiarhas. A 

 Eurytela dryope was however eaten most readily, a Phrissura isohani refused 

 without tasting, a Precis cehrene, Precis elgiva, Precis natalensis Q f ., Hamanumida 

 dcedalus, and Charaxes neanthes readily eaten, each after the usual crushing, and 

 a Byhlia (nob offered before) well tasted and rejectee!. 



An interruption of a few minutes now occurred — enough probably to make the 

 roller slightly hungrier. After it a skipper (dark) was tasted and rejected, btit a 

 Catopsilia jlorella eaten readily, and after it in quick succession a Leuceronia ( d ), 

 a Leuceronia argia $ , and the Leuceronia thalassina S previously rejected,"also a 

 Charaxes achcevienes. 



