378 MR. C. F. M. SWYNNBRTON ON THE 



each without tasting, readily ate an Acrcea johnstoni, refused then tried and rejected 

 Acrcea caldarena, crushed and ate a red $ A. igola and three grasshoppers. 



He then crushed and rejected Terias brigitta, accepted and ate the remains of 

 the Mylothris yulei, again rejected the Terias brigitta, accepted, crushed, and ate a 

 Terias seotegalensis, refused two or three times, then crushed and rejected Terias 

 regularis. 



Later (he had had a smallish feed and some two hours then without food) 

 he crushed and rejected an Amauris albimaculata, crushed and swallowed an 

 Amauris lobengtda, and crushed and rejected an Amauris albimaculata, Amauris 

 lobe7igula, Acrcm caldarena, and Terias brigitta. He was now looking much 

 annoyed with upraised frontal feathers and had, I believe, made a mistake. He 

 once more refused the Terias, also a Terias regidaris, then tried and rejected the 

 latter, but readily ate a Belenois severina and six or seven grasshoppers. 



He then accepted and ate a Mycalesis campina, refused a Belenois severina, ate 

 another Mycalesis, and again refused the Belenois. 



[" ]V. goochi was evidently not liked better than the Byblia ; nor to judge both 

 from the bird's manner and from his refusal of the Byblia only one butterfly later, 

 very much worse." 



Probable order : — 



T. flesus, c 1. P. dardanus J , P- lyceus, C. Jlorella. 



E. hiarbasX 2. L. argia S • 



B. qoetzius. 3. iV. goochi with or just above 



4. M. campina. 



5. B. sevei'ina and m,esentina. 



r 6. M. yulei. 1 T. senegalensis 



■^ .. - 7. P. echerioides S • i hereabouts. 



[ 8. A.johnstoni. 8. \ T. brigitta s})Out here. 



f 9. Red 2 ^- igola, M. oculata per- I T. regidaris not above M. 



I haps here. J yidei and T. senegalensis. 



flO. A. caldarena, A. natalica, M. tristigma perhaps hereabouts. 

 \ll. Epilachna 171 possibly, on manner, below even M. tristigma. 



N. agatha below L. argia, T. flesus, and E. hiarbas. 



A. lalos above A. johnstoni and T. brigitta. 



M. rueppelli probably not below A. caldarena or above B. m.esentina.'] 



Exp. 225. — March 31. Refused, then crushed and rejected Acra;a caldarena S • 

 Ate readily Acrma johnstoni. 



After a medium-sized grasshopper, refused persistently u^crfeayoA^sioni, Mylothris 

 yidei, and Terias brigitta, but ate readily Belenois mesentina and Mycalesis campina. 



Later refused without tasting, then tried and rejected Acrcea esebria, Mylothris 

 yidei, and Terias brigitta. Ate readily Mycalesis campina. 



[Order : — 



1. B. mesentina, M. campina. 



2. A. johnstoni. \ M. yidei, T. brigitta. 



3. A. caldarena c? . ) A. esebria (latter tried only against Mycalesis).^ 



