Relationship between certain West African Insects. 475 
No. 765 A—C. Two males and 1 female. The note in 
my letter, dated May 13, 1912, is as follows :— 
“The larvae of these Lycaenidae were ant-attended 
and had each a dorsal gland, though I could not see any 
tubercles. The three were found together in the forest 
14 miles E., on a climbing parasitic plant. They were 
wonderfully coloured, ruby and green being predominant.” 
Unfortunately the precise ants in attendance were not 
collected, but they were undoubtedly a race of C. buchnerv. 
The larvae were plant-eaters. 
All pupated Apr. 23 and emerged May 3. 
17. Spalgis lemolea, H. H. Druce (S-signata, Holl.). 
The Coccid food of the larva has been recorded in the 
Proceedings of this Society (1911, pp. civ-cv; 1912, 
p. xviii). Additional notes on these larvae and their food- 
insects are reproduced below :— 
“Jan. 7, 1912. I had repeatedly examined the Coccids 
without detecting the larvae, and it was only my attempt 
to find a particularly large Coccid for examination that led 
me to turn one over and discover it to be Lepidopterous.”’ 
“Feb. 18, 1912. The larvae of Spalgis lemolea do not 
strike me as being much larger than the Coccids on which 
they feed, for they are rather flattened and usually nestle 
up closely to the masses of Coccids under what appears to 
be a common covering of shed cuticles, etc. It is sometimes 
really quite difficult to distinguish them. The Coccids are 
so closely packed and so well covered that one can rarely 
see the form ofa single individual.” 
“June 15, 1912. I have watched several Spalgis 
ovipositing on the Coccid masses, and am now sending 
some larvae in spirit. It is quite common to see tiny 
Coccids wandering in the material on the back of the 
larvae.” 
Some of the Coccids, as eaten by the larvae of Spalqis, 
from the plant “ Pride of Barbados” in Oni Clearing, 
May 25, 1912, were sent in spirit, and these, when examined 
by Prof. Newstead, F.R.S., were found to be Dactylopius 
virgatus, var. madagascariensis, Newst. (p. 523). The 
food-insects previously sent were determined by the same 
authority as D. longispinus, Targ.-Tozz. (Proceedings, 
1912, p. xvii); hence the larvae of Spalgis lemolea are 
not confined to a single species of Coccid. Although the 
condition of the specimens was such that Prof. Newstead 
