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11 has the spiracle situated at the bottom of a considerable highly-shining 

 hollow which is characteristic. The front end of the pupa is bluntly rounded; 

 the shoulders somewhat suddenly prominent though rounded, and the pupal 

 breadth at these shoulders is very little, if any, narrower than at middle ; the 

 thorax is somewhat prominently " humped " and long ; the head vertex is 

 long and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of pupa, its hinder margin 

 curved convexly backwards ; segment 2 is a broadish transverse band, flattened 

 dorsally with a depressed, dorsal dent from front to hinder margin and is in 

 a plane inclined at an angle of 45" to that axis, the hinder margin straight ; 

 the thorax has its middle portion parallel to that axis, the hinder and front 

 slopes at about SO'' to the axis, its hinder margin nearly triangularly bent 

 excejjt that it is rounded at the ajoex (of the triangle) in the dorsal line, 

 this hinder margin meeting the wings in a deep, rounded angle of about 

 60" ; segment 4 is short in the dorsal line, long laterally ; the proboscis inside 

 the meeting point of the antennae (which only reaches to within two-thirds 

 the distance from mouth to end of wings) does not nearly reach the end of 

 the wings, pupa highest at thoracic apex broadest at segment 7. Spiracles 

 of segment 2 narrow, oval, black, hardly visible ; the rest small, roimdly 

 oval, raised somewhat, red-brown or yellowish. S^irface of pupa shining, 

 smooth except for some minute, sparse, erect, white hairs only visible with 

 difficulty under the lens and a slight depression laterally above each spiracle 

 and a dorsal, central dent sometimes on segments 6-8 ; there is also the 

 large spiracle-depression on segment 11 mentioned above; there is no sign 

 of the 12th segment organs or the gland. The colour is either dark reddish 

 brown or grass-green ; in the latter case the abdomen with a yellowish 

 tinge ; a lateral, blackish, subcutaneous spot on segment 2, another smaller 

 one at spiracle of segment 2, a brown spot at spiracle of segment 6 ; a 

 dark green dorsal, abdominal line. L : 11 mm ; B : 4-5 mm. at segment 7, 4 

 mm. at shoulders ; H at thorax : 3-5 mm. at 7 : 3'75mm. 



Habils.— The eggs tire laid anywhere (axils, leaves, stalks, dry- 

 sticks) on practically any plant where there are ants of the genus 

 Cremastogaster—ix particular species probably. The ants look after 

 the little larvae from the first and these do not get on well without 

 them. When they grow larger they make little cells for themselves 

 in any crease or hollow they can find in the leaf-surface, fastening the 

 edges of the cell with silk and lining the inside thickly if somewhat 

 slovenily. The pupation takes place in the cell at the end of the 

 time and the duration of the pnpal stage is about 10 days. The 

 pupa is attached by the cremaster as well as by a body-band. The 

 cell made by the larva is rather like those made l)y spiders, untidy 

 and irregular and is used as a permanent abode, the inmate going out 

 to feed on the undersides of the leaves, always leaving the cuticle 

 of the uppersi le intact, even in the full-grown state. There are 

 always many ants attending and tliey climb all over the caterpillers ; 

 a half dozen may sometimes be seen on one at a time. The butterfly 

 is a strong flier but does not ordinarily fly far ; gets up suddenly and 

 drops suddenly to the ground or on to a bush or plant near the ground 

 \\ hen disturbed. It basks on low- plants, sitting with the wings well 

 opened though never ilat ; rests vv-ith them closed over the back ; 

 goes freely to flowers and is easy to capture when thus engaged. It 

 is one of the commonest of lycoenide butterflies and may be found 



