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and ended by taking it from the forceps and at once flinging it aside, readily- 

 accepted another c? , this time with one wing attached, and held and crushed it for 

 quite a time, finally however dropping it, refused, then tasted carefully and rejected 

 a P. cehrene and obstinately refused to touch a wingless P. lyceus. 



Five minutes later she ate the P. cehrene^, refused without tasting the 

 P. natalensis and a wingless C. florella, again crushed very thoroughly before finally 

 rejecting it a C. florella with one wing, tasted and rejected Antanartia schceneia, 

 P. tugela, and P. cehrene. 



Five minutes later she accepted a Tenebrionid beetle, Amiantus globuUpennis, 

 exerted some slight pressure on the thorax and threw it away, evidently too replete 

 to go to much trouble over it, crushed and rejected an Elaterid beetle, refused 

 obstinately to taste a house-fly {Musca domestica), readily accepted, crushed, and 

 swallowed a Cetoniid, refused without tasting a weevil (Lixus sp.) covered with 

 bright yellow powder, refused, then just took from the forceps and threw aside a 

 P. natalensis, looked suspiciously at a P. tugela and would not try it, then accepted 

 and ate a P. cehrene and the P. tugela after the usual crushing, but with no sign 

 of dislike, tasted and rejected Antanartia schceneia and a fresh P. natalensis (© f., 

 gravid $ ), also a wingless C. florella, of which she seemed to be suspicious, 

 then refused without tasting a wingless P. lyceus and a C. florella with one 

 hind wing. 



Ten or fifteen minvites later she tasted and rejected A. schceneia, refused without 

 tasting P. natalensis, readily ate P. cehrene, refused persistently to taste either 

 A. schceneia, P. natalensis, or a P. lyceus, refused, then tasted suspiciously and threw 

 away an lolaus silas^ tasted and rejected L. thalassina S , refused without tasting 

 C. florella and P. angolanus, tasted and at once rejected a c? P. dardccnus, crushed 

 much more thoroughly, apparently almost persuaded to eat it, a P. lyceus but finally 

 threw it away too, refused for a second, then, changing her mind, accepted, crushed, 

 and ate the original P. natalensis, crushed very thoroughly once more and this 

 time ended by swallowing P. lyceus, refused, then tasted, and at once rejected 

 P. dardanus J , and refused obstinately to taste the J L. thalassina. 



Five minutes later she crushed well and finally rejected L. thalassina cS , refused, 

 then tasted and rejected P. ncctcdensis, obstinately refused to touch either 

 P. angolanus or P. dardaiius S , tasted very carefully, evidently inclined to eat it, 

 P. natalensis, but then rejected it, crushed and ate a P. lyceus, refused persistently 

 without tasting P. natalensis, P. dardanus, and another c? P- lyceus, but readily ate 

 after crushing it a Scdamis anacardii with one hind wing attached, obstinately 

 refused to taste the P. natalensis disguised carefully with a P. cehrene hindwing 

 instead of its own, at once and readily accepted an actual P. cehrene, crushed and 

 swallowed it (showing, I thought, that she had noted the diflf'erence in the colour 

 of the bodies), refused to taste a Scarahceus nigroceneus, refused, then barely tasted 

 and tossed aside a common house-fly {M. domesticci). 



Twenty minutes later I myself crushed the Amiantus well and reoffered it. 

 The bird appeared not at all to like the look of it, and after a certain amount of 

 hesitation tasted it and threw it away, whether out of disgust for its mangled 

 condition or because she actually disliked or suspected it I am unable to say. 



