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356 Mr. C. O. Fa taeecauts Five Years’ Observations 
Moor Plantation. 
Dec. 24, 1917.—I went down again in the afternoon 
(Sunday) of these great events [Dec. 23. See Proc. Ent. 
Soc., 1918, p. xxxi—xxxv]. It is worth something in the 
conditions in which I have to work at present, to know 
that at almost any spare moment in daytime I can go down 
feeling tolerably certain that if I choose I can see such 
things as Teratoneura larvae, just for the trouble of going 
to the particular tree, or Hewitsonia, or—a great many 
other things. As I was looking out for opportunities for 
catching the myrmecophilous Diptera on the stem of the 
Funtumia, a Hewitsonia actually came along (it was then 
about 3.30 p.m.) and laid two tiny ova in the track of the 
ants. It was done with such rapidity that I had difficulty 
in locating the tiny ova, and the ants didn’t seem to 
suspect their presence either, or, if they did, took no notice. 
The ova were pale yellow in colour. It is extremely 
unusual to see Hewitsonia on the wing. I have often 
wondered if they are night-fliers, though it may be that 
they fiy around tree-tops. 
Jan. 26, 1918.—By the way in the proof of the Lycaenid 
notes you refer to “the genus to which Epitola honorius 
belongs.” * From the larvae I would have sworn they 
were Hewitsonias, adapted in colour to the brown bark 
of the tree on which I found them. They were as alike 
and more so than the Loranthus-eating larvae of Argiolaus. 
Feb. 8, 1918.—Mail day. The box I have sent is not 
so interesting nor so complete as I'd have liked. I have 
mislaid the pupa-case of the Hewitsonia [E'pitola hewitsoni], 
which is characteristic in not lying along the bark of the 
tree with its long axis parallel to the tree surface, but 
sticks out at about 70° in a very odd position. I will 
be able to write more fully on the point later. 
Feb. 14, 1918.—The big crumpled one that went by the 
same mail is one of the ‘‘ Hewitsonia”’ series. When I 
said there were three species [Hewitsonia similis, Epitola 
hewitsont and EL. miranda] I was thinking more of the 
similarity of larvae, which is quite as close as that between 
the various Argiolaus larvae in shape. Only in the case 
of EH. hewitsoni the pupa-case projects outwards at an 
angle from the substratum on which the pupa rests. The 
B series of “ Hewitsonia” [Epitola miranda] which is 
* In the British Museum this species was assigned to a distinct, 
undescribed genus, 
