1896.] Frank Finn — Theory of Warning Colours and Mimicry. 47 



July 28th. — Put out a large Catopsilia and a Banais limniace near 

 the lizards' tree by the tank. Some while afterwards the Catopsilia was 

 gone ; but it might have got away, as breaking the costal nervure does 

 not disable these as it does Danaids. The Banais was still there. 



Later in the day I put this Banais near another lizard, before very 

 long the lizard stalked and seized it with a spring and slowly ate it 

 before me. 



July 30th. — Offered in the morning a Papilio aristolocMae to a big 

 Calotes near the tank. In a little while I saw him with it in his mouth, 

 and he then ran off with it. I offered another P. aristolocMae to another 

 lar°"e lizard. He stalked it almost immediately, seized it after a pause, 

 chewed it slowly, and had got all down but part of one fore-wing when 

 he disappeared, no doubt frightened. Later on I exposed a Gatopsilia 

 on the tree by the tank ; it was on a leaf not far from a lizard, and 

 this soon had it in its mouth and ate it. 



August 1st. — Exposed a Papilio demoleus to a Calotes in the Art 

 School compound ; the insect weak but not disabled, fell at a little dis- 

 tance ; then I disabled a fine Papilio aristolocMae and threw it to the 

 lizard. It fell very near and was immediately seized and slowly eaten, 

 all but parts of two wings and a leg, knocked off at the last. Meanwhile 

 the P. demoleus was fluttering about, and the lizard must have seen it. 

 I then took it away. 



August 2nd. — I offered to a Calotes in the Art School compound 

 a Papilio eurypylus and P. aristolocMae. He soon attacked, paused and 

 went on over P. eurypylus which was nearest, seized P. aristolocMae, 

 and ate it all but part of the forewings a hindwing and the abdomen, 

 which I found afterwards. As the abdomen was not chewed, and had 

 the unchewed wing attached to it, I supposed the lizard had chewed 

 it off unwittingly. 



This lizard did not seem inclined to eat P. eurypylus afterwards, 

 but another to which I threw the insect soon seized it by the wing and 

 began to chew this ; and as I soon missed both, no doubt retired with 

 its prey. 



I do not know if the first lizard was the same as yesterday's ; it 

 was about the same place. 



November 2nd. — In the morning I exposed to a lizard a Belias 

 eucharis which was almost immediately seized, and the lizard began 

 apparently to chew it, when a movement of mine startled it, as it 

 remained still, holding the insect in its mouth (a common habit) and it 

 ran off with its prey. 



November 10th. — Exposed a red-eyed skipper (Matapa aria) near 

 a large Calotes, which after a little seized and ate it. 



