May, 1943 
The Queensland Naturalist 
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NOTES ON THE LIFE HISTORIES OF SOME 
LYCAENID BUTTERFLIES— PART II. 
(WITH NOTES ON SOME SKIPPERS.) 
By Miss M. Smales and Dr. C. P. Ledward, 
Burleigh Heads. 
Hypochrysops protogenes miskini, Waterhouse, 1903. 
Since our previous notes (in “The Queensland 
Naturalist, ’ ’ February, 1942) we have further facts to add 
to the life history of this species. Full-grown larva some- 
what like that of H. clelicia , but smaller and flatter, pink- 
ish-brown in colour, dorsal band lighter, with darker 
segments at each extremity. Pupa similar in shape to that 
of II. ignita, light yellowish-brown, speckled with darker 
brown. The few pupae and pupal shells so far found have 
been in, various situations, such as hollow twigs, dead 
leaves and a hollow in the trunk of a tree. Tiny larvae 
taken in November were easily reared in captivity; they 
pupated in January and emerged before the end of the 
month. Pupal duration, 21 days in October, 15 days in 
January. 
To summarise, we have five species of Hypochrysops 
on the South Coast, each associated with a different species 
of ant, viz. : — 
H . delicia. — C remat og aster fusca. 
II. appelles. — C. laeviceps. 
H. ignita. — Iridomyrmex nitidus. 
H. epicurus. — I. itinerans. 
II. protogenes. — I. gilberti. 
Candalides margarita, Semper, 1878. 
The larvae of this species feed on the young shoots 
and flower-buds of several species of mistletoe. At Bur- 
leigh they are most common on Loranthus vitellinus , but 
have been found also on L. dictyophlebus , L. congener , L. 
alyxifolius and Phrygilantlius celastroides. In shape they 
are distinctive, having a prominent dorsal ridge which is 
higher in front, giving them a “humped” appearance; 
they are quite smooth, usually green, but pinkish-brown if 
on flower-buds ; often without any markings, sometimes 
with variable brown marks along the back. Only once 
have we seen ants with these larvae ; on this occasion there 
were several larvae on a clump of L. alyxifolius and each 
