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FIG. 2. 



these pits are free from it, the use of this dust has ii'^t yet been 

 discovered. .My specimen was found at Chaguaiias, 



Next comes a most peculiar insect which t\)v its similarity 

 to a violin has been locally called, " vii)Ion." This is the ".Brew. 

 thus Anchorago (Fig 2 ) a beetle belonging 

 to the family Brenihidcc. This beetle is 

 elongated and black and the markings 

 slightly different in the two sexes. The 

 antennae are very moveable and retain 

 this mobility when the insect is dead or 

 dry. You can take one of these insects 

 and move it about in any direction and 

 the antennae will move in the same direc- 

 tion. In the female the thorax is some- 

 what contracted in the middle and in both 

 sexes it has a groove extending from the 

 middle, to the base. The elytra are 

 deeply grooved near the suture and 

 marked with punctU' ed lines on the side, having two stiipes 

 of yellow on each side. The anterior legs are furnished 

 with a small tooth on the under side. This insect like all 

 the species of this genus lives under the bark of trees. 

 Our species live in communities. 1 once found 2o together 

 in the trunk of a decayed tree, and my friend Mr. nobsou 

 kindly sent me one of quite a large number caught together 

 in a log of decayed wood. Thi« genus is confined almost to 

 warm climntes, only one species, viz., Arrhenodes coronatiis 

 existing in Europe. 



The next interesting species and 

 rather a common one, which is multi- 

 plying considerably is the Rynchophora 

 palmarum. Fig 8 This beetle is found 

 at all times of the year in the decayed 

 or decaying trunks of the palm trees, 

 but may be attracted by any incision 

 made in a healthy tree. As soon as a 

 favourable condition of the tree is ob- 

 tained the weevil appears and deposits 

 it8 eg^s in the point of attraction. 

 The eggs develop and produce the 

 much appreciated " gru-gru" worms, 



a highly palatable and recherche morsel 

 for the gourmet. In order to procure 

 a large supply of these worms, it is 

 customary to fell the tree and make 



