464 Mr. W. A. Lamborn on the 
found on the stem a tiny white Lepidopterous egg-shell, 
which I have since learnt to be that of Megalopalpus.” 
The pupa died. 
Membracid larvae similar to those mentioned under 
621 B have been bred out and the species has been deter- 
mined by Mr. W. L. Distant as Gargara variegata, Sign. 
Four examples bred from the earler stages are in the 
collection sent, one of them accompanied by the nymph- 
case from which it emerged. 
The account continues :— 
“621 C.9. The larva of the butterfly C was also found 
in a similar ant-shelter. I have mislaid my precise notes 
about it, but I know that one of these larvae—this par- 
ticular one I believe—was attacked by house-ants, P. 
rotundata [5 9 min., 1 8 maj.], one of which fastened on to 
one of its legs, so that I had to remove it.” The 6 Pheidole 
are accompanied by the note “621 C. House-ants found 
in box with larva, 24. i. 1912.” 
The labels on 621 C give the following information :— 
Larva, forest 1 mile E., Jan. 23; pupation, Jan. 27; 
emergence about 9 a.m., Feb. 2. 
* Another larva, 621 D, was also found on Jan. 25, on 
breaking into a shelter constructed like the others, on 
Triumfetta, by P. aurivillii kaswensis. [Twenty-nine ants 
of this species from the shelter are in the collection, together 
with 23 immature Membracids of various stages and 2 
imagines of very different species. One resembles Anchon 
relatum, but is in very poor condition, while the other is a 
very small species perhaps of the genus Gargara.] These 
shelters so efficiently conceal their contents that on break- 
ing this one open four days later I found a second half- 
grown Megalopalpus larva inside, the presence of which I 
had not suspected. 
“IT put a new shelter containing Phezdole rotundata, var. 
[17 3 dated Jan. 29] and Membracid larvae into the tube. 
An ant immediately seized the Megalopalpus larva ventrally 
just behind the mandibles. This larva was not successfully 
reared. 
“T should have mentioned that a fully developed Mem- 
bracid, attended by ants, was feeding near the shelter in 
which 621 D was found, and another similarly near the 
shelter of 621 A and 621 B.” [These specimens were not 
sent, and probably escaped. | 
This note concludes the observations recorded Jan. 29. 
