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Additionally, Ypthima was placed above the Lyccenesthes, A. mo7"iqua, C. calice 

 and si/baris, Physccenura, D. chrysvppiis, A. lohengula, and the small Lycid ; 

 A. schceneia and perhaps yellow C.JIorella above these except possibly the first two ; 

 C. dolorosa and A . phalantha above at any rate A . moriqiuo, C. calice and syharis, 

 and D. chrysippxis \ E. hiarhas above Musca domestica; and grasshopper 19, 

 grasshopper 1053, and jDi'obably Catantops sulphureus above M. domestica, 

 Tryxalis sp., and T. turrita. 



]^.B. (1) Inclination to try unbarred H. misippus (inaria). 



(2) Close inspection before acceptance of C. dolorosa at a time when 

 certain other small Lyceenids were unacceptable, including a Lyccenesthes with an 

 underside not unlike G. dolorosa'^, in general effect. 



(3) The further refusals without tasting, indicating probable previous 

 acquaintance, of dull 5 A. caldarena, A. albimaciolata, A. lobengula, D. chrysippus, 

 A. moriqua, Castalius calice and sybaris, T. senegalensis, the blue-black Tenebrionid 

 larva, the too-hard Brachycerus, the Ichneumon, Tryxalis turrita, and Tryxalis sp., 

 and two members (model and mimic) of the Lycoid group — namely, Lycus sp. and a 

 Lycoid moth.] 



Exp. 218. — March 20. Refused emphatically and persistently an A. lobengtda, 

 took without enthusiasm, crushed and threw away a Terias brigitta, ate a 

 Belenois severina, most persistently refused without tasting M. agathina, A. neobule, 

 A. esehria {6)i A. johnstoni, and A. lobengula, readily accepted and ate Henotesia 

 perspicua, picked up and ate some grasshoppers lying in cage, ?/iosi persistently refused 

 without tasting P. echerioides iS with underside shown, but at once accepted it 

 reoffered with upperside uppermost, crushed it well and threw it away, refusing to 

 touch it again. I then offered a C. brutios, with upperside similarly displayed and 

 it was refused, but, on my showing the underside, at once accepted, crushed, and 

 swallowed. 



The bird appeared to be suffering some discomfort after swallowing the Charaxes. 

 He has diarrhoea to-day and is evidently not very well. He then most 

 persistently refused without tasting Papilio echerioides, upperside, E. hiarbas, 

 Byblia goetzius, and A. phalantha, accepted an A. schceneia, but dropped it 

 after crushing it, refused without tasting, then took with disinclination and 

 dropped a P. lyceus, most persistently refused without tasting P. hippocoon, upper 

 surface, accepted it with under surface up and forewings well back behind the 

 hindwings, crushed and swallowed it, then brought it up again and rejected it, 

 again very positively refused without tasting A. phalantha, E. AiarSas (underside), 

 P. hippocoon and the Byblia, accepted and di-opped a P. elgiva, picked it up again, 

 crushed and dropped it, persistently refused without tasting P. demodocus, accepted 

 a C. candioj)e, showing some eagerness as it was approached to him, but could not 

 bring himself to eat it either. 



Later in the day most persistently refused without tasting Amatiris albimaculata, 



A. johnstoni, A. esebria, A. igola d and black-and-white § , A . caldarena, P. aganice S , 

 M. ribejjpelli, Pinacopteryx isokani S , T. hrigitta and B. severina, all offered with 

 closed wings ; readily accepted and ate E. hiarbas, most persistently refused with- 

 out tasting B. severina, A. phalantha, P. hippocoon with spread wings, 



B. goetzius, P. natalensis f., Teracolus sp. (upperside shown), Lachnocnema 

 bihidus, T. brigitta, P. isokani 6 , and M. rueppelli, readily accepted and ate 



