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Exp. 324. — March 28. Refused even to taste A. caldarena, 1. johnstoni, 

 T. hrigilta, but readily accepted and ate an M. ccnnpina, again refused, then barely 

 tasted and rejected the Terias, but ate an Argiolcms lalos and three grasshoppers. 

 He then refused persistently to touch a T. senegalensis, refused, then crushed and 

 rejected an M. campina, but crushed and readily enough swallowed a Byhlia 

 goetzuos, accepted a N'eptis goochi with some disinclination, crushed, and dropped it, 

 crushed and readily ate a Tagiades flesus and refused to touch again either the 

 N. goochi or a second B. goetzius. After one raore grasshopper he refused 

 a S L. argia, then tried and rejected it, accepted readily, crushed, and ate a 

 d P. dardanus, refused, then tried and rejected L. argia, and after it a C.florella. 

 On my removing their wings he crushed both, rejected the Leitceronia, but readily 

 ate the C.florella, again rejecting the Leuceronia. He then ate a P. lyceus. 



After an interval he crushed and rejected iV. goochi, crushed and readily ate an 

 E. hiarhas, refused a Neptis agatha, but crushed and this time ate the Leuceronia 

 argia S • 



Considerably later (he had had a good feed of grasshoppers in the meantime) he 

 refused persistently to touch a Mycalesis campina or a Eu,rytela hiarhas. Finally, 

 with an air of " All right — give it me and be hanged to you ! " he snatched the latter 

 from the forceps and swallowed it, but refused to touch another, though offered again 

 with coaxing several times during the next twenty minutes. On the last occasion 

 he refused the Eurytela hiarhas, opened his mouth and brought up a large pellet, 

 then (immediately) readily accepted not only the Eurytela hiarhas but a Mycalesis 

 campina. Refused, then tried and rejected Belenois mesentina, ate readily another 

 Mycalesis, again refused the Belenois but changing his mind ate it and crushed and 

 rejected Mylothris rueppelli and Terias hrigitta. 



Twenty minutes after the ejection of the pellet he readily accepted, crushed, and 

 ate not only Mylothris rueppelli but Acroia esehria and Acrma caldarena, tasted and 

 rejected 5 (white-barred) Acrcea douhledayi and a second S Acrcva caldarena, 

 prushed and quickly rejected Mylahris tristigma, crushed far more thoroughly, 

 seeming inclined to eat it, a M. ocidata, then threw it away, tasted and at once 

 hastily flung away an Epilachna, refused to accept an Acrcea caldarena S , tasted 

 and rejected a red $ of Acrcea igola, crushed an Acrcea johnstoni well and 

 half swallowed it but brought it up and rejected it, tasted and rejected an Acrcea 

 esehria S , crushed and readily ate Mylothris yidei, refused the Acrcea esehria, 

 refused, then tasted and rejected a Nyctemera leuconoe. 



After three grasshoppers he refused, then tasted and rejected in turn Mylothris 

 yulei, Terias hrigitta, and Terias senegalensis. 



After an interval he refused Acrcea caldarenct, but crushed and ate Nyctemera 

 leuconoe, refused persistently Acrcea ccddarena, crushed Acrcea johnstoni well before 

 throwing it away, crushed and swallowed Papilio echerioides (S , brought it up into 

 his bill again, tasted it further and swallowed it finally, refused Acrcect johnstoni, 

 snatched at a Mylotht'is yulei through the bars (I reserved it for further use), ate a 

 small grasshopper, and crushed and rejected a Terias hi'igitta. 



After a further short interval he accepted and ate the Terias and snatched again 

 at the Mylothris, breaking off and swallowing the head with a small part of the 

 thorax, crushed and rejected Acrcea, natalica and Acrciec(j caldarena, then refused 



