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62 Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter’s Experiments on 
General remarks on the COCCINELLIDAE. 
The “ladybirds,” for all their small size, appeared to 
be typically aposematic. These beetles with their bright 
colours, bold markings, habits of living freely exposed and 
of emitting acrid yellow fluid, might be expected to be 
condemned; yet M. ate several without sign of dislike and 
one quite eagerly. More experiments would be of interest. 
Sp Edi- | 
No. | Obs. No. Name. Des ae bility. | Remarks, 
| | 
Malacodermidae. 
Lycidae, 
10 | 16,29 | Lycus constrictus Fahr. AA |——— 
86 | 177,181, | Chlamydolycus trabeatus AA |———|In the ¢ the elytra 
201, 230,/ Guér. | enormously expanded, 
416 | 
198 | 417, 437 | Merolycus femoralis Bourg.) AA ——— 
218 | 455 Merolycus dentipes Dalm.) AA ——— 
var. flavoscapularis 
Bourg. 
236 485 Merolycus podagricus Bourg. AA (——— 
? 367 3 AA |'—-—— 
General remarks on the Lycrpar. 
These beetles have a single scheme of colouring; orange 
or orange-brown with limbs black or black and orange, 
and tips of the elytra black. They have in a typical 
degree the habits of aposematic insects and freely and 
fearlessly expose themselves. Large numbers may be 
found congregated on a single flowering shrub. Dr. 
G. A. K. Marshall has drawn attention to the large number 
of insects of all classes that have been influenced by this 
predominant type, and several are dealt with in these 
experiments (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1902, pp. 515-8, pl. 
xviii, figs 1-52). The monkey put all the Lycidae in the 
most distasteful class. Twelve observations were made 
and only twice were these beetles tasted (Obs. 416, 417) 
under influence of hunger. Sp. No. 198 was tasted once 
and absolutely refused on the second occasion, when M. 
was less hungry. A rank odour was noted in Obs. 29. 
[ | 
| 
| | Lampyridae. | . 
49 | 73 | Luciolasp.,notin Br.Mus.| OC |——— A light grey and dull 
| | yellow ‘‘ firefly.’ 
283 600 | Larva. | A |——— Black and pink; like 
laryal ‘* glow-worm,” 
| 
Remarks on LAMPYRIDAE. 
It is to be expected that fireflies and glow-worms are 
distasteful, or else they would soon be destroyed by bats. 
The distastefulness of the larva is interesting. 
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