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left with a female and her quiescent prey, it has been found 

 decapitated and the females were jealous of the feeding of the 

 male on the gnih, as the egg layiug time approaches driving 

 it away. 



The Frey of Sdeivdcrnnis ninunjran^i. As has been al- 

 ready indicated, the adult females show renuirkable versatility 

 in their attacks upon possible prey and great catholicity in 

 their choice. It was only in the case of S. immif/rans that I 

 was able to carry on any extended series of breedings but the 

 few experiments which I was able to carry on with the endemic 

 species gave no indication of any diiference in this regard, I 

 was unable to determine that tins Sclevodermus would reject 

 any Coleopterous larva whatever, and I have succeeded in 

 breeding it from Caryohonis (jonagra (Fabricius) (Bruchi- 

 dae ) ; Sinoxylon conigeriun Gerstaecker, Scliistoceros cornu- 

 tus (Pallas) (Bostrychidae) ; several species of endemic 

 Anobiidae; Tenehroides maiiriicmicus or a related s])ecies 

 (Temnochilidae) ; Tribollum ferriigineum (Fabricius), 

 Gnathocerus cornutus (Fabricius) (Tenebrionidae) ; Lagoch- 

 e'lrus ohsoletus Thomson, Coptops aedificafor ('Fal)ricius), 

 Xystrocera glohosa (Oliver), and NeoclyfurJiis cnp/iorhiae 

 Bridwell ( ( "erandiycidae ). hi tbe case of the few 



Ehiterid larvae which happened to be avaihible furious 

 attacks were made but the larvae were able to escape 

 by forcing tbeir way througb the cotton plug with whicb rlu' 

 tubes contaiuing them were cb>se(l, dislodging the Sclerodcniins 

 on tbc way. Several Rhyncophorous grubs were used but as 

 it ba})peued all died before the Srlerodermus larvae finished 

 feeding. In general this was the case with the wood-boring 

 and otber Lepidopterous larvae used, the lowland climate be- 

 ing exceedingly likely to induce moulds and other troubles 

 with thes? inhabitants of the cooler climate of the mountains. 

 The Ilyuu'noptera utilized have been already indicated. Per- 

 haps the most surprising host U])on which this 8cl erode inniis 

 was bred was the termite, C'alnlermes cantaneus (BurnuMster). 

 \\\ this supcies the iiiu(blikc aual <liscbar2:e occasioiuilU' killed 



