340 Mr. C. O. Farquharson’s Five Years’ Observations 
lL. The Life-history. of Teratoneura. 
[The bred series of 7'eratoneura, illustrating the following 
sections, includes 8 males and 9 females from larvae on the 
bark of, or pupae on or near, the “ ant-tree’ Alstonia, 
already mentioned. The first, a male, A, which emerged 
about Dec. 9, 1916, at Agege, where Farquharson 
happened to be at the time, and the second, a female, B, 
emerging Feb. 15, 1917, are accompanied by their pupa- 
cases of which one, the male, is represented on Pl. XII, 
fig. 9; see also p. 477. The remaining 15, emerging 
Feb. 24—March 8, 1917, are also indicated by letters for 
their respective pupae, but these were never received, 
although two parasitised pupae were sent (p. 459) together | 
with two spirit specimens of the extraordinary larva 
described and figured by Dr. H. Eltrmgham (p. 476, 
Pl. XU, figss.7,:.8,. 14,19). 
The pupal period of one female was 10 days—pupation 
Feb. 14, emergence Febr. 24. 
The following notes on 8 specimens indicate that emerg- 
ence usually takes place about noon or within the 2 or 3 
hours after it: Q before noon; 3 about noon; & a little 
after noon; a about 1. 0 P. m.; 6 after 1 0 p.m., probably 
about 2.0; 2 2.30 p.m. 3 after 2 0 pim.5 “Op me] 
Feb. 22, 1917.—I aan you two butterflies with their 
pupa-cases. One I got just before going to Agege in 
December. I had to take it with me and it emerged 
there. I have seen no more of them till lately, when I 
have secured about a dozen pupae which I now have. 
Very likely Lamborn has sent them before, but they are 
new to me. I send one authentic larva which I put into 
spirit yesterday. When alive it is very Lymantrid- like, 
with bright colours and spots. The pupa is a ‘‘ decayed ”- 
Lepeine thing, like a mouldy object of some kind, till it 
closely examined, when it is wonderfully fine. When 
i first butterfly emerged I thought a Skipper had got in 
by mistake. The resting position is very Skipper-like. I 
have now seen quite a number of larvae of which I will 
write to you more fully later. This is simply a hurried 
foreword. They have legs like Hewitsonia larvae and run 
about among the ants in the same way—Cremastogaster as 
before. 
May 18, 1917.—I got the great news that it was Terato- 
neura that Vd got hold of after all. I am sending you the 
rest this mail and hope to send their pupa-cases and one 
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