366 MR. C. F. M. SWYNNERTON ON THE 



Exp. 208. — May 3. Later, hungry before a meal, refused persistently to accept 

 a P. dardanus $ f. cenea, upperside exposed. 



[Doubtless a result of its excellent likeness to Amauris lohengula.'] 



Exp. 209. — May 23. Refused with a shake of the head a coffee-moth larva and 

 continued to refuse it. This was not long after a feed, though not a very large one. 

 The bird would quite likely have eaten a Neptis had it been offered. 



Exp. 210. — May 24. Hungry before a meal. Readily accepted and ate two 

 coffee-berry-moth larvse, accepted, probably inadvertently, and at once threw away in 

 great disgust an ^ . Zo&e?^.^^tZ(*, refused to touch a white-banded $ Acrcea douhledayi 

 or an ^. esebria tS ■, but finally on my pressing it on her tasted and threw the last 

 away, refused to touch an Mylothris yulei, readily accepted, crushed, and ate a 

 $ M. agathina, and after it ate the M. yulei too, refused the A. esebria, but finally 

 on my pressing it on her again tried and rejected it, readily ate a coffee-moth larva 

 and a number of grasshoppers, etc. She then once more ate a coffee-moth larva, 

 refused obstinately to touch B. onesentina, T. senegalensis, Myc. camjnna, N. agatha, 

 or B. ilithyia, but readily accepted, crushed, and ate a Leuc. thalassina S and with 

 disinclination a coffee-moth larva. After a few more grasshoppers she repeated all 

 her previous refusals, but readily ate an Eurytela dry ope, crushed and fiung away a 

 Myc. campina, and, though accepting it with disinclination, at once swallowed after 

 crushing it another coffee-moth larva. I had not the material wherewith to 

 conclude the experiment, but it was already evident that the larva was not greatly 

 disliked. This was perhaps to be expected in the case of an insect that spends a 

 great deal of its time hidden away in or amongst berries. 

 [Order: — 



(a) 1. 2 ^^- agathina, coffee- (6) 1. L. thalassina 6, E. dryope, 

 moth larva, grasshoppers. grasshoppers, moth-larva 



probably not higher. 

 2. M.yulei, 2 ^-douhledayi, 2. B.mesentina, T. senegalensis, 



c? A. esehria, and A. M. campina, iV. agatha, and 



lobengida. B. ilithyia.^ 



Exp. 211. — June 4. An experiment by lamplight. Accepted and ate three 

 pieces of meat, threw away the rest, and refused obstinately to accept any more 

 (freshly dead leg of lamb), readily accepted and ate a Bel. mesen,tina, crushed and 

 rejected a Terias hrigitta, crushed very thoroughly and ended by rejecting a 

 XyloGopa africana, merely took in the tip of her bill, crushed slightly, and dropped 

 another Xylocopa and X. senior S , and readily ate another Bel. mesentina. 



Shortly afterwards she crushed and rejected Xylocopa senior S , refused both it 

 and the other two, and readily ate a Bel. mesentiiia. 



These refusals and acceptance she repeated twice again with intervals between. 



Next time she ate a B. mesentina, crushed and rejected Xylocopa sp., and 

 refused both it and the other two species, then readily ate both a Bel. mesentina 

 and the Terias senegalensis. 



