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Cynthia asela, Moore, (a) 9. Large symmetrical injury to hind- 
wings : ? by lizard. (6) <J. Symmetrical injury to hind-wings : ? by 
bird. 
Cirrhochroa cognata, Moore, ?. Symmetrical injury to hind- 
wings. 
Hypolimnas bolina, Linn, (a) ?. Symmetrical injury to fore¬ 
wings : ? by bird, (b) <£. Symmetrical injury to tips of fore-wings. 
Pyrameis cardui , Linn. S. Symmetrical injury to hind-wings : 
? by lizard. 
Lampides celeno , Cram. <£. Symmetrical injury involving whole 
hind-margin of hind-wings and an angular piece of fore-wings : ? by 
lizard. 
Delias eucharis, Drury, <$. Symmetrical injury to hind-wings. 
Catopsilia pomona , Fabr. (a) £. Two symmetrical (?) bites in¬ 
volving both hind-wings, (b) 9. Symmetrical injury to hind-wings : 
? by bird, (c) <J. All four wings symmetrically injured by one 
small bite: ? by bird. 
Ornithoptera darsius , Gray, 9. Long narrow symmetrical injury 
to hind-wings : ? by bird. 
Papilio agamemnon, Linn. Symmetrical injury to hind-wings: 
? by lizard. 
Observations in India (.Mather an), 1908. 
Crastia core , Cram. A male with a symmetrical injury involving 
both hind-wings. 
Zezius {Theda) chrysomallus, Hiibn. A male had been bitten. 
Observations in the Sudan , 1909. 
Colias hyale, auct., f. marnoana , Eogenh. (a) Symmetrical injury 
affecting fore and hind-wings, (b) Injury involving all four wings. 
Belenois mesentiha , Cram. d. A large piece out of all four wings. 
Teracolus halimede, Klug. A large piece out of one hind-wing. 
§ 5. Experimental Evidence as to the Palatability of 
Butterflies. 
The following experiments, conducted at the suggestion of Prof. 
Poulton, are a small contribution to the mass of facts accumulated 
by Mr. G. A. K. Marshall and Mr. Frank Finn. 1 
1 Marshall, Trans . Ent. Soc. Lond 1902, pp. 297-397 ; Finn, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Bengal , Ixiv. Pt. ii. 1895, p. 344; lxv. Pt. ii. 1896, pp. 42; Ixvi. Pt. ii. 1897, 
pp. 528, 613, 667,668; quoted by Poulton, “ Essays on Evolution,” 1898, pp. 269, 317, 
See also Marshall, Trans. Ent. Soq. Lond., 1908, pp. 137-142. 
