No. 1032e. — September 'lA, six ejfgs, laid since Se[>teml;er 17, put over ilamp 

 earth in a box. September 25, two eggs missing, and a wireworni present, eating 

 a third. 



No. 986. — August 14, out of nine eggs, hiid .\ugust 9-11, placed in artificial 

 cells in earth, two were destroyed by Staphylinid larva', which oi-cupiod the cavities 

 where eggs had been. 



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