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ants, but the ants look after them with an assiduity as 
great as if they were their own offspring. When I looked 
into the nest the ants picked them up and carried them 
away, and one ant carried one of these in addition to a 
larva of its own species. I have made no further dis- 
coveries as to how the Lycaenid larvae feed.” 
“June 29, 1912. More Oecophylla Lycaenids are sent 
and cuticles accompany some of the pupa-cases. One 
cuticle in particular shows remarkably well the length of 
the neck of the larva.” 
“Feb. 10, 1912. The Lepidopterous larvae are not 
always well treated by the ants. It so happened that I 
accidentally put some into a box in a crevice of which there 
was some scale naphthalene. Some died and the others 
which revived were put into an ants’ nest in a half-stupefied 
condition. Such as happened to fall on their backs were 
immediately seized by the ants. I also found that a 
healthy larva placed on its back has difficulty in turning 
over, and is in this position liable to attack. In one 
instance I saw a larva with an ant gripping it by the neck 
on the ventral side. 
“ When the larva feeds, the fore part of the body is raised 
and the margins of the lateral folds of cuticle are bent 
round till they meet, thus protecting the soft ventral 
surface. The head comes out at the apex of the cone thus 
formed.” 
The dates of emergence, etc., in 1912 of the 3 males and 
5 females (818 A—H) of Huliphyra mirifica are as follows. 
All except one are figured on Plate XXVII. 
818 A (Plate XXVII, fig. 5). Male: emerged June 20, 
1912, from a pupa found earlier in the same month. The 
precise pupa-case accompanies this specimen as in each 
of the others. 
B. Male (fig. 6) emerged June 28, from a pupa found in 
an Oecophylla nest in the forest, near Oni Clearing, June 11. 
Accompanying it is a dead pupa found attached to a leaf 
in the same nest. 
C. Male (fig. 7) : emerged June 29, from a freshly formed 
pupa found under the same conditions as B, on June 10. 
D. Female (fig. 8): emerged July 1. Resting larva 
found in ants’ nest June 11, pupation June 12. (Pupa- 
case, fig. 8A.) 
K. Female (fig. 11): emerged July 2. Larva found in 
ants’ nest June 11, pupation June 14. 
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