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longispinus, Targ.-Tozz. (p. 523), and 12 ants were in 
attendance. 
No. 699. A g specimen is referred to in the following 
note dated March 24, 1912 :— 
“The larva of this Lycaenid was carnivorous and ate 
tiny smooth hemispherical insects attached in colonies to 
the stems of various plants, especially kola. These insects 
are also attended by ants which cover them with shelters.” 
Parts of two shelters are in the collection and the material 
of which they are built is described on p. 524 by Prof. R. 
Newstead. The larva was found in the forest 1} miles 
E., Feb. 25; pupation, March 2; emergence, March 17. 
The food-insects referred to are Coccids—a new form— 
which has been named Lecanium punctuliferum, var. 
lamborni, Newstead (p. 523), and the 19 ants found 
ministering to them are the same as in No. 695, viz. 
C. buchneri laurente. 
2. Aslauga lamborni, Bethune-Baker, sp. n. (p. 499). 
The associated ant was Cremastogaster buchneri rv. wink- 
leri. In the house, Pheidole rotundata, var., was attracted 
to the larva or to the Coccids. 
No. 543. The larva from which this male specimen was 
bred, Nov. 22, 1911, was obtained in the forest 1} miles E. 
on Nov. 1, and it pupated Nov. 3. [The specimen is the 
male type of the species. | 
A note dated Nov. 27, 1911, referring to it, is as follows :— 
“ The stem of the plant, Bridelia micrantha, Baill. (Euphor- 
biaceae), on which the larva was found, bore a number of 
Cocerdae [Stictococcus sydstedti, Cockerell] which are almost 
invariably attended by ants. They often roof over a 
number of the Coccids with a thin covering composed 
of particles of bark and other vegetable débris so as to 
form a convex chamber which fits down on all sides round 
the enclosed insects. The chambers are about the size 
and shape of a half hazel-nut, and they are tenanted by 
ants as well as Coccids.” 
“Dec. 4, 1911. I am disposed to think that in some 
cases Lycaenidae find food where these bodies have been ; 
for some stems frequented by the butterflies look as if 
they had borne the Coccids. The Séictococct are usually 
surrounded by a multitude of ants, and I was interested 
to see that the ferocious ‘ tree-drivers > (Oecophylla) do not 
