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BIONOMIC NOTES 
[ Papilio hyperion , Hiibn. (Brazil, 1878). Fritz Muller found that 
the males had a very strong odour.] 
[ Papilio scamander (? grayi) Boisd. (Brazil, 1878). Fritz Muller 
found a strong, most agreeable odour in the males.] 
[Papilio protesilaus, Linn. (Brazil, 1878). Fritz Muller found £< a 
very strong, or rather disagreeable, odour, in the male.”] 
[Papilio nephalion, Godart. (Brazil, 1878). Fritz Muller found 
a faint agreeable odour in the male.] 
Papilio parinda , Moore. (Ceylon, 1908). A male was noted as 
having a scent like tea, but nothing of the kind was observed in any 
other specimens examined. 
Papilio polymnestor , Cram. (Matheran, India, 1908). A male 
had a somewhat musty odour. 
Papilio eurimedes , Cram. (Venezuela, 1907). A male had a 
strong musty straw odour. 
Papilio aeneides , Esp. (gargarus, Hiibn.). (Trinidad, 1907). A 
living female had a smell of musty straw, which persisted after death. 
[Papilio alcinous, Klug. (Japan, 1886). Of this species Pryer 
says: “ The male emits a peculiarly sweet, musky odour when alive. 
The female also emits a faint odour, but to me this is as unpleasant 
as that of the male is pleasant.” 1 I met with this insect near 
Nagasaki in 1904, but unfortunately did not examine it for scent.] 
Hesperidae. 
[Plesioneura eligius , Cram. (Brazil, 1878). Fritz Muller noticed 
in this species, as well as in a species of Achlyodes , that the pencil 
of long hairs on the hind tibiae of the males emitted a very faint 
odour.] 
[Gegenes occulta , Trim. (S. Africa, 1905). Dr. Dixey found a 
very distinct chocolate scent in a male.] 
As yet I have never been able to satisfy myself that any of the 
many Skippers examined are scented. It seems probable that some 
special manipulation may be requisite to elicit scents in this group. 2 
§ 2. The Coloured Juice exuded by certain Lepidoptera. 
It has long been known that some butterflies, notably Danainae 
and Acraeinae, yield a copious yellow or green juice on pinching, 
and this has been commonly associated with the known, or suspected, 
distastefulness of the insects themselves. 3 A devoted student q£ 
1 H. Pryer, “ Bhopalocera Niphonica,” 1886, p. 4 ; see also p. 135, supra., 
2 See Appendix, § VII. 
3 See Dixey, Proc. Ent, §oc, Lond 1906, pp. iii >} iv., vi., vii. 
