sip Mr. 0. ifaeWareon's Five Years’ Observations 
accompanied by its precise pupa-case. Also from larvae 
collected on Canavalia at Agege—3 fg 19, emerging 
March 2-7. 
2. Deudorix odana H. H. Druce.—1 J 29, emerging 
Feb. 21-22, 1918; each with its precise pupa-case, 
that of the 2 of Feb. 22 remaining in a tightly rolled 
leaf or pod, bearing Farquharson’s note—*‘ butterfly 
somehow managed to emerge.” In spite of the very small 
opening it is a fine specimen. The larva must closely 
resemble that of antalus, for this keen and most observant 
naturalist thought he was dealing with a single species 
of large larva and accordingly labelled both with a single 
series of letters following the order of emergence. He would 
of course have detected the difference between the butter- 
flies, but there is no doubt that these were packed off at 
once without examination. Farquharson’s is the first 
record of the early stages of the species. Although the 
male of odana appears to be common—Lamborn took a 
fine series at Oni—the female has rarely been seen; indeed, 
I only know of two other examples, both in the collection 
of Mr. Bethune-Baker, who has now kindly drawn up a 
short description of this sex and added a note on the 
variation of the species (p. 463). 
3. Catochrysops malathana Boisd.—1 3, emerging Feb. 
19, 1918; accompanied by its pupa-case. Also bred by 
W. A. Lamborn from a Leguminous pod and sent accom- 
panied by attendant ants (Trans. Ent. Soc., 1913, p. 488). ] 
Feb, 4, 1918.—The Harmattan is very strong just now 
and insect life is hardly at its maximum activity. In 
fact things are hard to get. I drew a complete blank 
yesterday—my Sunday—much to my disgust. However, 
this evening things brightened a little. I got a Plerocarpus 
larva [p. 385]. I think they are about to appear, and I 
took it into my head to look for a Catochrysops on a bean 
we grow here, Canavalia gladiata—or ensiformis I believe 
it is—: TI look it up, in view of the possibility of a revision 
of the genus. Lamborn, I remember, bred one out of the 
pods of the Pigeon Pea, Cajanus indicus, here, which he 
told me was C. malathana. Jyremember it went to the B.M., 
being an official matter, and if my memory serves me aright, 
he learnt to his surprise that it was something else, something 
or other boetica, I think, but the B.M. will be able to tell 
you. I pass Canavalia plots every day and I have looked 
casually at them too without result, but other things were 
