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B. Notes ON THE LIFE-HISTORY AND LARVAL AND PUPAL 
AFFINITIES OF HerwitsonrA, Eriroia, ErReEsiNna, 
TRIDOPSIS AND CITRINOPHILA. 
[In the following section a number of interesting notes 
from Farquharson’s letters are arranged in order of dates. 
The material on which the conclusions were built may 
be inferred from the following list of specimens now in 
the Hope Department, remembering that Farquharson 
observed far more than he collected, sometimes, as he tells 
us, breeding out these butterflies and letting them go. 
Iridopsis and Citrinophila, considered in the two succeed- 
ing sections, also form part of the material on which the 
following notes were built. It must be remembered that 
in the earlier notes “ Hewitsonia,” as used by Farquharson, 
includes three species of Hpitola—hewitsoni, nuranda and 
honorius. 
Hewitsonia similis Auriv.—Two males bred at Agege, 
Oct. 9 and Oct 11, 1917. Both larvae and pupae were 
found in this locality on the bark of Antiaris africana 
Engler—at Moor Plantation on that of Alstonia. The 
pupa-cases were not sent. 
Epitola hewitsoni Mab. (Farquharson’s ‘“ Hewitsonia, 
New Series A.’’)—One female, somewhat deformed, bred 
at Agege, Oct. 19, 1917. The pupa was found, Oct. 16, 
attached to a leaf, probably near the ant-tree Antiaris. 
The pupa-case was not sent. 
Epitola miranda Staud. (Farquharson’s “ Hewitsonia 
B. type.’’)—Two females both bred Jan. 27, 1918. Both 
larvae and pupae of this species were found on the bark 
of Alstonia. The pupa-cases were not sent. Lamborn also 
obtained four examples from the same locality in 1913, 
and, curiously enough, all are females. The larva of one 
was found Oct. 26, pupation took place Oct. 28 and emerg- 
ence Nov. 6. The other three were captured July 10, 
Oct. 31 (on stem, feeding on Coccid secretion), and Nov. 6 
(10.0 a.m. on blade of dead grass). The only male of this 
species in the Hope Department is from the $.W. of the 
Victoria Nyanza (Proc. Ent. Soc., 1918, p. xcii). In the 
British Museum there are 2 ¢ 3 @ (3 ex Coll. Staud., 
19° W. Vict. Nyanza, 1 2 W. foot Mt. Elgon); at Tring— 
6g 1 @ (all Sierra Leone); at Witley—2 ¢ (1 Sierra 
Leone, 1 without locality). 
Epitola honorius F.—One female, deformed, bearing the 
note : “ Hewitsonia sp. with brown larva, found at Shagamu. 
