on the Bionomics of Southern Nigerian Insects. 361 
facts recorded in this section see Proc. Ent. Soc., 1917, 
p. lxi; 1918, p. lxxix; for Farquharson’s observations on 
ants attendant on larvae of Myrina, Proc., 1914, pp. xxi, 
XXIv. 
1. Tanuethewa timon F. (Farquharson’s A).—2 ¢ 2 9, 
emerging between Dec. 14, 1917, and Feb. 10, 1918; 
accompanied by 3 pupa-cases, one noted as that of the 
first butterfly to emerge, a 3. The dull green larvae on 
flowers of Loranthus incanus parasitic on sparsely Pheidole- 
haunted Funtumia elastica Stapf (Apocynaceae). A larva 
sent in spirit is figured by Dr. Eltringham together with 
one of the pupae (PI. XIII, figs. 5, 7, 11; pp. 478-79). 
2. Argiolaus alcibiades Kirby (Farquharson’s G and 
“Gall affinis ”).—5 3 2 9, emerging from about August, 
1915, to Jan. 24, 1918: 3 g 1 & are accompanied by their 
precise pupa-cases. Larvae on flowers of L. incanus, on 
Cremastogaster-haunted Alstonia congensis Engl. (Apocyn- 
aceae), never on the same Loranthus on Funtumia. Most 
of the specimens bred from pupae found on shrubs beneath 
the Alstonia. One 2 was bred Oct. 4, 1917, at Moor 
Plantation, from a larva found at Agege on the flowers 
of an allied species of Loranthus, on the Cremastogaster- 
haunted Antiaris africana Engl. (Moraceae). The pupa 
of a female (Jan. 23, 1918) is figured by Dr. Eltringham 
(Pl. XIII, fig. 2; p. 480). Lamborn also bred this species 
from a pupa attached to the leaf of a climber on a tree 
bearing a huge nest of Cremastogaster buchneri (Trans. 
Ent. Soc., 1913, p. 474). 
3. Argiolaus paneperata H. H. Druce (Farquharson’s B).— 
7 S 12 Q, emerging between March 4, 1917, and Feb. 4, 
1918: 2 g 4 Q accompanied by precise pupa-cases : 
one 2 emerged about 8.0 a.m.: one 2 emerging Jan. 8, 
1918, pupated Dec. 29, 1917. In addition to these 19 speci- 
mens, a dwarfed 3, emerging Feb. 9, 1918, and sent as 
D (Epamera iasis), probably belongs to this species. The 
blue colour resembles that of the @ rather than the ¢ 
paneperata, a possible result of unfavourable conditions. 
It is certainly not #. iasis. All the larvae on flowers of 
LL. incanus on Funtumia elastica, at Moor Plantation, but 
2 g emerged at Agege (Oct. 22 and 23, 1917). This, the 
commonest larva, feeds when the flowers are immature, 
and exactly resembles their “dull green—a sort of bud- 
scale green shot with brownish hairs.” The larva is 
figured (Pl. XIII, figs. 9, 18; pp. 479-80). 
