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parts of the same plant,” while 12 others cannot be placed 
with certainty in either category. 
Pupation, ¢ B, Dec. 31; 1g 49, Jan. 1. Emergence, 
QA, Jan. 8; 2939, Jan.9. g Band QC emerged about 
9 a.m. 
No. 600. A male butterfly was bred from a larva found 
in the forest } mile E., on Jan. 5, 1912. No less than 
37 P. rotundata, var., were on the same leaf, many concen- 
trating their attention on the larva. 
Pupation, Jan. 10; emergence about 2 p.m., Jan. 18. 
A note records that the larva was the same as 579 A—F. 
25. Triclema lucretilis, Hew. 
The female of this species is described by Mr. Bethune- 
Baker on p. 503. The associated ants were Cremasto- 
gaster buchneri, races alligatrix and winkleri. Also, in the 
house, P. rotundata, var. 
No. 555. A single male specimen. A note dated Nov. 27, 
1911, runs :— 
“ T recently found 4 remarkable Lycaenid larvae, though 
3 have since died and the remaining | is sickly. I first saw 
a little dark green larva in a pit which it had gnawed in the 
dark green cortex of a soft plant. It was small, and I 
removed it carefully for the purpose of an examination with 
a lens. There were numerous ants on it (C. buchnert 
alligatrix *). Having examined it, I replaced it on the 
stem and it soon crawled down and vanished into a hole 
out of which ants had been coming. I found 2 other small 
larvae on the stem, and a fourth could be seen just inside 
another hole. 
“T opened up a stem, and in so doing, cut into a larva 
inside it. The ants, which bite and so produce a little 
temporary skin irritation, came rushing out in numbers.” 
Larva in forest 14 miles E., Nov. 22; pupation, Nov. 27; 
emergence, 8 a.m., Dec. 7. This male butterfly is some- 
what dwarfed, and the blue markings on the upper surface 
are much reduced. The pale markings on the under 
surface are yellow. 
A further note referring to the same ants on Jan. 10, 1912, 
runs thus: “ These particular ants bite savagely, and when 
* The 7 ants sent as examples of those attending 555 were 
collected at a later date, viz. Jan. 10, 1912. 
