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MR. K. B. POULTON ON THE PROTECTIVE [Mar. 1, 



Table IV. 



Species 

 and 



Stage. 



Imago of 

 menthastri. 



Imago of 



Spilosoma 

 lubricipe- 

 da. 



Imago of 

 Euchclia 

 jacoi 



Imago of 

 Abraxas 

 grossula- 

 riata. 



Imagos of 

 Malaco- 

 derms of 

 the genus 

 Tclcpho- 

 riis, sp. ? 

 (Coleopte- 

 ra). 



Method by which 



rendered more or less 



conspicuous. 



Wings creamy while, with 

 black dots ; body yellow, 

 with black dot.". Very con- 

 spicuous at re.^t or in flight 

 (slow ; evening) ; often 

 feigns death when cap- 

 tured. 



Buif, with black spots. Very 

 conspicuous at rest or in 

 flight (slow ; evening) ; often 

 feigns death when cap- 

 tured. 



Fore wings very dark brown, 

 almost black, with red 

 spots and stripes ; hind 

 wings red with black mar- 

 gin ; body black. Most 

 conspicuous at rest, or espe- 

 cially in its weak flight by 

 day. 



Unpleasant attribute, 

 real or suggested, 

 in mimetic forms. 



? Taste or smell. Proof 

 lies in what follows. 



? Taste or smell; but 

 there is at present 

 no experimental 



proof of this. 



Results of 



J. Jenner Weir. 



A. G. Butler. 



Eaten reluctantly 

 by Eobin and 

 Eeed-Buuting, the 

 latter after reject- 

 ing it at first. Tas- 

 ted and rejected 

 by Yellow-Ham- 

 mer ; refused by 

 Bullfinch and 



Chaffinch. 



? Taste or smell, or 

 very probably from 

 being indigestible. 



Disregarded for 

 some time, but 

 eventually reluc- 

 tantly swallowed 

 after the removal 

 of the wings. 

 Same suggestion 

 as in case of A. 

 filipendulcB. 



White, black, and yellow. '? Taste or smell. Proof Refused by Liz;irds, 



Very conspicuous at rest 

 or in its slow flight by day 

 and in evening. Often 

 feigns death when cap- 

 tured. 



Black and red. Very con- 

 spicuous at rest or in 

 flight (diurnal) ; easily 

 caught. Elytra soft and 

 no protection. Common 

 English species called "sol- 

 diers and sailors." 



lies in what follows. 



although seized on 

 one occasion. 



? Taste or smell. Proof ] Disregarded by all 

 lies in what follows. ! the birds. (Quoted 

 by Wallace.) 



•' Gi'eedily devour- 

 ed " by Frogs. (I 

 think that this 

 must be a mis- 

 take ) 



