408 Mr. C. O. ae Five Years’ Observations 
{Two examples bred May 14, 1917, from larvae feeding on 
Aleurodes africanus Newst. (p. 528) on the under surface 
of leaves of Salacia sp. (Celastraceae), in Farquharson’s 
compound. The plant, which Farquharson thought to be 
Anona muricata L., was determined by Mr. T. A. Sprague 
of Kew. ] 
3. Selepa leucogonia Hmpsn.: Noctuidae, Sarrothripinae. 
—Two examples, one bred Nov. 1, 1917, the other prob- 
ably in the same month, from larvae feeding on Wine Palm 
Scale. 
4. Bareia incedens Walk. : Noctuinae.—One moth “ bred 
from fairly large, pale green larva, found Feb. 21, 1917 
(spun Feb. 22), on leaves of Lycaenid tree,” Alstonia 
congensis. 
5. Two remarkable Larvae, Geometrid (Hemitheinae) and 
Notodontid (Stauropus).—{ Both were received in alcohol. 
The extraordinary Geometrid larva is described and 
figured by Dr. Eltringham (p. 487). The Notodont larva 
is evidently allied to our Stawropus fagi L., and the mimetic 
resemblance is of the same kind, although carried further 
in that the posterior part of the larva, being coloured green, 
represents the prey and the anterior part, the ant attacking 
it. The remark of the “ boy” supplies interesting con- 
firmation. In the later stages of fagi Portschinski suggests 
that the caudal shield represents a Pentatomid bug, and the 
rest of the eran its victim (‘‘ Coloration marquante et 
Taches ocellées,” V.: St. Petersburg, 1897, pp. 44 et seqq.). 
For the ant-like nines of the young fagi see Linn. Soc. 
Journ. Zool., vol. xxvi, 1898, pp. 589, 590, pl. 40, fig. 1. 
In Farquharson’s specimen the head, true legs and anterior 
segments are black, like an ant, while the green colour 
begins abruptly with the 3rd abdominal and is continued 
backwards to the caudal shield, which, of a brownish tint, 
doubtless represents the head of the victim. The two long 
slender caudal filaments lie along the ventral surface of the 
shield. The 1st and 2nd abdominal segments bear a pair 
of long, sharp, backwardly curved processes, one on each 
side of the mid-dorsal line. They are beset with short, sharp 
spines. ] 
Agege. 
Oct. 18, 1917.—Yesterday was a day of surprises. I 
found a looper larva that looked exactly like a small centi- 
pede, that is, it was dorso-ventrally flattened and had ex- 
traordinary processes along its sides, or rather developments 
