378 Mr. G. T. Betlmne-Baker on 



but the point I wislied to make is that, in my experiments 

 last year, the queens of L. rnnhrafus ap])eare(l to possess an 

 attraction tor the beetles superior to that possessed by the 

 queens of L.Jiavus, or L. niger (witli which Clav'iger tesfaceus 

 is occasionally found, e. g. Seaton, 1912, Porlock, 1915). 

 The nest of L. jlavus referred to, which contains four queens 

 and fourteen Claviger, and is in a small frame, so that the 

 beetles are continually coming across the queens, has been in 

 my possession for eleven months, under daily observation, 

 and it is curious that I have never seen anv of the Clavigers 

 resting on the queens. On the other hand, when a few of 

 these beetles and others tal<:t>n at the samo time, were put 

 into nests containing L. umhratus queens, the beetles were 

 constantly clinging to the queens, and for weeks never 

 appeared to change their resting-place. The striking con- 

 trast in this behaviour of the Claviger appears to me to be 

 additional evidence that the parasitic queens (L. umhratus^ 

 fuliginosus, &c.) have a body-secretion which renders them 

 attractive to other species of ants and myrmecophiles. 



XLIIT. — Descri'ptiovs of new Species of Lepidoptera. 

 By G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



K HO PALO CERA. 



Lycsenidae. 



Epitola crowleyi. 



There is an interesting variety of the male of this species 

 in the Joicey collection from the Cameroons. 



The primaries are entirely brown, with a very few blue 

 scales near the base on the fold ; the secondaries have also 

 less blue than usual, a reduction of the area taking place at 

 the anal angle and along the inner margin. The underside 

 of the secondaries is much whiter, with but little of the 

 bronze hue. The specimen is also small. 



If it is a constant variety it might, perha|)S, "be known by 

 the name Epitola crowleyi semihrunnea. 



Lrc^NiyjE. 



Turania cytis^ Qir. 



I made this genus {Turania) in the 'Entomologists' 

 Becord,' 191-i (vol. xxvi.). p. 160, with cytis^ ('hr., as the 



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