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A LizaRD ATTACKING MEGACHILE cINcTA, F.—Prof. Poutron 
exhibited a female specimen of Megachile cincta, the subject 
of the following note by Mr. W. A. Lamborn: “‘ My attention 
was attracted to the nest under the eaves of a building at Moor 
Plantation at 2 p.m., June 5, 1913, by hearing the protesting 
buzz of a bee, and I then discovered a female Agama colono- 
rum trying to get at a Megachile cincta, the hinder extremity of 
which was just appearing at the mouth of a cell. The lizard 
had only managed to nibble away a few wing fragments.” 
The tip of the left fore-wing bore evident traces of the attack. 
Two males from the same nest, emerging Aug. 9-28, during 
Mr. Lamborn’s absence, and Sept. 2, were also exhibited. 
The Hymenoptera of this and the following note were kindly 
determined or confirmed by Mr. G. Meade-Waldo. 
INSECTS BRED BY W. A. LAMBORN FROM THE NESTS OF 
HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA.—The material of the following 
observations made at Moor Plantation was exhibited by Prof. 
POULTON :— 
1. A male Megachile cincta (Sept. 17), and the Cantharid 
beetle Zonitis eborina, Fahr. (Sept. 17), the latter kindly 
named by Mr. K. G. Blair. The following note referred to 
the specimens: “‘A nest made by Megachile was found in 
an outhouse on June 5, 1913. A Megachile emerged on Sept. 
17, and a bright pink beetle left the same cell on the same day, 
one or other having, I think, bored out sideways into this 
cell from another adjacent one. It is perhaps well to mention 
that the nest was placed on June 5 in a jar which was closed 
with a glass lid, and that since that date the cover has not 
been off.” 
2. Odynerus sp. inc. (Sept. 17): The species exists un- 
named in the collection of the British Museum.— A large 
mud nest, which I thought belonged to Megachile, was found 
in an outhouse July 24. A small wasp emerged on Sept. 17.” 
3. A female Mutilla floralis, Klug—** This female Mutillid 
emerged July 26, from a mud nest, probably that of Sceliphron 
spwifex, L., found July 14.” 
4. Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) sp. inc. (July 26), Chrysis (Tetra- 
chrysis) lyncea, F. (Aug. 3), and Sceliphron spirifex, L., 9 
(July 31). All three insects emerged at the recorded dates 
