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base, similar to that of a much smaller pupa found in 

 March, 1910, by Mr. Lamborn on the under side of a leaf 3 ft. 

 from the ground, in the forest, H miles E. of Oni. This 

 pupa produced, on March 11, 1910, a male Aryiolaus, of which 

 the species has not as yet been identified. This specimen and 

 its pupal shell were also exhihited. 



[xxxiii 

 "Oni Camp, Feb. 10, 1912. 



"I have seen the ants using their larvae to weave silk in 

 the manner described by Mr. II. N. Ridley, F.R.S., at Singa- 

 pore (1890). They grip them dorsally and carry them to and 

 fro, applying the larval mouth-parts to various points to fix 

 the silk. 



•• When Blightly alarmed these ants quiver violently so as 

 to produce a rustling sound on leaves, and when still more 

 alarmed the abdomen is uplifted and a drop of fluid is ejected 

 to a distance of 5 or 6 inches. 



"12/2/12. 



"The anta are not thriving in captivity, and, as many of 

 their larvae have died, I decided to 'hoard out' mv Lepido 

 pteroufl larva.- all in one large nest. On opening one up 

 last night, 1 found remains of a pupal shell and one large 

 pupa dead— undoubtedly Lycaenid I should think from its 

 resemblance to on,' sent last year. I am, however, puzzled 

 on account of it- large si e; for I do not call to mind any 

 Lycaenids large enough to correspond with the pupa, and if 

 the larvae in my possession are of the same Bpecies, they cannot 

 be a quarter grown. I send this dead pupa. The silk at the 

 edge of the leaf hound it to the ants' nest." 



The larvae referred to above were found by Mr. Lamborn 

 in the leaf-nes! s of OtOOphyUa. Their form and ha hits were 

 very remarkable, and Professor Poulton hoped to bring Mr. 

 Lamborn's account before the Society when the imagines have 

 been bred and identified. 



The sluggishness of two \V. African Lycaenidae of 



THE GENERA EpiTOLA AND HbWITSONIA. — Professor PoULTON 



exhibited the three largest Lycaenidae captured by Mr. W. A. 

 Lamborn, and suggested that the undetermined pupae in the 



