360 Mr. C. O. FeMehaeors Five Years’ Observations 
I saw a newly emerged Lycaenid, a bright yellow one 
with black-tipped wings. And just beside it was its 
empty pupa-case! Nowhere round it was a plant of any 
sort except rubber, the shade being too dense for weeds, 
and I feel sure he is of the bark-feeders. I won’t send it 
this mail, for surely such a load would be too much for 
the old boat. Nor is this an end to the wonders that 
Lamborn enabled me to see—how I wish he were here ! 
[Oct. 20.—‘* The pupa-case is remarkably spiny.” —C.O.F.] 
Moor Plantation. 
Feb. 6, 1918.—There is a shady little place by the river 
where every day, if I care, I can see a half-dozen of the 
little yellow and black forms. They are always fluttering 
round a huge tree with a promising-looking bark, but few 
ants except Pheidole. I feel certain every time I see 
them that their life-history is about six feet away, but 
I’ve had no luck so far. Lycaenids in my limited experi- 
ence are never far from their breeding-place, but the 
trouble is to find it. Some of them, of course, may oviposit 
on the tops of high trees. 
II. LYCAENINAE. 
A. Nores oN THE LIFE-HISTORIES OF NINE SPECIES OF 
Iotaus (TANUETHEIRA, ARGIOLAUS AND EPAMERA) 
WITH LARVAE FEEDING ON THE FLOWERS OF 
LORANTHUS INCANUS SCHUM. AND THONN. 
[Farquharson’s interesting notes are illustrated by the 
following fine series of bred specimens, with many of the 
pupa-cases from which they emerged, and some of their 
larvae sent in spirit. The larvae and many of the pupae, 
reconstructed from their cases, have been described and 
figured by Dr. Eltringham in the Appendix (pp. 473-89). 
The pupa-cases sent by W. A. Lamborn were substituted 
for Farquharson’s in two of the species, and in addition 
to the West Coast pupae, that of an East African Argiolaus, 
collected by Lamborn and the Rev. K. St. Aubyn Rogers, 
is described and figured (Pl. XIII, fig. 1; pp. 480-81). 
Dr. Eltringham also comments on the Guenée gland, 
the “electric”? sensation produced by these larvae, ete. 
(pp. 484-85). For a brief preliminary statement of the 
