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IX. Next day there was no trace of the two Papilio aristolochise 

 but a wing. 



I put in first a Delias eucharis, which a Button-Quail ate. Then I 

 put in a Danais chrysippus, which was soon seized by a Liothrix. 



I then put in three non-warningly-coloured butterflies, and one 

 each of D. chrysippus, D. genutia, and D. limniace. The Liothrix first 

 took two of the non-warningly-coloured specimens, then one took the 

 D. genutia, and then another the third non-warningly-coloured speci- 

 men. The D. genutia ultimately fell mostly to the share of a Button- 

 Quail, and the D. limniace appeared to be eaten by a Liothrix. 



While the D. chrysippus was still alive in the aviary, I put in 

 one specimen each of D. genutia and D. limniace, and also a Catopsilia 

 and a Junonia. The latter was seized by a Liothrix, and a Button- 

 Quail attacked all three Danais. but finished by eating the Catopsilia. 

 A Liothrix then ate the D. genutia. 



While these still were in the cage D. limniace (alive) and D. chry- 

 sippus (dead), 1 put in three fresh specimens of D. genutia and 

 D. chrysippus, and Euplcea, and several non-warningly-coloured specimens. 

 These last were soon attacked by the Liothrix, and the Button-Quails 

 ate some, though the former D. chrysippus lay there dead. 



A Liothrix, seizing by accident a D. limniace and a non-warningly- 

 coloured butterfly together, let the Danais drop and retained the other. 



While the Danais only were still noticeable in the aviary, I put 

 in a Junonia, which was soon seized by a Liothrix, obviously by choice, 

 as the others were mostly close by. 



One D. chrysippus was then attacked by a Button-Quail, and part 

 at least eaten by a Red-whiskered Bulbul. The non-warningly-coloured 

 butterflies were now all gone ; two Button-Quails swallowed the Euplcea 

 and a D. chrysippus, which a Bed- whiskered Bulbul (weakly) had tried 

 to eat. The D. limniace had also by this time disappeared (I think 

 eaten by a Liothrix after the non-warningly-coloured butterflies were 

 gone) ; the D. genutia was still alive. 



I then put in one specimen each of P. polites, P. demoleus, 

 D. chrysippus, D. limniace, and Euplcea. 



The birds now mostly wanted to rest, but the Button-Quails 

 (assisted perhaps by a Red- whiskered Bulbul) soon finished all but a 

 D. genutia and a D. limniace, and these were soon dead and mangled. 



I then put in a number of D. chrysippus, two or three D. genutia 

 and two Euploeas, a Junonia, and an Elymnias undularis 9 . 



The Junonia was unmistakeably singled out for attack and seized 

 by Liothrix, which next attacked the two Euplceas, and I saw one 

 eaten, and have no doubt the other was. 



