492 Mr. W. A. Lamborn on the 
saw that it consisted of a case concealing a purple cater- 
pillar. This covering was not an intrinsic part of the larva, 
for I believe that the latter was able to turn round almost 
completely beneath it. I certainly saw its head very near 
where the anal extremity had been and from time to time 
at the side. The larva ate one Coczid and then became 
quiescent, having sealed down its covering to the stem on 
all sides. The cocoon-like structure sent is really the 
covering of the active larva. Though I was able to see very 
little of it I felt certain that this larva was Lycaenid; for 
I have found other larvae which I am sure were Lycaenidae 
under coverings of débris. Accordingly when a little moth 
emerged I did not connect it with the cocoon until two days 
later, when I noticed for the first time the valve-like aperture 
by which it had made its exit.” 
Pupation about Mar. 31, emergence Apr. 10. A Sticto- 
coccus is still attached to the stick bearing the cocoon. 
No. 826. The larva of this moth was found near Oni 
Clearing on May 22, 1912, and is referred to in the following 
note :— 
“ July 1. The larva of this moth was carnivorous and 
was found moving among Oecophylla ants and feeding 
on Coccids, Stictococcus sjtistedti, the food of the larva of 
Aslauga lamborni. The ants were feeding on the secretions 
of the Coccids. The larva was protected by a rounded 
covering of silk in which were the remains of Stictococci, and 
this covering served to form the cocoon.” 
Pupation about May 26, emergence June 24. <A Stecto- 
coccus is also attached to the stick bearing the cocoon, and 
remains of Strctococci are clearly visible in the walls of the 
latter. 
2. Probably Euproctis sp. (Lymantridae). 
No. 844. The larva of this little Lymantrid moth was 
found near ants, June 24, 1912, in the forest 14 E. It 
spun June 26, and the perfect insect emerged July 8. 
The moth itself bears a remarkable superficial resemblance 
to a Lithosid of the genus Muiltochrista. 
3. Obtusipalpalis saltusalis, Schaus (Schoenobiinae). 
The larvae and pupae of this Pyralid moth live in the 
flower-heads of Costus afer among the Pheidole ants which 
tend the larvae and pupae of the Lycaenid, Oboronia punc- 
tata (see pp. 489-91, also Proceedings, 1911, pp. cil, civ). 
