on the Biononucs of Southern Nigerian Insects. 387 
March 18, 1917.—I have also some other Lycaenid 
larvae at present, off Cassia alata. I think Lamborn had 
these too when he was here. They are, I think, vege- 
tarians, though the plant is covered with Jassids. 
Agege. 
Sept. 27, 1917.—I forgot to mention that [ found a tiny 
Lycaenid larva on a Cremastogaster-Hewitsonia-Argiolaus- 
tree here, which pupated—the tiniest butterfly pupa Pve 
ever seen. I hope it will emerge all right. I must tell you 
of it later, as the boy must now run to catch a little local 
train from Agege to Lagos. 
Moor Plantation. 
April 17, 1918.—I am a little surprised to hear that the 
tiny Antiaris Lycaenid may be the same as the Berlina 
one; the pupa-case and the larva were really rather different. 
[Relying upon memory I had, by a slip, written Berlinia 
instead of Cassia alata. | 
F. Tue Larva or TRicLEMA LAMIAS Hew., FEEDING ON 
THE Coccip LECANTUM (SAISSETIA), ON IMBRICARIA 
MAXIMA Porr. (SAPOTACEAE). 
[The material received is as follows :— 
1. Triclema lamias Hew.—1 3, emerging Dec. 25, 1917; 
pupation Dec. 15-17. The specimen is accompanied by 
its pupa-casé, also by the case of an example (pupation 
Dec. 15-17; emergence Dec. 24) not itself received. 
2. Lecanium (Sarssetia) farquharsoni Newst., sp. n. 
(p. 530).—@ adults, old and young, together with nymphs. 
The attendant ants were not received. | 
Dec. 13, 1917.—‘ V’ve just come back from my evening 
stroll. I went down to our old haunt (Lamborn’s and 
mine) to look into the welfare of two Lycaenid larvae that 
have, for the last few days, been slowly devouring a happy 
family of Coccidae (? Lecanium) on a young plant of Im- 
bricaria maxima. Of them more anon.” [Quoted from 
Dec. 24, 1917.—The two Coccid-eating larvae that | 
found on Imbricaria maxima pupated in my absence in 
Agege last week-end. The first emerged to-day. I have 
an idea that it is very near Lamborn’s L. lachares.* The 
* The under surface pattern is, as Farquharson wrote, very like 
that of L. lachares. The genera T'riclema and Lycaenesthes are 
closely allied. Aurivillius groups all the species under the latter 
genus.—E.B.P. 
