MUTILATED SPECIMENS 523 
Catophaga paulina, Cram. <$. A symmetrical injury to the tips 
of the hind-wings. 
Papilio aristolochiae, Eabr. The tips of the hind-wings bitten off 
in striking symmetry. 
Papilio dissimilis, Linn. Anal angles of hind-wings and more 
bitten off fairly symmetrically. 
Observations in China , 1904. 
Papilio paris, Linn. Large pieces bitten out of fore and hind- 
wings almost symmetrically. 
Observations in Japan, 1904. 
Blanaida goschlcevitschii, Menet. The anal angles of both hind- 
wings symmetrically bitten off, otherwise in fine condition. 
Gonepteryx rhamni, Linn. d. Symmetrically pecked by a bird, 
all four wings implicated. 
It will be noted that this list includes no Danaida nor Euploea, 
but does include two Tirumala septentrionis, and two Papilios with 
conspicuous red “ warning marks.” 
In Ceylon a bird was seen to make a swoop at a male Catophaga 
paulina, but missed it. I may here add that at Yokohama, May 19th, 
1904, I saw a dragon-fly of moderate size, Orthetrum japonicum , 
Uhler, carry off a Blanaida goschlcevitschii , a butterfly resembling 
a very large Pararge megaera, which did not appear to struggle 
at all. 
Observations in Algeria, 1905. 
Euchloe belia, Linn. $. Very sharply-cut snip out of each hind¬ 
wing, larger on left: ? by bird. 
Ganoris brassicae, Linn. Caught fluttering about flower-bed 
close to the ground, had been nearly done to death by a (?) bird; 
nearly the whole of both hind-wings and three-fourths of the fore¬ 
wings gone. 
Observations in South Africa, 1905. 
Precis sesamus, Trim. A piece out of one hind-wing. 
Tarucus telicanus, Lang. ?. Pore-wings injured : ? by bird. 
Pinacopteryx charina, Boisd. S. (a) Anal angles of hind-wings 
bitten : ? by lizard, (b) Both anal angles of hind-wings bitten off: 
? by lizard. 
