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Show 220 M R. E. B. POULTON ON THE PROTECTIVE [Mar. 1, TABLE IV. Species and Stage. Imago of Spilosoma menthastri. Imago of Spilosoma lubricipe-da. Imago of Euchelia jacobcece. Imago of Abraxas grossulariata. Imagos of Malaco-derms of the genus Telephones, sp. ? (Coleoptera). Method by which rendered more or less conspicuous. Wings creamy white, with black dots; body yellow, with black dots. Very conspicuous at rest or in flight (slow; evening); often feigns death when captured. Buff, with black spots. Very conspicuous at rest or in flight (slow ; evening); often feigns death when captured. Fore wings very dark brown, almost black, with red spots and stripes; hind wings red with black margin ; body black. Most conspicuous at rest, or especially in its weak flight by day. White, black, and yellow. Very conspicuous at rest or in its slow flight by day and in evening. Often feigns death when captured. Black and red. Very conspicuous at rest or in flight (diurnal); easily caught. Elytra soft and no protection. Common English species called "soldiers and sailors." Unpleasant attribute, real or suggested, in mimetic forms. ? Taste or smell. Proof lies in what follows. ? Taste or smell; but there is at present no experimental proof of this. Results o J. Jenner Weir. Eaten reluctantly by Robin and Reed-Bunting, the latter after rejecting it at first. Tasted and rejected by Yellow-Hammer ; refused by Bullfinch and Chaifinch. very probably from being indigestible. ? Taste or smell. Proof lies in what follows. some time, but eventually reluctantly swallowed after the removal of the wings. Same suggesiion as in case of A. filipcnclulce. Refused by Lizards, although seized on one occasion. : J.astc or smell, x rooi lies in what follows. the birds. (Quoted by Wallace.) A. G. Butler. •'Greedily devoured "by Frogs. (I. think that this must be a mistake ) |