[78] Marshall, loc. cit. p. 379.
[79] In this connection may be quoted a letter from Capt. N. V. Neal near Lagos to Mr W. A. Lamborn which was recently published in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society.
"You have asked me about monkeys eating butterflies. This is very common, as every native will tell you. I have seen it myself. The monkey runs along a path, sees some butterflies fluttering round some filth, goes very quietly, and seizes one by the wings, puts the solid part (body) into his mouth, then pulls the wings off. The poor butterfly goes down like any oyster.... The dog-faced baboon and the large brown monkey with a very long tail, which seems to be the most common species in this colony, are great butterfly-eaters. The little spider-monkey also considers a butterfly a treat, and prefers one to a spider."
[80] Cf. E. B. Poulton in Bedrock for Oct. 1913, p. 301.
[81] Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1914.
[82] In the female hobleyi, with rare exceptions, the orange of the male is replaced by white, and it has received the name tirikensis. The female of P. macarista also shews white in place of the orange of the male.
[83] Cf. Poulton, E. B., Ier Congr. Internat. d'Entomol., Bruxelles 1911. This proportion is founded on several hundreds caught at random. Observers are agreed that Pseudacraea is both a warier insect and a stronger flyer than the various Planemas which it resembles.
[84] Ier Congr. Internat. d'Entom., Bruxelles 1911.
[85] Cf. Poulton, Bedrock, Oct. 1913, p. 300.
[86] The size of the white spot may shew much variation in specimens from the same region. I have seen African specimens in which it is large, while in the Ceylon specimen figured on [Plate IV] it is as small as in the typical African specimen shewn on [Plate VIII].