90 Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter’s Hxperiments on 
Remarks on the MALACODERMIDAE. 
M, seemed to agree with M, as to the distastefulness of 
these beetles and their larvae. 
Edi- | Edi- | 
ae Obs. No. Name. Colour. | bility. bility. Remarks. 
or | 1 
Melyridae. 
63 791 | Gen.nr. Prionocerus | AA |—--—|——-—/} M, agreed with M,. 
| | 
Cleridae. | 
sol | — 913 ? AA CO | A Mutilloid species 
| (probably synapose- 
| | matic). 
Buprestidae. 
242 643, 764 | Sphenoptera disjuncta, P ++ | ++ | M, agreed with M,. 
Fahy. | 
317 689 Steraspissp.,notinBr.| © + | Dull green; shows 
Mus. | white band (? apose- 
| matic) across abdo- 
| men when flying. 
361 | 793 Sternocera laevigata | AA + | | Very large and hard, 
Kolbe. | } black and light 
| | | brown. 
342 | 751 ? AA. + | | Black, large white 
| afl marks on elytra, 
thorax edged green. 
376 830 ? P +--+ | Bronze, about jin. long. 
Remarks on the BuPpRESTIDAR. 
Like M,, M,,seemed to find these beetles edible, in spite 
of aposematic colouring in some species. But, as in Obs. 
793, their hardness will probably save them in cases when 
the monkey is not hungry enough to tackle the job of 
cracking them. 
Heteromera. | 
Tenebrionidae. | 
13 617 Macropoda transversalis | A — | + 
Kolbe. | | 
36 783 | Lamprobothris fossulata| a © [eM agreed with M,. 
Miill. 
69 709 Rhytinota gracilis | A +--+ + |? more experiments _ 
Gerst. | required. 
215. | 635, 740, | Catamerus revoili AA — | © Treated as distasteful 
801, 902 Fairm. by both monkeys. 
326 701 Sepidium  muscosum [ete — Cp. M, with 46, which 
Gerst. this generally  re- 
sembles. 
372 | 826, 861 | Paramaryqmus metalli- C -- Rotund, dull bronze, 
cus Pairm. | polished. 
156 851 Larvae, possibly of 215. A j|———] — | Maclassed this as more 
distasteful than did 
Mj. 
Remarks on TENEBRIONIDAE. 
M, only ate one of these, but only a single experiment was 
performed with it. The other species, and larvae, were 
