ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. 



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Xotes 011 a teriiiitopliilous Tiiieid larva. 



By 



IV AR TRÄGÅRDH. 



Uppsala. 



Coramunicated November 14:th by Chr. Aukivillius. 



Although several larvae of Lepidoptera have been recorded 

 as existing in ants' nests/ some of which are known to be re- 

 gular inmates and are specially adapted for that purpose, yet 

 hitherto only a few larvae have been found in termites' nests 

 and nothing is known about their habits or A^^hether they belong 

 to the class of regular termites' guests or not. 



According to Wasmann.- Burmeister^ found the larvse 

 and the chrysahs of a Tineid in termites' nests in Brazil and 

 NiETNER^ the naked larva of a Tiiiea or Pyralis in great num- 

 bers in the nest of a treetermite in Ceylon. 



PiEPERS'' records the larva of a Bombycine moth, Himan- 

 topterus fuscinervis living in termites' nests in Java. 



The larva, which forms the subject of the present paper, 

 was found by the author in Zululand 1905 in two localities at 

 Dukudu Bush and on the river Mseleni near lake Sibayi, in 

 all localities in the nests of a Bhmotennes sp. living in trees. 



My attempts to breed the larva not having met with success 

 I am unable to ascertain its exact systematic position. Still 



^ Wasma^^n, E. Kritisches Verzeichniss dei' Mynnekopliilen und Ter- 

 mitophilen Arthropodeii Berlin. 1894 p. 169 — 172. 



- Op. cit, p. 172. 



' Hagen. H. Monographie der Termiten Linnea Entomologica. N. 

 p. 320. 



' Hagex, H. Op. cit. NI V p. 78. 



■-" Tijdschrift v. Entomologie. NLV. p. 107- 



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