﻿286 LÉPIDOPTÉROLOGIE COMPARÉE 



Jan. 2nd içi8. Ail three alco7i amongst brood, but do not 

 look so fat as they did. 



Jan. iith. Alcon well and in middle of brood. No. 3 seems 

 a little shrunken. 



Feb. 6th. The nests hâve been looked at once or twice a week 

 since last note, no particular change being noticed and no indi- 

 cation of ant larvae being sucked or eaten. No. i and 2 seem 

 a little less plump and No. 3 is perhaps more shrunk and looks 

 a little darker, but ail are otherwise well, the larvae are always 

 amongst or close to the ant brood, which is not too numerous. 

 To-day after being left undisturbed for perhaps 2 weeks about 

 10 dead (and sucked) ant larvae are found on the feeding glass 

 (midden) in No. 2, the weather recently has been mild, but the 

 room they are in has usually been warmed. 



Feb. loth. A dead (sucked?) ant larva removed from No. I. 



Feb. 2§th. Three dead ant larvae removed from No. 2. 



Mar. yd. No dead ant larvae seen since last entry; alcon 

 larva in No. 3 looks rather small and pmched, the others fairly 

 well and as usual. , 



Mar. ijth. Larvae of alcon seem well, a dead ant larva was 

 found in midden of nest i, on 6th instant and again to-day, 

 their appearance does not décide clearly whether they are 

 casualties or whether they were sucked by alcon. On the whole 

 the latter is more probable, as the larva in No. i seems perhaps 

 the most thriving of the three. 



A queen oï M. scabrïnodïs added to nest received Octr. 25th. 



April çth. Added various ant brood to ail nests (sent by 

 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe). The three larvae of alcon look 

 rather pmched and shrunk but otherwise well, perhaps they are 

 not kept warm enougli. 



April i8th. Alcon in nest 3 which has been lookmg shrunk 

 and darker lately is to-day found to be dead and lying in 



