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{continued). 



Experimental evidence. 



E. B. Poulton. 



Imagines {continued). 

 As in the last species 



As above. Also eaten readily 

 by Hyla. 



As above. Also eaten readily 

 by Hyla. 



J. Jenner Weir. 



Eaten by Lizards . 



Other observers. 



T.G.B., in 'Nature' 

 (vol. iii. p. 166), 

 has often seen 

 Sparrows capture 

 the species. 



A. Gr. Butler has seen 

 the same (infor- 

 mation to Prof. 

 Meldola). 



A.G.Butler. — Eaten 

 by L. viridis. 



Bearing upon Wallace's 

 converse suggestion. 



Support. 



Support. 



Support. 



Eaten readily by the Lizards, 

 but not much rehshed, as 

 above. 



Support. 



As above. Also eaten readily 

 by some of the Hylcs, but 

 refused by others. 



Refused by all the 

 Lizards. 



Support. I have no doubt that 

 the refusal of some Frogs was 

 due to scales only, jemier 

 Weir's Lizards were probably 

 not hungry. 



Eaten by L. viridis and L. mu- 

 ralis. I think more reUshed 

 than the Butterflies. 



Support. 



Untouched by L. miiralis, but 

 eaten at once by L, viridis. 

 Experiment repeated later 

 with same result. 



Support from behaviour of L. 

 viridis ; that of L. muralis is 

 exceedingly interesting, • and 

 probably introduces a new 

 mode of protection by inti- 

 midation resulting from mere 

 size, with no other terrifying 

 quality. 



Eaten readily by L. muralis 



Support. 



