Plate XIII. — Egg Tubes from Lepidiota frexchi Blackburn. X 8. 



Fig. ]. A typical egg tube taken from a beetle, 5th December, about a 

 week after the first emergence of this species had been noted. 



Fig. 2. An egg tube from a beetle taken i)t cop., 30th November, two days 

 after the first emergence was seen. The first egg, it will be 

 noted, has moved along the tube, ready to lay. 



Fig. 3. Egg tubes from a beetle taken in cop., 5th December; evidently 

 she had just laid. 



Fig. 4. An egg tube from a beetle taken in cop., 13th December, about a 

 fortnight after tlie first emergence had been noted ; evidently 

 a new set is under way. 



