African species of the Lycaenesthes group of Lycaenidae. 15 
from the angle, 5 from directly above the middle of the discocellu- 
lars, 7 stalked from 6 from the cell.” 
De Niceville describes the larva of the Eastern species 
emolus, Godart, thus— 
“ Larva when full fed ‘62 of an inch in length, somewhat dark 
green in colour of a darker shade than most Lycaenid larva, smooth 
and shining, the whole upper surface covered with minute pits to be 
seen only under a strong magnifying glass. The head is very small 
and retractile as usual, and of a pale green colour, the second segment 
is unmarked, the third to sixth segments inclusive have some 
obscure reddish-brown dorsal blotches, the three following segments 
are unmarked, the tenth to twelfth have somewhat similar blotches 
to those on the third to sixth, but they are more distinct and darker 
in shade. There is a pale yellow lateral line just above the legs. 
All the segments are irregularly and broadly pitted at the sides ; 
these pits seem more or less to assume the form of a longitudinal 
subdorsal depression, below which to the lateral line the colour of 
the insect is slightly paler. The whole larva is much depressed, 
somewhat wider than high, and seems to gradually increase in 
breadth to the segment 10, the last segment is almost as broad and 
rounded. The larva varies greatly in colour and markings, some 
being pale green throughout and unmarked, others again are reddish 
brown throughout. It feeds, in Calcutta, on Nephelium litchi. 
Lamb, Cassia fistula, Linn., Heynea trijuga, Roxb., and not im¬ 
probably, as it feeds on so many bushes, it will eat others. Dr. 
Forel identifies the ant which attends the larva as Oecophylla 
smaragdina, Fab., the large red and green ant that makes immense 
nests of growing leaves in trees. 
“ Pupa '4 of an inch in length of the usual Lycaenid shape, the 
tail pointed, the thorax slightly humped, and ending in a somewhat 
sharp ridge line on the back ; it is coloured pale ochreous and bears 
a prominent diamond-shaped mark posteriorly. It is smooth 
throughout, reddish brown, sprinkled with minute darker dots.”— 
(Butt. India, iii, p. 129.) 
We have no information about the ova, and there are 
one or two points in the brief life history that would be 
interesting to elucidate by a more critical examination of 
both larva and pupa—these gaps we hope by degrees will 
be filled. Silvanus and larydas appear to be common in 
many parts of Africa, so that it ought to be possible to 
obtain a more detailed record of their metamorphoses; at 
present nothing is known of these details of any of the 
