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MR. C. F. M. SWYNNERTON ON THE 



which, in tlie dull light of the verandah, looked not unlike a c? G.florella, and 

 was possibly mistaken for it. But he showed distinct disappointment on crushing 

 it and flung it away (had the Gatopsilia been in the first instance mistaken for a 

 Leuceronia ?). He went on at once to crush and reject an N. agatha and to refuse 

 to taste a Myc. campina and a Terias hrigitta ; but he readily accepted and ate a 

 Hen. perspicua, refused to touch a Bel. gidica, bvit crushed and ate an Axiocei-ces 

 atnanga c? , tasted and rejected a Lyccenesthes lemnos, but readily ate an A. 

 jyhalantha, an ^. hiarhas, and the JSfeptis sioynnertoni. He had become noticeably 

 hungrier during these last few oiTerings, a delay having resulted from the fact that 

 the envelopes which held the various live butterflies had got mixed, and was 

 searching the ground for grasshoppers. He had found none, but incidentally had 

 picked up and thrown away a Myc. campina. 



I now allowed a further interval and offered the Myc. campina. He readily ate 

 this, refused, but on my pressing it tried but rejected a Terias hrigitta, then ate 

 another Myc. campina and a B. severina. 



Later again, now very hungry, he ate a T. hrigitta and an M. rueppelli, refused, 

 then tried, and rejected Amauris lohengula, but ate a $ Acrcea caldarena. 



Then ate a few grasshoppers, refused without tasting, then tried and rejected A. 

 caldarena, A. johnstoni, and Terias hrigitta, but readily ate a Myc. camjnna, again 

 refused the Terias, but accepted, crushed, and ate the previously-i-ejected L. lemnos, 

 accepted, crushed, and swallowed, bnt then brought up again and rejected with 

 disgust P. echerioides 6 , refusing it when reoffered, tasted very slightly and 

 refused to take a Terias hrigitta, refused again persistently the P. echerioides and 

 refused for a moment M. campina, then, changing his mind, accepted and ate it, 

 also a Bel. gidica, though he continued to refuse the other two. 



After three smallish grasshoppers he cruslied and rejected a dead Bel. severina, 

 but accepted and ate a Myc. camjnna ; it was not quite a fair test, however, for the 

 Belenois, though not actually dry, was commencing to stiffen, and this may quite 

 well have influenced the result. I had rather expected that it would be refused 

 without tasting, and actually it was, I thought, accepted somewhat less i-eadily 

 than the Mycalesis. 



[Probable order of preference :- — 



A.phalantha, ^ -, ^ ^,^,,„ ^ ,„__,,, -, 1 



H. perspicua, 



A. amanga S , 



C . fiorella. 



N. agatha, 



N. swynnertoni, 



L. argia c? , 



E. hiarbas. 



P. clelia, P. tugela 



Ant. schoeneia 2. 



P. lyceus, P. dardanus S ■ 



M. campina. 



T. 



Hesus. 

 6. 



Grass- 

 hoppers 



and 



probably 



M. rueppelli. 



\ L. 



5. B. severina, B. gidica, J lemnos. 



6. T. hrigitta, A. caldarena 5 , 

 A.johnstoni, probably P. echeri- 

 oides S ■ 



7. Amattris lobengula, below Acrcea 

 caldarena and not above T. hri- 

 gitta, M. rueppelli, &c. J 



The eating of E. hiarhas and iV. swynnertoni after the Atella was probably due 

 to the stimulating effect of the latter, but the fact that they were eaten then 

 at all would possibly show that their place is not very greatly lower.] 



