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" The less common larvae [hcJaila] arc not gregarious, and I 

 am sure that each egg is deposited by itself, for on every 

 occasion on which I have visited the food-plant I have been 

 able to return with two or three more little larvae — generally 

 of different ages — gathered off widely separated leaves on 

 the plant. 



" The larvae [of helcita] have always been found on the under 

 side of leaves." 



Gregarious larvae of Ahtis erici, photographed, about natural size, 

 by W. A. Lamborn. Oni Camii, about 70 m. E. of Lagos. 



Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter's observations in the islands in 

 THE N.W. OF the Victoria Nyanza. — Prof. Poulton read 

 the following letter recently received from Dr. Carpenter : — 



" Wema Island, Lake Victoria. 



"March 1, 1914. 



" Since I last wrote to you Fiske and I have moved a good 

 deal further east, towards Jinja, and we are now two days 

 by canoe from Entebbe. The old banana plantations on some 

 of the islands have still got enough food in them for our men. 



" The island from which I am writing, Wema by name, is 



