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Feptis agatha, again persistently refused witliout tasting all the above, but readily- 

 accepted and ate Neptis siuynnertoni, again persistently refused without tasting all, 

 descended and ate three or four grasshoppers, most pei-sistently refused without 

 tasting E. Marhas, ate an A. schoeneicc, most persistently refused without tasting 

 P. dardanus S and P. demodocus, refused but then tried and rejected P. hippocoon 

 (underside), persistently refused without tasting P. echerioides S (upperside), 

 refused without tasting, then crushed and dropped P. angolanus, refused without 

 tasting, then took and dropped P. demodocus, and after the usual persuasion took 

 and this time ate a P. lyceus, again persistently refused without tasting the rest, also 

 A. schceneia, both white and yellow C. florella, Platylesches picanini, and Padr. zeno, 

 but ajcepted a C.ccmdiope, afterwards refusing a P. elgiva. Again ruffled and sick- 

 looking. 



[Summary : — 



1st experiment : — 

 A. 



1 . H. persp>%cua, G. hrutus, grasshoppei'S, B. severitia above T. brigitta, 



but not tested against A. neobule, &,c. 



2. T. brigitta, on manner above 1 M. agathina, A, neobule, A. esebria S , 



3. A.lobengula. J A. johnstoni. 



B. 



1. C candiope on manner above 



2. P. hip2}ocoon, , 



P. elgiva. 



3. A. schceneia, k, P. lyceus. 



4. P. echerioides S , E. hiarbas, B. goetzius, A. pkcdantha, 31. agathina, 



T. brigitta, A. esebria c? , A. johnstoni, A. neobule, A. lobengula. 



The details of the mimicry experiment are interesting : the bird probably at 

 first took P. echerioides S with upper surface shown for C. brittus smd, discovering 

 his mistake, took C. hi-utus, till shown its under surface, for the Papilio ; and in 

 finally refusing the latter probably recognised it for what it was. 



2nd experiment : — 

 Grasshoppers, f\. C. candiope. 

 JV. agatha, <2. A. schoeneia, P. lyceus, 



N. sivynnertoni. [.3. E. hiarbas (not tested'] 



against spp. after"also"). 

 4. B. severina, T. brigitta, 



P.isoJcani d,M.7-ueppeUi, 



P. aganice c? , A. calda- 



rena, A. igola S & white 

 $ , ^. esebria, A. john- 

 stoni, A. albimaculata ; 



also A. phalantJia, P. 



hippocoo7i with open 



wings (perhaps taken for 



A . doniinicanus), B. goet- 

 zius, P. natalensis f. 



(perhaps taken for an 



Acra^a), Teracolus, L. 



bibulus. 



P. dardanus S & 

 P. hippocoon 5 , 

 y p. demodocus S , 

 P. echerioides, 

 P. angolanus. 



C florella white 

 & yellow 5 5 , 



P. 



P. 



p)%Gcan%)i%, 



zeno. 



